http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy Book Summaries for Quick Reminders Copyright 2010 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2 http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/08/18/shanghai-girls-by-lisa-see/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/08/18/shanghai-girls-by-lisa-see/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:09:35 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/08/18/shanghai-girls-by-lisa-see/ This entry is a rarity for me. I haven't taken the time to write these abstracts, but Shanghai Girls was so intriguing I had to sit down to summarize it. The story covers a political period before the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and WWII in China, it ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/08/18/shanghai-girls-by-lisa-see/feed/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/18/the-whole-truth-by-david-baldacci/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/18/the-whole-truth-by-david-baldacci/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:57:22 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/18/the-whole-truth-by-david-baldacci/ This crazy multi-billionaire hires a Perception Management fella to create news that leads to panic between the United States, Russia and China. Forces them to arm themselves, so that they will buy arms from his company. His intent is not to have an actual war, but the fear ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/18/the-whole-truth-by-david-baldacci/feed/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/04/exile-by-richard-north-patterson/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/04/exile-by-richard-north-patterson/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:46:11 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/04/exile-by-richard-north-patterson/ This is my second Richard North Patterson read. Loved it. He has been the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author. A well researched book. I learned a lot of the Arab Israeli Conflict... "David Wolfe is a successful San Francisco lawyer who is about to get married ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2010/01/04/exile-by-richard-north-patterson/feed/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/gone-forever-by-lee-child/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/gone-forever-by-lee-child/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:33:08 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/gone-forever-by-lee-child/ The Arab terrorists and a United States Senator had a lot in common. Both wanted specific information about themselves deleted from the Department of Defense files, but for different reasons. Our hero, Jack Reacher, found himself in the New York subway late at night when a woman who ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/gone-forever-by-lee-child/feed/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/glimpses-of-paradise-by-james-scott-bell/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/glimpses-of-paradise-by-james-scott-bell/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:12:13 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/glimpses-of-paradise-by-james-scott-bell/ I just finished read Glimpses of Paradise by James Scott Bell. I thought it was excellent. Well written. The author "sucks" you into the lives of his main characters, and before I knew it, I was hooked and had to read through to the end ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/30/glimpses-of-paradise-by-james-scott-bell/feed/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/14/try-darkness-by-james-scott-bell/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/14/try-darkness-by-james-scott-bell/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:51:24 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/14/try-darkness-by-james-scott-bell/ Ty Buchanon is living on the peaceful grounds of St. Monica's far away from the glamorous life he led as a rising trial lawyer for a big L.A. law firm. He found his previous ambitions unrewarding. Now he prefers offering legal services to the poor and under represented ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/10/14/try-darkness-by-james-scott-bell/feed/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/31/cold-stone-by-david-baldacci/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/31/cold-stone-by-david-baldacci/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:42:01 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/31/cold-stone-by-david-baldacci/ This is a reminder: John Carr, aka Oliver Stone, disappears after the case is solved in this bok. He re-emerges in the next book. Divine Justice which I need to read yet. This doesn't say anything about what happened in the preceding ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/31/cold-stone-by-david-baldacci/feed/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/02/the-forgotten-legion-by-ben-kane/ http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/02/the-forgotten-legion-by-ben-kane/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:08:52 +0000 General http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/02/the-forgotten-legion-by-ben-kane/ I've been distracted lately. Have not had time to summarize books I've read. Am feeling a little guilty about it, so here's the latest I've just finished. I love historical novels. There is some truth here. Situated in modern day Turkmenistan, this area is more than 1500 ... http://jimmoy.com/jykmoy/index.php/2009/08/02/the-forgotten-legion-by-ben-kane/feed/