Always be a first rate version of yourself...: Alex Delaware

What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

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Friday, March 13, 2020

A GREAT BOOK from MR. Kellerman!

As you know I love Faye Kellerman but I am kinda hit or miss with Jonathan Kellerman. But Museum of Desire (Alex Delaware #35) was just fantastic. VERY creative, I think. Super creepy premise and didn't let up on the tension until the end. Great stuff.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Meh

Fans of Alex Delaware may enjoy this much more than I did. But I really didn't. I just can't seem to warm up to Mr. Kellerman. Night Moves was just meh for me.

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Not Fair

The thing is, had a never read a Faye Kellerman book, I think I would be more fair to Jonathan Kellerman books. It's just that every page of every Faye Kellerman book has made me want to keep turning. I have never wanted to skip or skim. Not so with many books that I still love. But F. Kellerman is just that good!
Breakdown was a good book! And again the thing is, I would have given it a five if I wasn't always saying, "Man I wish Peter and Rina were involved!" So not fair of me!
Anyway, I recommend Dr. Delaware to anyone.

Monday, August 22, 2016

Kellermans in a Row

After reading Savage Spawn, I thought I would pick up an Alex Delaware, as it had been a while for me. As I have said before, I am more of a Faye fan than Jonathan. Compulsion was okay. It seems that I still favor the Mrs. over the Mr. It might be the whole Robin-Alex thing. It might have been that this particular mystery seemed to lose me. I still love Milo though.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Abridged is just fine

So I ordered the audio cd of Deception at the library and when it came I realized it was an abridged edition. I guess this doesn't really count as a Read in 2010, so I'll come up with a new tag for it, rather than go back and read the whole blasted thing. I've written about the Kellermans before, I'm definately a fan, but Jonathan is the one Kellerman that I think lends himself to abridgement! Deception is a fine example of this fact. I have often wondered why, if a book can be so easily abridged, and approved by the author, the author didn't just edit the freaking book to begin with and turn out a nice, tight book. This is another predictable-in a good way- Alex and Milo mystery. I'll keep reading them as long as he writes them, but next time when I get the abridgement, it won't be by accident.