Books I Read Last Week

I'd like to apologize to my faithful readers for the late publication of this column. I was so overwhelmed with joy at setting up my new computer on Friday that I completely forgot. I did read some last week and even more this week as several of my books-on-hold had arrived by my Saturday morning visit. But those will have to wait for the next column.

Last week I finished Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife by Linda Berdoll and read Promise Me by Harlan Coben, as well as skimming through Creative Digital Photography by Michael Busselle.

Mr. Darcy was okay. I think if I were more of a Jane Austen fan I'd have more of an opinion (one way or the other). I was glad it wasn't just a "lived happily ever after" story as it was not just peaches and roses for Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy after they got married. I liked it enough to put the sequel, Darcy & Elizabeth: Days & Nights at Pemberley, on my hold list.

Harlan Coben is one of my all-time favorite authors and his Myron Bolitar novels are right up my alley. Myron was a college basketball star at Duke but injured his knee before he got his break in the NBA. So he became a sports agent and has had various adventures involving his clients and odd friends in the previous novels. In Promise Me, Myron asks his new girlfriend's daughter and her friend to promise they would call him if they found themselves in trouble. Well, the friend did and he finds himself once again investigating after six years of relative calm in his life. I really enjoyed it as I do all Harlan's novels but it was over too soon. I hope he finds another situation for Myron in his next book. Not that his stand-alones aren't also good. Cuz they are.

Creative Digital Photography had some good stuff but was more about editing photos after you've taken them and scanned them than about taking photos themselves. It was interesting for me to see what kind of books are out there for when I have my computer set up and want to do some Photoshop work with the images I capture with my camera.

More next time on this week's edition of Books I've Read This Week.