The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A remarkable book. This book is fascinating. It is a glimpse of a different, exotic world that is just a little like ours. How do people react to the slight loss of.... freedom, health, etc. Its so much more. Reading it puts you into this world and you get the feeling of hopelessness and dis pare.
Might well be described as a cozy dystopian novel.
Written in 1994, this is the first English translation.


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Contraband by Stuart Woods
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A great month for me. Silva and Woods, both with new books.
Stone Barrington is maturing nicely. In this 50th episode he is up to his usual tricks, solving mysteries and loving beautiful, and not particularly young, women. His taste seems to have matured but he is still the glamorus detective type from the movies of the thirties and forties, dressed in a dinner jacket and riding in his armored car or flying his own jet.

Keep 'em coming Stuart, I love every minute of this book, and all the others.

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The New Girl by Daniel Silva
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As usual I loved it. Without a doubt my favorite season of the year is when Daniel Sliva publishes a new book. I love the buzz among my friends and reading companions and then the joy of reading is his book. The story is timely, the prose is clever, the characters are interesting, fully dimentional and the story is complex enough to keep my interest.
I felt as though some characters might be being groomed to be the spotlight characters in futher novels. A spinoff series might be nice. Sarah is a character who might be able to stand alone.

Suffice it to say, the rest of the year is waiting for Daniel to write another book.

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