July books

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels - Mindy Starns Clark*
Reread of the second book in the Million Dollar Mysteries series. I had forgotten most everything from this book except the very last scene! It had it's lameness, but was overall very enjoyable for me.

A Dime a Dozen - Mindy Starns Clark*
Reread of the third book in the Million Dollar Mysteries series. One of the blander books, for me. I wish Callie was less dumb--that's my takeaway from this series reread.

Waterfalls - Robin Jones Gunn*
Continuing on with Christian fiction rereads! This sixth book in the Glenbrooke series is about Meredith, a children's book editor who finds herself working with a famous movie star on his book/tv idea. There is a lot of silliness about this book, but it is happy and easy and comforting to read. Well, when I can get past my annoyance that the 24-year-old is all bummed at how long she's had to wait for the right guy. :P

Firewall - DiAnn Mills
Taryn--a software programming genius--and her new husband Shep are at the airport heading off to their honeymoon when a terminal is bombed. They survive, but now the FBI thinks they are behind the bombing, and Shep has escaped. Agent Grayson is on the case, and lost in Taryn's "sea-green" eyes. This book is not AS corny as Irene Hannon, but it has plenty of eye-rolling lines. At one point, after knowing her for like a day, Grayson almost calls Taryn "Sunset" because it's the color of her hair. Whatevs, Grayson! The book is really too long and full of missions and plans and attempts to outsmart much smarter bad guys. Oh and there's this dumb thing with it having two readers and I really have no idea why--it makes it more confusing. One reader is devoted to a bad guy who really isn't even a big deal in the grand scheme, so I don't get it. HOWEVER, I might give Mills another try sometime. Which sounds ridiculous considering my review.

A Quarter for a Kiss - Mindy Starns Clark*
Fourth book in the MDM series. I enjoyed it like I did the others, but again, I forgot how idiotic both Callie and Tom are. They spell out things that everyone would understand 10 minutes before, like it was so hidden and complicated. It's insulting how things are explained to the reader. Callie is often referred to as "really good at her job" as a private detective, but she is so clueless about things people in her line of work should be familiar with. Plus she constantly makes rookie mistakes like leaving her things out to be searched by bad guys, or forgetting to bring any sort of weapon every time she goes into an unsafe situation. Is it her first day on the job or something?

I guess it was Christian fiction month!

July: 5
2015: 22

Comments

[dantheman23.livejournal.com]

Here's my mindbrain while I was reading the review of Firewall:

"... heading off to their honeymoon when a terminal is bombed. They survive, but now the FBI thinks they are behind the bombing, and Shep has escaped." - Huh, sounds interesting.

"Agent Grayson is on the case, and lost in Taryn's "sea-green" eyes." - Ugh, OK never mind.

"...full of missions and plans and attempts to outsmart much smarter bad guys." - Now we're talking!

: )

Christian fiction series month, M I RIGHT?

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Haha... Yeah, the story idea is decent, but the execution isn't so hot.

That's true, they are all series'! Serieses.