I love Haruf. I’ve read all the books and seen all the plays made from the books.
I also loved this book for the first three quarters but I was not fond of the ending.
I don’t like to give away plot detail so I’ll just say I didn’t find it believable. I can handle
the sadness, it is inevitable, but the character approaches used to reach end just don’t
work for me by the final section.
Haruf was a wonderful writer.

Shaara does a really good of job blending characters and history. It makes the confusing clear and the story relate to us in human terms.
I enjoyed the whole series.

One of the things I like about the book is how it offers insights that apply to higher education beyond the Ivy League schools.
Plenty of food for thought for all.

The setup is fun quirky. Troubled man finds himself by viewing Vermeer paintings around the world.
He writes well and Vermeer fans will be intrigued. However his Vermeer obsession gets almost uncomfortable at times in a depth that is beyond general interest. A slight book that really is a three star ok.

This book really holds up well. The premise and then journey of the lead character is fascinating. It doesn’t feel compelled to offer up huge
amounts of gore and shock and the payoff is an intelligent thriller. So much better than the movie I remember that was made from it.

Crais writes well and tells a good story. I’ve always held him at arm’s length since Elvis is a little too jokey for me, but I got caught up in the
characters and while it gets a little bit of a stretch down the stretch, I’m glad I spent time with it.

It is a period that fascinates me and the author does provide insights that are enjoyable. But the book is written in more of a scholarly fashion and
becomes a bit of a grind at times. If the period interests you, you might give it a try, but I wouldn’t go out of my way.

An interesting book. It really isn’t about all the movies he saw, although there are nicely done tidbits about some of the movies that he uses to riff on.
It is more stories about his life in comedy and what it means to him. He writes well with nice humor. There is a hilarious section involving Jerry Lewis.
It is a quirky book that you can breeze through quickly and enjoy.

Mildly amusing. While we are interested in celebrity diets and eating habits, the topic is really too slight for an actual book. Her
approach is to share as much about their workouts as what it is like to eat the food. The book is a reach and she didn’t even maximize what she had to work with.

A really good period piece mystery. She blends the scenes of turn of the century Paris into the story without reaching. And the story is
a good one with twists and turns.