Takedown by Brad Thor

So so thriller, kind of disjointed but a fun read.

Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills

Enjoyed it but it was pretty mediocre. Environmental wackos create bacteria to halt global oil supply.

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

So I thought this book would end up being dubbed The Lost Editor because it is so long. Indeed it does ramble and there are times I was thinking enough already, but I enjoyed the book. In all of Brown's books you get the sense that this guy can do something great yet his books come together as very good but not the masterpiece that appears at hand. I guess the bottom line is I'll read his next book, I hope his editor does too.

Killshot by Elmore Leonard

Killshot has lots of good parts, even for Leonard, but the story is unnecessarily dragged out. Good read, with editing it would be really good.

Even Money by Dick and Felix Francis

So the book is OK, mediocre. I've read over 30 Dick Francis books of and save the ones I haven't to read on my birthday. These new books, however, co-authored with his son Felix, lack the old magic. Too bad.

21 by Patrick O'Brain

Half full this glass was extended with 63 pages of what would have been the 21st novel had not Patrick O'Brain passed. Half empty, I can't shake this feeling that there will not again be another reading experience as this. What an extra ordinary journey it has been. When the last of it ended mid-sentence this morning I felt like something was lost. How fortunate to have stumbled upon this witty author and it's narrator, Patrick Tull, who has also since passed, who have become unwavering companions. Not once in the twenty books was there a misstep, each building on the other, describing the careers and lives at sea of two dear friends Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin.