I totally forgot to post my book reports on the books I've finished. I've got 4 of them to report.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Bk 4 - Jeff Kinney
Synopsis
It’s summer vacation, the weather’s great, and all the kids are
having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing
video games with the shades drawn.
Greg, a self-confessed
“indoor person,” is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no
responsibilities and no rules. But Greg’s mom has a different vision for
an ideal summer . . . one packed with outdoor activities and “family
togetherness.”
Whose vision will win out? Or will a new addition to the Heffley family change everything?
I really like this series. I give the book 5 Stars.
The House at Sea's End - Elly Griffiths
Synopsis
Just back from maternity leave, forensic archeologist Ruth is
finding it hard to juggle motherhood and work when she is called in to
investigate human bones that have surfaced on a remote Norfolk beach.
The presence of DCI Harry Nelson, the married father of her daughter,
does not help. The bones, six men with their arms bound, turn out to
date back to World War II, a desperate time on this stretch of
coastland.
As Ruth and Nelson investigate, Home Guard veteran
Archie Whitcliffe reveals the existence of a secret the old soldiers
have vowed to protect with their lives. But then Archie is killed and a
German journalist arrives, asking questions about Operation Lucifer, a
plan to stop a German invasion, and a possible British war crime. What
was Operation Lucifer? And who is prepared to kill to keep its secret?
Really great series....I give this book 5 Stars.
The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths
Syn pis
t’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway
found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with
her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old house in
Norwich uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway—minus its
skull—Ruth is once again called upon to investigate. Is it a Roman-era
ritual sacrifice, or is the killer closer at hand?
Ruth
and Detective Harry Nelson would like to find out—and fast. When they
realize the house was once a children’s home, they track down the
Catholic priest who served as its operator. Father Hennessey reports
that two children did go missing from the home forty years before—a boy
and a girl. They were never found. When carbon dating proves that the
child’s bones predate the home and relate to a time when the house was
privately owned, Ruth is drawn ever more deeply into the case. But as
spring turns into summer it becomes clear that someone is trying very
hard to put her off the trail by frightening her, and her unborn child,
half to death.
Really great series....I give this book 5 Stars.
Twelve Patients - Eric Manheimer, M.D.
Synopsis
In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam,
this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue
Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex
mind-body connection.
Using the plights of twelve
very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax
prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street
tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical
dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social
implications" (Publishers Weekly).
Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's oldest
public hospital, but he is also a patient. As the book unfolds, the
narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the
end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.
I am an avid fan of New Amsterdam. I didn't know it was based on a book. So went looking for it and bought it. I really liked the way the author has the book set up...1 patient case at a time. I give this book 5
Well, that's it for today....have an awesome.....
