Finished BLACK ORDER

This author writes intelligent action/thrillers.  From the moment it starts, it is an "on the edge of your seat" roller coaster until the end. On the way, the reader is treated to knowledge about the world's scientists scramble to grab up Nazi research at the end of WWII as well as quantum physics.  The explanation of the latter is such that even I could understand it...attesting to Rollins' teaching ability as well as his story-telling ability.  The tale takes us through Europe, the Himalayas, and South Africa, holding tight to our seats the entire way.  I am about to order more of this man's books.

I have now started The Devil's Diary/ Alfred Rosenberg and the Stolen Secrets of the Third Reich by Robert K Wittman and David Kinney.  It was not planned that I would be following up a novel involving Nazi secrets, with a Non Fiction book along the same vein...  It is just the way the books came up in my piling system.  The first chapter takes us pretty much to the end of the story first, discussing the scramble for Nazi documents after the war and the reasons that so many just disappeared...making research into these subjects difficult.

Finished THE BOOK OF BEGINNINGS in the Enchanted World series.

Of course none of the books in this series claims or even tries to be complete.  They are a collection of myths from all over the world:  this one exploring how the Earth, Sun, Moon, and stars came to be, where people, animals, and plants come from and how they got their individual characteristics.  The fanciful telling of the stories coupled with lovely and colorful illustrations made this book a joy to read.

Now, to replace the last book I read in the series, I am reading Giants and Ogres as my bathroom book.  I look forward to more fascinating tales.

Finished THE STORY TELLER

An old man on the Wind River Reservation, who has the position of storyteller (keeper and teller of the oral history of the Arapaho) relates having seen a ledger book at the Denver Historical Museum and long time ago when he was a child.  Now that museums are returning sacred objects to the tribes they belonged to, the Tribal Counsel hires Vicky to find that ledger and bring it to the tribe archives along with other pieces. This ledger is a record in pictures of a history showing the Arapaho at an important massacre by one of only a handful of survivors.  This leads Vicky and Father John on a dangerous and frustrating search.  Excellent.  These books are adventure stories set in an unfamiliar (to me) environment and is the fourth one of the series I have read.

I am now about to start #3 in the Sigma Force series by James Rollins, my fourth in the series (I read Map of Bones out of order.)  This one appears to be another roller coaster ride a la Raiders of the Lost Ark or Dan Brown thrillers, smart, informative, and exciting.  This book is considerably longer than the last four books I have read, so it will probably take me a couple of weeks to read.

Finished THE MELODY LINGERS ON

Another thriller by one of my favorite authors.  Not a real mystery, but rather one of those things where the reader can see bad things coming long before the heroine does.  As usual, a very enjoyable read.

I have now started The Story Teller, #4 of Margaret Coel's Wind River mysteries.  The book opens with a professor leaving work at the University of Colorado's Denver campus and witnessing a kidnapping in the parking lot.  Then we learn that a young Arapaho staying in Denver has gone missing and Vicky (Arapaho lawyer) agrees to look for him while on her trip there.  Father John O'Malley is on the way there also on Mission business.

Finished THE FAERIE GUARDIAN

Most of the time I spent reading this I thought it was pretty simplistic even for a YA book, but I thought it was interesting enough to perhaps appeal to one of my nieces.  But, by the end of it I find I want to find out what happens next, so I'm going to have to order the next book!

I have now started The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark.  This time the protagonist is an interior designer working in a studio run by one of the foremost designers in New York.  A while ago this boss designed a mansion for a Bernie Madoff type character.  Now, of course he has disappeared as has most of the money and his family is left with nothing but debts and notoriety.  The son asks the design studio that seeing as the original design had paid so well, he's appreciate it if they would design his mother's new town house using the furniture that had not been sold to pay off debts and do it gratis....