books about: angeles

books about: angeles

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Angeles

Jonathan Kellerman

Ballantine Books, 2008

Another Winner
Jonathan Kellerman continues to create fascinating work and Bones is no exception. The introduction of new, interesting characters was refreshing, and plot development in Bones was, as usual, complex and compelling. John Rubinstein is superb in his rendition of the ...

Bright Shiny Morning

James Frey

Harper, 2008

So Shoot Me: I Enjoyed It
There's been a lot of negative ink about Frey's latest book, probably people who are mad at him for having betrayed Oprah. This effort is huge in scope. It's influenced by the movie CRASH (which is one of my favorites) and in a way I saw echoes of SPOON RIVER ...

The Soloist (Movie Tie-In): A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

Steve Lopez

Berkley Trade, 2008

Just lovely
There are very few page turners in non-fiction for me, but this book was difficult to put down. The impact of mental illness in our society is not examined enough, and The Soloist has an honest, respectful way of addressing the myriad issues which surround this crisis ...

The Brass Verdict: A Novel

Michael Connelly

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Connelly does it again!
Michael Connelly has done it again! He's written a terrific legal thriller, with twists and turns that are (for this reader) impossible to predict. I won't review the plot, as others have already done so, but I will say that once I started reading this one, I ...

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

Vintage, 1988

A Must Read
What more can or needs to be said about Raymond Chandler and The Big Sleep? Not much. The Big Sleep was his first novel, introduced Philip Marlowe, and is often considered his best work. The Big Sleep is a good whodunit, but Chandler shines when he examines the ...

Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel

Robert Crais

Simon & Schuster, 2008

An Engaging, Fast-paced Read
I found the latest novel, Chasing Darkness, from the Elvis Cole series to be engaging and entertaining and it totally kept my interest throughout the reading. I realize that the novel lacked the in-depth character development of L.A. Requiem, The Forgotten Man, or The ...

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Sanyika Shakur

Grove Press, 2004

Monster Cody
Book is great. It's everything I thought it would be. Funny how blacks from that era of time all parrallel each other on so many ways.

The Mysterious Montague: A True Tale of Hollywood, Golf, and Armed Robbery

Leigh Montville

Doubleday, 2008

How ironic
Funny that the week I began Leigh Montville's, The Mysterious Montague, a jury in Las Vegas should announce a verdict in the armed robbery trial of the Sad and Sorry Simpson in Las Vegas. Two different men in two different times but amazing parallels. Both are ...

Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California

Frances Dinkelspiel

St. Martin's Press, 2008

Loved it
I was hooked from the introduction when the writer describes discovering boxes of her great-great grandfather's letters and papers and realizing she had a story to tell. From that great beginning, this book continued to hold me in its vivid, dramatic rendering of ...

The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde

Michael Connelly

Little, Brown and Company, 2001

Harry Bosch, nice to see you again
I first read these novels as new releases from our local library. They are so good they deserve revisiting from time to time, and this is a great way to always have Harry around. These 'three-in-one' books are a little heavy to hold, but I don't like paperbacks, and ...

Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way

Bruce Campbell

Thomas Dunne Books, 2005

LOTS of Fun!
Hey, if you lOVE Bruce, gotta read this book. Great sense of humor, whimsy, bizarre and sweet stories. Thanks Bruce!!!!

Echo Park (Harry Bosch)

Michael Connelly

Little, Brown and Company, 2006

A masterpiece of the hard boiled
Being a veteran reader of mystery novels I could never anticipate how Mr Connelly will play with the plot and with the characters and that is what it makes this novel powerful, special and different from others written by him or by other authors who believe themselves ...

The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole Novels)

Robert Crais

Ballantine Books, 2006

RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ELVIS COLE FANS LEARN A LOT ABOUT ELVIS'S MYSTERIOUS YOUTH!"
"THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS WITH MURDER. IT WOULD HAUNT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE AND THE COPS WHO INVESTIGATED THE CASE AND THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF THE VICTIMS AND THE LITTLE GIRL MOST OF ALL. THE MURDER WOULD CHANGE HER. SHE WOULD BECOME SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHO SHE ...

Zagat Los Angeles/So. California Restaurants 2009 (Zagatsurvey: Los Angeles/Southern California Restaurants)

Zagat Survey, 2009

Great Book - A must have for your local restaurant reviews
We use this all the time to figure out where to go to dinner. The ratings are very accurate and well written

Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America

Donna Foote

Knopf, 2008

A Pleasant Surprise
I read a blurb about this book in Newsweek since Donna used to write for Newsweek. Thought it might be worth a shot. Was a whole lot better than I expected. It's a story of four teachers--Rachael, Phillip, Hrag, and Taylor. They teach at Locke High School in South ...