Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly; 2012; $25.00; 350 pages; Simon & Schuster, New York, NY; 978-1-4165-7759-1; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Sellwood; 1/26-1/27 Why did I pick this up? I have waited seven years for this book, that is how long it has been since there has been a Scarecrow adventure. Matthew Reilly is [...]
Sandstorm by James Rollins; 2004; $24.99; 446 pages; William Morrow, New York, NY; 0-06-058066-6; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Central; 1/24-1/26 Why did I pick this up? I recently read The Devil Colony, the latest entry in the Sigma Force series, so I thought I would read the first book in the series. What [...]
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Heidi W. Durrow; 2010; $22.95; 264 pages; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; 978-1-56512-680-0; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Woodstock; 1/20-1/24 Why did I pick this up? This is this years Multnomah County’s Everybody Reads book and I like to know what the book [...]
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach; 2011; $25.99; 512 pages; Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY; 978-0-316-12669-4; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, St. Johns; 1/18-1/20 Why did I pick this up? A co-worker recommended this and the background story is a baseball story. What is the story? I can think of about [...]
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich; 2011; $28.00; 305 pages; Bantam Books, New York, NY; 978-0-345-52771-4; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Hollywood; 1/17-1/18 Why did I pick this up? Because I have read the previous 17 and liked them. What is the story? Pretty much the usual, Stephanie tries to apprehend bail jumpers, it ends [...]
