August Books

I read a few more books than this but a couple of them I really, really didn’t like, so I am not even going to mention them.

True Evil by Greg Iles. Do you know Greg Iles? His books are such page-turners. I am the wimpiest of people I know. The list of books and movies Keetha cannot watch is legion and includes films from Braveheart and Gladiator to The Lion King (What? The cub’s dad dies! The uncle is mean!). I have a friend who is perpetually surprised that I can read Greg Iles’ books. They’re disturbing and I should have trouble reading them but they’re so good that I can’t help it. When I come to a “bad part” I just hum, avert my eyes, and flip over a page or two. It’s usually over by then.

True Evil involved some well and true evil, seriously. It made me think, How did he come up with this? It’s out there yet scarily realistic. That’s all I should say lest I give anything away. I can tell you that the main character is an FBI agent who grew up in Mississippi. Her sister has recently died and her mother is about to. She thinks her sister was murdered by the sister’s husband, but has no proof. She also suspects a happily married doctor in Natchez is about to be murdered by his wife, but again, no proof.

True Evil kept me on the edge of my seat right up until the very end.


Legal Thriller by Big Name Author Who May or May Not Have Mississippi Ties. A small town law firm brings down a big chemical corporation that has been poisoning the groundwater and making people sick. Is it just me or does that sound awfully similar to several books by Big Name Author Who May or May Not Have Mississippi Ties? I can think of at least one, maybe two of his novels that had very similar plots. In the end, the bad guys won. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth.

And I kept reading it why? I don’t know; so I can complain about it here?


Wishbones by Carolyn Haines is the eighth in a series of books about Sarah Booth Delaney who solves mysteries in Zinnia County, Mississippi. This book actually takes place in Hollywood and Costa Rica, as Delaney is an aspiring actress. The “bones” books are fun reads – light and zesty, rather along the same lines of novels by Mary Kay Andrews. I read it on the heels of Legal Thriller and it was a refreshing change of pace and tone.

I wanted to tell you about The Elizabeth Stories, a collection of short stories. But I keep forgetting to look at the book so I can look up the author because I can't find the book on Amazon and that's why I didn't post this yesterday. (Also: I love run-on sentences!) The book was short stories, which I'm normally not wild about, but I enjoyed this book. That is all.

Favorite book in August – Although it gave me the willies, True Evil for its compellingness.

Person Who I’d Most Like To Have a Drink With – Jitty from Wishbones. Her wardrobe alone sounds fascinating.