One of my favorites on LOST was the amiable con man Sawyer. I was amazed about the amount of books that he read during the six seasons of the show, but his ability (the writer’s actually) to find nicknames for everyone. Here is a compilation of them.
The Opposite Field by Jesse Katz
I was first attracted to this because it seemed to be about baseball. As I read the dust jacket it is about the author’s tenure as a little league commissioner. As I read more I found out the author is the son I never knew our former mayor, Vera Katz had. It should be an interesting read.
“Whether my genuflections to Chris were paying off or I was merely starting to engender sympathy, it felt like progress: forty eight kids on our third Saturday, thirty one a week after that.”
Way back in the day, this was one of my favorite songs. I really like the lyrics and hope this is how my relationship is with Ruth Ann. At one point I bought the 12 inch single of this song on vinyl and used to play it on our turntable. click on the album cover to hear the song.
61 Hours, A Reacher Novel by Lee Child; 2010; 383 pages; $28.00; Delacorte Press, New York, NY; 978-0-385-3458-8; Checked out from the Multnomah County Library, Gresham; 6/26-6/27
Jack Reacher catches a tour bus through the frozen north of South Dakota. When the bus finally makes it to the town of Bolton, Reacher finds himself in the middle of a drug war, a conflict which stretches from Bolton to Mexico to Russia to England and back in time to the end of World War II. Reacher helps the local police protect and work on solving a case. We find out more about Reachers life and his career before he got out of the Army. It took me less than 24 hours to read this exciting page turner. I am looking forward to the next Reacher novel which is scheduled for October. Grade-A
Hell Island by Matthew Reilly; 2006; 115 pages; $2.99; Pan Books, London, England, UK; 978-0-330-44232-9; Checked out from the Multnomah County Library, Saint John; 6/25-6/26
Shane “Scarecrow” Schofield and his team jump out of a perfectly good airplane and land on a an aircraft carrier where an unspeakable enemy awaits. Once again the defense department and a group of scientist have tried to replace American soldiers with a genetically altered group of apes. Trapped on the carrier and an adjacent island the team battles against the apes and another team assigned to take them out. As usual Scarecrow has to fight multiple enemies and contend with problems within his own team. This could have been laughable if handled by anyone else, but Matthew Reilly deals with it in all seriousness and makes it awesome. This was originally written and published as part of a collection sponsored by the Australian government highlighting Australian authors. It was an awesome appetizer while waiting for the next full length book from Matthew Reilly. Grade-A