Fishing for Stars

Bryce Courtney's "Fishing for Stars" is an excellent sequel to "The Persimmon Tree".  Narrator Nick Duncan is caught in a love triangle between "Princess Plunder and "Green Bitch" during the post war era up to modern times.  Throughout the pages of this volume we find the economies of making millions mixed in with Japan's version of the mafia, pitted against the beginnings of the Green Revolution and the fight to save the planet.  All-in-all, an excellent read.

Claudius

Author Douglas Jackson has written this book in the manner in which a river flows.  It starts out slowly and then the pace picks up as you enter rapids, slows again, then repeats.  This story is about the invasion of Britain by the Roman forces of Emperor Claudius and how he achieves victory.  The hero of the story is in charge of Claudius' elephant.  A good read.

A Hornet's Nest

Stieg Larsson finished his trilogy the way he began it!  Exciting and riveting from start to finish!  "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" was a book I started in the morning and didn't put down until I finished reading in the evening!  I was pumped throughout the read.  This set of books should truly be read one right after the other.

It is sad that Larsson died shortly after completing his trilogy.

Anticipation

This evening I plan on starting to read "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson.  The first book in this trilogy, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" was such a page turner, that I couldn't put it down.  I read the book from cover-to-cover in a 24 hour period, only stopping for little breaks.  On the other hand, the sequel "The Girl Who Played With Fire" didn't grip me in the same way.  Now I don't know what to expect.  However, I am looking forward to reading it.  Watch this space for the update.

Today I finished reading "Dust and Steel" by Patrick Mercer.  It is an invigorating read that takes one to the Indian Mutiny of 1857 - 1859.  The reader is gripped by the hero's dilemmas as he goes from battle to battle during the Indian Mutiny.  You get a sense of what the battles were like for the soldiers of the time.

It is an excellent sequel to Mercer's "To Do and Die".