Golden Buddha, The First Novel of the Oregon Files is, as the name says, the first in a new series writen by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo.

The book Goden Buddha is a real page turner. You are really thrown into the midst of the mission of the crew of the Oregon. After a brief travel through time to set the stage for the book you quickly get introduced to the main characters of the book.

It’s a ripper of a story, so feel free to read my full review…

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Bleachers by John Grisham is a great airplane or travel book. I read it in about 12-hours, with a good 8-hour sleep in the middle of it.
Bleachers is unlike any other John Grisham novel that I have read. It is a story set in small town USA that is based almost entirely around American Football [...]

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Though not a “Christian” book, I have heard this book described more than once as the best illustration of sin in classic literature. Besides being a great, well-written novel, this book does paint quite a picture of the ugliness of sin. Makes me think twice of ever commissioning a self portrait, that’s for sure.

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I have read very few books quite as bleak as The House of Sand and Fog, so saying that I “enjoyed” this book doesn’t seem quite appropriate. I was captivated by it. The story centers around a house and the people struggling against eachother to own it. Each chapter flip- flops from one voice, that of Persian immigrants, the Behrani family, to the other, a house keeper named Kathy Nicolo. I much prefered the story from the Behrani family, it was a mix of flashbacks of their lilfe in Iran and life as now as struggling immigrants. Kathy’s story was twinged with desperation, helplessness and too much sex (as far as I’m concerned). Read the book, then rent the movie, which won a few Oscars. It really made the story come to life.

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