A couple more books to wrap up the long weekend...
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I was pretty busy on the 4th getting the house in shape for our company, along with the gathering we had with my parents. The rest of the weekend was pretty laid back, and I tried to get caught up on a number of books that all came in from the library at once. So, here are the two that got finished last night and this morning...
The first is John Sandford's Naked Prey. This is a series involving a detective named Lucas Davenport based in Minnesota. In the latest installment, he's been moved into a governmental position when his boss gets promoted and takes him along. He's called in to assist on a crime where a racially mixed couple is found naked and hanged in the country. The governor wants this wrapped up quickly as he doesn't want the media to start treating this as a lynching. Davenport starts poking around but has a hard time trying to figure out who in the small town might be involved, although it looks like there are things going on that no one is 'fessing up to. For whatever reason, I didn't get real excited by this novel. I normall like Sandford's work, but this one just seemed "flat". Oh, well...
The other book I finished was pretty short but a lot of fun. It's called The Flying Book - Everything You've Ever Wondered About Flying In Airplanes by David Blatner. I saw this one in the Orlando airport coming back from DisneyWorld, and I picked it up at our local library. It's a well-written book that covers all the aspects of travel by plane. A sample of the chapter titles: How Do Airplanes Work?; The Skyways; Things That Go Bump In The Flight; and Behind The Scenes At The Airline. If you travel a lot and have just taken air travel for granted, this is a nice read to bring back some of the wonder of how it all comes together. This is a recommended read.
I was pretty busy on the 4th getting the house in shape for our company, along with the gathering we had with my parents. The rest of the weekend was pretty laid back, and I tried to get caught up on a number of books that all came in from the library at once. So, here are the two that got finished last night and this morning...
The first is John Sandford's Naked Prey. This is a series involving a detective named Lucas Davenport based in Minnesota. In the latest installment, he's been moved into a governmental position when his boss gets promoted and takes him along. He's called in to assist on a crime where a racially mixed couple is found naked and hanged in the country. The governor wants this wrapped up quickly as he doesn't want the media to start treating this as a lynching. Davenport starts poking around but has a hard time trying to figure out who in the small town might be involved, although it looks like there are things going on that no one is 'fessing up to. For whatever reason, I didn't get real excited by this novel. I normall like Sandford's work, but this one just seemed "flat". Oh, well...
The other book I finished was pretty short but a lot of fun. It's called The Flying Book - Everything You've Ever Wondered About Flying In Airplanes by David Blatner. I saw this one in the Orlando airport coming back from DisneyWorld, and I picked it up at our local library. It's a well-written book that covers all the aspects of travel by plane. A sample of the chapter titles: How Do Airplanes Work?; The Skyways; Things That Go Bump In The Flight; and Behind The Scenes At The Airline. If you travel a lot and have just taken air travel for granted, this is a nice read to bring back some of the wonder of how it all comes together. This is a recommended read.
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