Journal Entry 1 by Stacers1973 from Gladstone, Oregon USA on Saturday, June 12, 2010

Adding to pass along --
Adding to Oliviapoolside's "In Memory of Kalman" bookbox. 

Journal Entry 2 by Stacers1973 at Gladstone, Oregon USA on Saturday, June 12, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (6/12/2010 UTC) at Gladstone, Oregon USA

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Adding to Oliviapoolside's "In Memory of Kalman" bookbox. 

Journal Entry 3 by oliviapoolside at Seattle, Washington USA on Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Arrived in Seattle in Kalman's memory bookbox. I read these kinds of books sometimes and I'll give this one a try. 

Journal Entry 4 by oliviapoolside at Seattle, Washington USA on Wednesday, August 17, 2011

read, offered and released. Details to follow.

This book crossed my line of 'when reading becomes a chore rather than a pleasure'. I really didn't like anything about it; well maybe I liked how Ryan Evans was what we imagine our elite American soldiers to be. He was strong, intelligent, compassionate, ethical and he wasn't stopped by any force except his own moral code. A hero.
But the scenarios in this book! Nothing totally made sense to me. Not the Iraqi scenes, not the Boneman, not the DA, not Evan's wife. There were so many loose ends and dead bodies. The ending is both interesting and disappointing in that the sun doesn't come out and the birds don't sing. The end is really creepy to my mind. It did not seem like a clear cut happy ending. Maybe that is what people like about this book.
I don't enjoy the serial killer genre in general, but at least if it makes sense then one can admire a well turned out story. This book is all action, leaving a trail of dead bodies and reader (at least this reader) incomprehension as to the killer's motivations and what bombs dropped in Iraq had to do with it.
 

Journal Entry 5 by oliviapoolside at Seattle, Washington USA on Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Released 9 mos ago (8/16/2011 UTC) at Seattle, Washington USA

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Sent to smd427 as her pick from the Mystery VBB. 

Journal Entry 6 by smd427 at Beaverton, Oregon USA on Friday, August 19, 2011

Received from oliviapoolside as part of the Mystery/Thriller/Suspense VBB hosted by bookstogive.

Thank you for sending this out so quickly! I look forward to reading it.