Chaos (4.0)

An LDS novel. A school teacher (man) comes home after school and finds his apartment trashed. On his bed are drugs. He receives a phone call that tells him an assassin is going to kill him for being a rat. As he hears sirens in the distance, he takes his bike and runs. He has the police looking for him because they think he has killed four policemen. The assassin is following him and wants to kill him. Who has set him up and why? Who can he turn to for help? Oh, what about the girl friend from college? Would she help him? How can he figure out how to get out of this mess? This was another fun book and story. Oh, briefly, chaos theory becomes part of the story too.

Unspoken (4.0)

Another LDS novel. A good story. This is a psychological story. Lots of good things to think about. There is of course a romance. (The actual story is fuzzy in my mind. I know it was good, I just can't remember all the details.)

Do No Harm (4.0)

Another LDS novel. A good story. Bad guys are kidnapping people and performing horrible medical experiments with them. They must be stopped. But the bad guys are well financed and are not afraid to kill. There is romance, of course. A lonely widower and a beautiful nurse (the females are always beautiful) who has been the subject of a medical experiment. She survives and escapes her captors. She is awesome.

The Perfect Plan (4.0)

Author: Jeri Gilchrist. A good story. This is an LDS novel. Rich girl is neglected by her father and abused by her Aunt. Her Mother is killed when she is 3. Father interferes in the girls college romance and drives the two apart. Rich girl separates her self from her father and Aunt and finds happiness in landscaping. Oops! She gets arrested for stealing $50,000. She is now poor and requests a court appointed lawyer. A lawyer shows up at the jail and it is her college sweetheart. In the background, there are evil people that want the girl and her father dead. Why? Could it be greed? Will good and love triumph? Of course. It is a novel.

A Matter of Character: Inside the Whitehouse of George W. Bush (1.0)

I only read a few paragraphs here and there in this book. The author traces George W. Bush's conservative development. The author slams the liberals and their elitist attitude. I decided I didn't really want to read much more than a few paragraphs.

Plan of Attack (1.0)

This book is written by Bob Woodward, one of the Washington Post reporters that helped break the Watergate scandal. It is about the Bush Whitehouse and how we ended up attacking Iraq. I did not read the entire book. I read a few of the first chapters and decided I had read enough. It details the differences of opinion of those surrounding Bush and how Bush made decisions.

The Ezekiel Option (4.0)

This is a last days novel about the gathering of the forces of Gog against the nation of Israel. It is based on Ezekiel 38 and 39. Some interesting ideas, but be aware that it is written by a man that believes in the "rapture" and so forth. Even so, it is interesting to contemplate what will cause the forces of Gog to come against Israel. Also, be aware that the LDS Church stand on who "Gog" might be is that we don't have a stand. We do not want to cause contention, so our leaders do not identify "Gog". There is much speculation and devisive commentary on the internet about "Gog".

Liberty (4.0)

Rear Admiral Jake Grafton is the hero of this story. The author is Stephen Coonts. A good story. Terrorists want to set off nuclear bombs in a few key cities (like Washington, D.C.). Jake and the good guys try to figure out how to keep the bad guys from setting them off.

The Bishop's Bride (4.5)

This was an excellent book. Fun to read. A widower is called to be the new Bishop of a ward and he is given 3 weeks to find and become engaged to another woman. That is when he will be sustained as the new Bishop. He is told that within a month of that date, he needs to be married. What a challenge. See how the Lord prepares the way for him. It is not easy.

Artemis Fowel Series 5.0

Author: Eoin Colfer
This is a series about a boy genius who discovers a whole underground world of fairies, dwarves, etc... It is a lot of fun to read, and of course Artemis is the villain. The author has a fun sense of humor. It is like reading a spy novel and a slight fantasy all combined. The sixth book just came out. I can't wait.

Barracuda 945 (5.0)

This is another novel by Patrick Robinson. This one has some of the same characters as the other novels. One of the characters is Major Ray Kerman a member of the SAS (British Special Forces). This novel describes his thoughts and feelings leading up to his sudden conversion to becoming an Islamic terrorist. He then becomes Ravi Rashood, a very dangerous terrorist. Yet there is something about him that you can identify with and understand why he becomes a terrorist. I haven't finished with this book yet, but I already think it is worth a 5.0.

Saucer and Saucer: The Conquest 5.0

Stephen Coonts is the author of these two novels. These were fun and interesting to read. They are about a flying saucer, found in the Sahara Desert by the hero, Rip (something; I have a hard time remembering names). There is also a beautiful ex-Air Force test pilot who comes to Rip's rescue when things look dark and pilots the saucer. What becomes more intriguing is when they discover that they can put on a headband and tell the computers what they want it to do simply by thinking. Some fascinating ideas. Lots of action and suspense. I rate these two novels at 5.0. And there is always the possibility of a follow-on book because a mother ship was found by the Australians.

The Shape Shifter 3.0

Tony Hillerman is the author. It is a murder mystery and the hero is a retired Navajo policeman (I forgot his name already, but one of his sidekicks is named Chee, also a Navajo). There is a lot of description of Indian beliefs. It is a good mystery even if you don't like fruitcake. I give this novel a rating of 3.0.