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9. Finished Rankin's BLOOD HUNT

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 12:11 PM

Feb 2015

Ick. Disappointing. First, it wasn't an Inspector Rebus book. My pathetic library only has 3 Ian Rankins so I figured it would be okay. Instead, it was brutal, gory, super soldier kind of stuff. With a blah ending. A shame because it started out with great potential: uncovering powerful information about a huge corporation. Then it veered off elsewhere, leaving many dead bodies behind, and no decent resolution, much like real life.

Went to the library yesterday and got Rankins The Naming of the Dead, which IS a Rebus so I'm looking forward to that. Blood Hunt left me with such a foul feeling though, I decided to read Rhys Bowen 's Evan Help Us first. I wanted something lighter and Evan's life in a small village in Wales makes for a fun read, plus a bit of mystery.

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What are you reading the week of Sunday, February 22, 2015? [View all] scarletwoman Feb 2015 OP

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #1

I'm glad you liked Rankin, and that Mrs. E liked the Peter May book - hope you like it, too. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #2

Reading Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #3

Ian McEwan looks like an interesting author - looked him up on Fantastic Fiction. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #4

Cool!! hermetic Feb 2015 #8

Will do. TexasProgresive Feb 2015 #10

Finished reading Bich Minh Nguyen's Pioneer Girl. Started japple Feb 2015 #5

You do some unusual (to me) reading. :) scarletwoman Feb 2015 #6

I plodded through a couple chapters (Moonshiner's Daughter) last night and, connection japple Feb 2015 #7

Retired! Lucky you! scarletwoman Feb 2015 #12

I do almost all reading on e-books. A couple years ago, I had multiple japple Feb 2015 #13

Ah, it makes perfect sense that you would choose e-books. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #14

Finished Rankin's BLOOD HUNT hermetic Feb 2015 #9

I can relate - I strongly dislike blood & gore and refuse to read "thrillers" for just that reason. scarletwoman Feb 2015 #11