Book For The Week: Congo by Michael Crichton

Congo

By

Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton is (was - while I still enjoy his books he has passed away) one of my favorite authors.   Congo is the third book of his that I have enjoyed and I am sure I will return to his books in the future.   It is a story of a group of people who are going into the congo to a lost city to find diamonds and have to fight off all sorts of danger.  One of the most difficult being a new species of gorilla that was bred in ancient time to guard the diamonds.  There is also a volcano that erupts not to mention attacking hippos.  The book is Michael Crighton's usual action packed adventure with the added delight of a gorilla that was raised in captivity and trained to communicate with sign language.   As has been many of Michael Crighton's books this one was made into a movie.  Click on the author's name and the book title above to follow the links to more information and enjoy the movie trailer in the video that follows.  I not only recommend this book but the two other Michael Crichton books I have read -  Next and State Of Fear. 

Thanksgiving Dinner And A Movie

After working together to put on our Thanksgiving Dinner this past week (note he is a good gravy stirrer)  Bruce had brought a movie for us to watch on the DVD player he brought me to go with the flat screen TV the kids had given me the prior weekend.  It was a very cute movie.

Book For The Week: 11/12/12 - The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen

The Apprentice

by

Tess Gerritsen

When I am asked,  I am quick to say that I don't watch slasher movies and that books that are psychological thrillers give me nightmares.   Never the less,  I enjoy an occasional book by Tess Gerritsen.  As an internist,  Tess Gerritsen's attention to detail during the autopsies and her psychological descriptions of not only the serial killers in her books but of the heroes and heroines too are fascinating.  As usual I have not read the Rozzoli and Isles series in order and I wish that I had so I will have to eventually go back and enjoy the ones in the series that I have missed.   A couple of years ago I listened to an audio book of her  Body Double.  I never would have discovered Tess Gerritsen  except that,  in the days before my IPOD,  when I was listening to audio books on my cars CD player,  I purchased a "lot"  from eBay of books on CD.  One of these books was  Body Double and I enjoyed it although I watched behind my back for several months after that when walking to and from my mailbox after work.   So when I was looking for a book to listen to on my Ipod during my commute  around the end of October I selected The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen to compliment the Halloween season.   The book is about Detective Jane Rozzoli's investigation of a series of murders by a criminal they have dubbed the apprentice due to his copy cat style of a serial killer that her team put behind bars the year before.   Please be sure to click on the book title and author's name above to follow the links for more information.   Enjoy the video that follows.

Dinner And A Movie - 11-9-12

After a to die for dinner of BBQ ribs at North Side Grill in town Bruce and I watched a DVD of Playing For Time starring Vanessa Redgrave.  It is a TV movie from 1980 about the concentration camps during the Holocaust.   I have wanted to see this movie for a few years now and have never been able to find it so was very glad that Bruce was able to find it for me and I  finally was able  to see it.   The movie is very thought provoking as you can tell by clicking on the links with in the text above.  It made the conflicts within the various groups of the concentration camp clear and it also really made the horror of how the people were treated in the concentration camps real.

Book For The Week 11/4/12 : The Christmas Wedding

The Christmas Wedding

by

James Patterson

The November selection for my library book group is The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson.  I started it toward the end of October thinking it would take me awhile to read it but  it was a quick read so I finished it before the first of November.  It is the story of a family and their holiday season.   I have read  James Patterson's books before but not to  often because they generally give me nightmares.  Not so with this book.  It is very G rated and a fine book for all ages and all audiences that want an ivory girl type experience.  This book will not make it into my top ten list for 2012.  It is not a bad book but there is nothing particularly striking about it.  It is a book about a widow who has her children home for the holidays and is also having her wedding at the same time.  Three men have proposed and no one but the widow knows who the groom is going to be right up till the time she announces her choice during the actual wedding.  I would not recommend it but if you like light romance novels then this is the book for you.  I am not big on weddings being a happy ending and I would not have picked the man she chose.  Click on the title of the book and the authors name above to follow the link to more information and enjoy the video below.