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I read it last weekend, and while I wasn’t as disappointed as you, I definitely thought it to be an odd choice for a story after such a long break. You could tell he was picturing the movie while...

Halfway thru the Day of the Jackal. Good stuff. I learned while reading it that the Belgians are the best at forging documents, apparently. I wanna be known for something cool now

I really like Jack Ryan books, but have always felt that great spy novels focus not only on what the protagonist/main spy knows, but also when they know it. Clancy tends to focus only on the what and...

1) you are pretty spot on in your assessment. I actually thought the first 100 pages were its weakest, so if you’re already in, you’re going to enjoy the ride

2) I love books that sort of have a...

Btw St Troy, this morning there was a news flash here that there have already been 3 cases of rabies in my county in 2019

I’m not sure how, but either you or your cujo post is responsible for...

I think about this book a lot for the same reason. I’m a damn fool but I’ve ultimately arrived at two conclusions on this:

1 - our maestro doesnt even remember writing it, so best not to linger...

Perfect, good sir. Thank you kindly for obliging

Barron is one of the greatest living authors, IMO. And I really enjoyed Langan’s The Fisherman.[/QUOTE]

I know not of this Laird fella. Any recommendations as a starting point for a Barron virgin?

A perfect spy - John Le Carré

No shaken martinis so far, but man what a life this guy has lived

Sick burn. I read this as you delivering it in the voice of david spade back when he did the Hollywood Minute

“I liked the Family Guy the first time I saw it...when it was called The Simpsons”

Just finished The Fisherman by John Langan. Entertaining enough, but will probably end up forgotten over time. Odd that a short book (265ish) took me so long to read. Not quite sure why reddit thinks...

Picked up this book when I saw him last weekend. Let me know how you enjoy it. I'm dying to read it but I have so many books on my pile to read that I don't know how quickly I'll get to it.
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How are they resonating with you? I dug him so much as a kid but am worried that I’ll be so underwhelmed by reading them now after having built those childhood reading experiences into near...

How are they resonating with you? I dug him so much as a kid but am worried that I’ll be so underwhelmed by reading them now after having built those childhood reading experiences into near...

Thank God! There are two of us![/QUOTE]

Make that at least three! The Curse of the Blue Figurine was the first Bellairs I read, and I must've come at it a little too early in my impressionable...

Thank God! There are two of us![/QUOTE]

All of his books in our library had my name written multiple times on those library card inserts that tracked who had them out. Over and over again

John Bellairs started everything for me. He was friends with another writer and that writer’s daughter was in my grade, so we had like a whole Bellairs super section in our elementary library. I...

I came close to reading this after the hbo series, as I’ve read her other two...curious to hear your verdict on this one[/QUOTE]

I'll let you know when I finish. I've been holding off on watching...

I came close to reading this after the hbo series, as I’ve read her other two...curious to hear your verdict on this one

Nowhere near as good as his others. Forgettable and formulaic - BUT I read it rather quickly as he still made it addictive to read. I think I’m just a sucker for really short chapters