Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand

 

 

Another great summer read by Elin Hilderbrand. Thank you!

 

I picked this one up at my local Rite Aid because I saw it and that was the end of it. So saving a few bucks buying something at the Goodwill or off someone else's shelf didn't apply.

 

Note to self: If you see a Hilderbrand, grab it, and go straight home and begin reading it. Who cares if it cost $14.99 in paperback? Other things on your list to do? Really? Go hide, don't pass Go and don't collect $100. Curl up in your favorite reading spot and pretend you are without phone, TV or internet. It's just you and the paper you hold in your hands bound together to make a page turner that you get caught up in and sleep is something you can dream about.

 

OK, so you could wait and check it out at your neighborhood library but some things just can't wait. Am I right?

 

Again, Elin caught the summer fever in a small town, this time Nantucket, that gets too crowded during the summer tourist season when all the people from up North migrate south to fill up the parking spaces and the local hang outs.

 

But this summer it begins at the end of school and graduation when life begins for some and ends for others.

 

Tragedy strikes and the lives of the locals travel in different directions from what had been planned. Does it pull everyone together or pull them apart?

 

You'll have to read to find out and you won't want to put this one down.

CAUSE of DEATH by PATRICIA CORNWELL

This book was given to me by my father who got it off of his book shelf, "Here's a good one for you to read."

So I brought it home and read it. It was different. But it was good to read.

Here was a murder that kept you wondering at all the what, where, and why of events and how to connect them before the author did it for you. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is the main character. She is a medical examiner. It's cold and you can feel it seeping through her bones as she peers at ones brutally attacked and murdered below water or above ground. Are these two killings connected? If so, how? Two very different people with two very different life styles.

And she knows both of them.

What was the reason behind their deaths? Is it possible they were on the same track? Was a religious fanatical group involved? Political? Would it be the end of the world as she knew it?

Tread lightly and be careful or it'll blow up in your face, Kay.



DEADLOCKED by Charlaine Harris

You guessed it. I am a Sookie fan and proud of it.

Here's to the next in the series I have read and enjoyed. This one was handed over to me by my daughter after she read it.

I'm not telling you anything new when I say you can't put a good Sookie down, can you? You sneak a little read in with your morning coffee and then will yourself to put the book down so you can get on with your day. Once the coast is clear and you have done your 9-5 or your neverending-to-do-list-for-the-day, you grab Charlaine's words and hide if you have to under the dining room table where the family eats only during a big holiday, in order to see what's up in Bon Temps with Sookie, Eric, Bill, Sam, Pam and all the hosts of vampires, werewolves, fairies, and what-nots whose lives never get dull. That's right. But don't think you know all there is to know about these "folks" because Charlaine Harris has put a twist to all their abilities that you did not know these creatures possessed. You can't believe all you've seen in the movies or read in books up until this point. Just take Charlaine's words for it.

I encourage you to sink your teeth into the next in line series book. It will fill you up but leave you wanting more.