"A Curious Man" by Neal Thompson was a curious book about LeRoy Robert Ripley, behind the famous "Believe it or Not!". Ripley got his start as a cartoonist, and when he began collecting odd artifacts and facts, the whole Ripley's Believe it or Not! took off. Ripley traveled all over the world, collecting and adding to his collection, including a harem of women who lived at his mansion. Oh, and he was a handball champion. Sure, why not? It was an interesting book about a very interesting fellow.
"After Dead" by Charlaine Harris was a quick tying up of loose ends. Did you wonder what happened to all the characters in the Sookie Stackhouse books after the last one? Do you even remember most of them, because I sure didn't. Whoops. I'm going to have to reread the series someday.
"Downtrodden Abbey" by Gillian Fetlocks was an amusing parody of Downton Abbey (I'm a big fan of the show). If you like the show and have a good sense of humor, it was fun.
"Dead Reckoning" by Caitlin Rother was the opposite of fun. It was very well written, and interesting, I couldn't put it down, but man was it tough. It's a true crime about a young couple so desperate for money that they kill a nice couple on their yacht outside of Newport Beach and then try to drain the couple's accounts. Luckily they don't get very far and the cops are able to build a strong case against them. I hope they're in jail forever. The way they killed that poor nice couple was just devastating. I'm pretty battle hardened by true crime, having read so much of it, but wow, this one really hit me.
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