Read any good books lately?

[Dixie_Peach 1]

wow! i'm making me a list too!!! gonna look @ books-a-million to see what i can find!

[internetkafe 0]

I am reading Robert Ludlum's 'The Ambler Warning'. It is a suspense type of book. International Espionage.

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric states make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients - Hal isn't crazy. With the help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to clear his mind of the drug-induced haze and then pulls off a daring escape. Now he's out to discover who stashed him here and why - but the world he returns to isn't the one he remembers. Friends and longtime associates don't remember him, there are no official records of Hal Ambler, and, when he first sees himself in the mirror, the face that looks back at him is not the one he knows as his own.

Review:

"For some bestselling authors, death is no impediment to an enduring career. But the latest Ludlum (d. 2001) novel, penned by an unnamed hired hand, reveals the problems inherent in such an arrangement: neither sufficiently like Ludlum's originals nor compellingly distinctive, it inhabits a kind of thriller purgatory to which only the most dedicated Ludlumite will be eager to venture. After a two-decade career as a clandestine operative, Hal Ambler is drugged and warehoused in the Parrish Island Psychiatric Facility, a government nuthouse for spies. A sympathetic nurse aids his escape, and soon Ambler is on the run, trying to figure out who he is and, more importantly, who he was. There are a few interesting characters — particularly CIA accountant Clayton Caston, a man who knows little about feelings but who can tease a mountain of information out of a spy's expense account — but the villains are mostly invisible and everybody else ends up dead before you really get to know them. Just because a writer can copy what was once a successful style does not automatically assure his publisher a successful book." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Synopsis:

Locked away in a secret government facility designed to hide former intelligence employees whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations, Hal Ambler is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. With the help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to clear his mind of its drug-induced haze and pull off a daring escape. Now he's out to discover who stashed him away and why. . . .

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About the Author

ROBERT LUDLUM's more than twenty international bestsellers include such classics as The Bourne Identity (on which the blockbuster film was based), The Bourne Legacy, and The Chancellor Manuscript. For thirty years, hundreds of millions of readers worldwide have made Robert Ludlum one of the best known and most beloved of modern novelists.

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Product Details

ISBN:0312316712

Author:Ludlum, Robert

Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Subject:Thrillers

Subject:Psychological

Subject:Espionage/Intrigue

Subject:Intelligence officers

Subject:Psychiatric hospital patients

Publication Date:20051018

Binding:HC

Language:English

Pages:528

Dimensions:9.70x6.36x1.41 in. 1.63 lbs.

Edited March 13, 2006 by internetkafe

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

Heehee, I have the Anne Of Green Gables collection (Was a Christmas present from my hubby).

My suggestions:

Isabel Allende - Eva Luna and The Stories Of Eva Luna or really anything written by Allende I love her work!

Neil Gaiman - Stardust (I've read they're actually planning on making this into a film! I'm so excited, this has to be one of my favourite books ever) If you're into "modern" faerietales.

[pax 0]

Wow....just got back from work and a visit to the bookstore (got 'Marley & Me' and 'Outlander') and there are so many more for my 'must read' list....thanks everyone, and hoping that you are all getting ideas for your next read!!

AWESOME! I have the fifth book, The Fiery Cross, in my purse today. I've been delaying it because there's only one more book out right now, and then there's supposed to be one more after that. I'll probably read them all over again once I'm finished.