Book: The Rule of Four

 Book: The Rule of Four

Author: Ian Caldwell

Pages: 373

This is my 230th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

It's Easter at Princeton.  Seniors are scramblinb to finish their theses.  And two students, Tom Sullivan, and Paul Harris, are a hair's breadth from solving the mysteries of the Hynerotomachia Poliphili - a renowned test attributed to an Italian nobleman, a work that has baffled scholars since its publication in 1499.  For Tom, their research has been a link to his family's past - and an obstacle to the woman he loves.  For Paul, it has become an obsession, the very reason for living.  But as their deadline looms, research has stalled - until a long-lost diary surfaces with a vital clue.  And when a ellow researcher is murdered just hours later, Tom and Paul realize that they are not the first to glimpse the Hypnerotomachia's secrets.  Suddently the stakes are raised, and as the two friends sift through the codes and riddles at the heart of the text, they are beginning to see the manuscript in a new light - not simply as a story of faith, eroticism and pedantry, but as a bizarre, coded mathematical maze.  And as they come closer and closer to deciphering the final puzzle of a book that has shattered careers, friendships and families, they know that their own lives are in mortal danger.  Because at least one person has been killed for knowing too much.  And they know even more.

Stars: 3.5 

Book: The Life Imposible

 Book: The Life Impossible

Author: Matt Haig

Pages: 336

This is my 229th read this year

What Amazon Says:

When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her.  She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebookk and no plan.  Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended.  What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed.  But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.

Stars: 4

Book: Famous Last Words

 Book: Famous Last Words

Author: Gilian McAllister

Pages: 336

This is my 228th read for this year

What Amazon Says:

It is June 21st, the longest day of the year, and new mother Camilla's life is about to change forever.  After months of maternity leave, she will drop her infant daughter off at daycare for the first time and return to her job as a literary agent.  Finally.  But, when she waktes, her husband Luke isn't there, and in his place is a cryptic note.  Then it starts.  Breaking news:  There's a hostage situation developing in London.  The police arrive, and tell her Luke is involved.  But he isn't a hostage.  Her husband - doting father, eternal optimist - is the gunman. What she does next is crucial.  Becasue only she knows what clue lies in the note he left behind.

Stars: 4

Book: Cycle of The Werewolf

 Book: Cycle of the Werewolf

Author: Stephen King

Pages: 150

This is my 227th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Terror began in January - by the light of the full moon.  The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the werewolf's fangs ripping at his throat.  The next month there was a scream of ecstatic agony from the woman attacked in her cozy bedroom.  Now scenes of unbelievable horrow unfolded each time the full moon shines on the isolated Main town of Tarker's Mills.  No one knows who will be attacked next.  But one this is sure.  When the full moon rises, a paralyzing fear sweeps through Tarker's Mills.  For snarls that sound like human words can be heard whining through the wind.  And all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated.

Stars: 4 

Book: Deadpool Death of Wade Wilson

 Book: Deadpool Death of Wade Wilson

Author: Cody Ziglar

Pages: 112

This is my 226th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Wade Wilson triumphed against Death Grip!  Killing Deadpool now would be an INSANE thing to do, right?  Well, that's exacctly why we're doing it!

Stars: 4

Book: Deadpool Blood Bond

 Book: Deadpool Blood Bond

Author: Cody Ziglar

Pages: 128

This is my 225th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

There's a wild ride in store for Deadpool when a terrifying new villain enters the scene - one who won't stop until he catches Wade Wilson in his Death Grip!  But all work and no play makes Deadpool a very dead boy!

Stars: 4

Book: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Cheating Death

 Book: A Grim Reaper's Guide to Cheating Death

Author: Maxie Dara

Pages: 288

This is my 224th read for the year

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Nora Bird works for SCYTHE, which might seem odd for someone as terrified of death as she is.  But even since her parents died in an accident when she was six, she's been obsessed with avoiding risk, and what better place to learn how to cheat death than the company that employs the nation's grim reapers?  The work enables Nora to learn all about the myraid ways you can kick the bucket, which is comforting - until one day, a file crosses her desk with a name sh recognizes.  Her twin brother's.  The twins haven't spoken in six months, but Charlie is all Nora has left.  Completely against her cautious nature, Nora steals the file and flees, racing to her brother's house.  She begs him to trust her that his death is imminent, and they hit the road (with his parrot, JEssica, who has plenty to say) in an attempt to evade both death and SCYTHE, whose sole mission of collecting souls has been disrupted by Charlie's continued existence.  Alas, every time Nora saves him, a new cause of death appears in his file.  Someone is determined to take Charlie out, and Nora will have to use everything she's ever learned about death to discover the culprit.

Stars: 3.5