Joyland - Stephen King

                                                                           Mr King sir,

Oh captain, My captain...

There has always been something more urgent, more pressing.

I should be ashamed of myself leaving this to gather dust.

A joy to read, no breaks it just flows from beginning to end. Is there nothing that this man can't turn his hand to?

Early 70's static carnival. A summer job that brought together friends, and unearthed a series of murders of young girls.

Tied to the King-a-Verse via one of his favourites, the seeing/sight that you find in the shining, the dark tower to name but a few.

Compelling it draws you in, the style and content may not be normal. But, this is one of a hell of a slam dunk.

Give it a try, where the air is rare

 

Orange City - Lee Goldberg

Dystopia never tasted so good.

As far as management goes, the man, is pretty high up. To match his height, he is also a Grade A Sociopath.

Trying to run a Statuesque city, he toys with its citizens as the whim passes over him.

He got his kicks drugging and amputating at free will.

His greatest feet, hadn't even been released and there was massive demand for it. What was it? Simplicity, soda pop.

Different flavours, different moods, always thirsty for them.

One man's journey, against tyranny.

Status: Completed

Rating: 4.2/5.0

This Golden Flame - Emily Victoria

 Days of future past.

An age of technology, that we are yet to see, entwined with wooden ships and pirates. A language that controls almost everything, commands held in runes. Controlling the masses, through a mere bracelet which ties them to wherever they are.

I would like to say that had managed to get from cover to cover. However, I got just over half way through it, which took me as long as it did to read my two previous books combined.

It's not like its a bad story, it isn't. The storyline wasn't bad. With well formed characters. Reading it really should have been so much easier. I just lost the will to carry on to its conclusion.

Status: Abandoned

Rating:3.0/5.0

Serpentie - Johnathan Kellerman

Well it must be a good 15 years since my last encounter with the dynamic duo of Delaware and Sturgis.

A woman in her early 40's, looking for answers to questions that reside in a cold case file. Her mother, dead? What happened around the time of her disappearance?

A head on charge through the decadence of the late 70's and early 80's being investigated in the here and now.

I went into this thinking thatit was going to be a let down and disappointment.

How wrong was I?

Status: Completed

Rating: 4.5/5.0
 

The Shadow Man - Helen Fields

 Engrossing.

Murder, diseases (that I had never even heard of), kidnap and a UK US collaboration.

Fast paced, thoroughly planned and more than a little unnerving. You really should try closing the curtains once in a while.

You've got to read this, if nothing else for quite some time.

Helen Fields is fast becoming one of those authors where I'd buy on name over anything else.

 

Status: Completed

Rating: 4.8/5.0