In one of Daniel Silva's older books Israeli spy/art restorer must thwart a plot to kill the Pope. Why is an Israeli doing this? Why not? A really good thriller. It gets an A.
Historical novel about the powerful D'Este sisters and their friendship with Leonardo Da Vinci. Never felt I got to know the characters, although I did find the parts about Leonardo's painting of The Last Supper interesting. B or B-
Very short book, consisting of three essays. The first two, on hot air ballooning did not hold my interest but the third, on grief, was amazing. I've read many books about grief but never anything as true as this one. Skip the first two parts. The third gets an A.
A family court judge visits a young man with leukemia, with far-reaching consequences. This wasn't as good as some of his other books, a bit too predictable, but I enjoyed it. A-
I was cleaning out my bookshelf and came upon this book. I don't remember when, where or why I bought it, and I know I never read it, but it appeared at just the right time for me. Having spent a couple of months in pain this summer and as a teenager having suffered third degree burns, I found this books to be a poignant description of the author's experience of illness and pain. This is a book I will keep. A+
This book alternates between two people with "five days left." One is dealing with Huntington's chorea, the other with giving up a foster child he's come to love. Those two don't seem to balance each other out. This is a first novel and reads like one. We get to know the characters but don't really feel for them, at least I didn't. B+
I read a lot this month, didn't I? Not sure how I managed to fit all these books in, but two were short.
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