Public Secrets by Nora Roberts

This was definitely not a traditional Nora Roberts book. I was looking for an easy and entertaining read when I picked this up, as I was planning on reading it during a series of lunch times. Public Secrets follows the lives of an English rock band that becomes a big hit during the seventies and on into time. Once she is born, the book really follows the life of Emma, the daughter of the lead singer. I got a good look at the seamy underbelly of the music world. It was almost like reading a tabloid, except it had more details and the whole 25 years story at once. I really enjoyed it, especially when they found out who killed Emma's brother. I found this book very satisfying, as every bad guy was punished, some more brutally than others.

The Hanged Man's Song by John Sandford

I finished this book on audio today. I listened to the Recorded Books Unabridged version. I am not normally a John Sandford fan, but a coupl of weeks ago, I was at my in-laws' house and my father-in-law handed me "The Fool's Run" by John Sandford which is the first Kidd novel. I was kind of intrigued, especially since it is a hacker suspense novel written in 1989. The computer descriptions of that time were quite intriguing, especially since I was 8 when the book came out. Most of the hacking was done via the telephone lines, which seems quite antiquated now. So, back to "The Hanged Man's Song". In all of these Kidd novels, Kidd has a super-hacker friend named Bobby. In this book, Bobby is found murdered and his laptop with all its high-powered secrets is missing. This is both mystifying and bad. Even Bobby's closest friends do not know his real name or where he lives, so how did the bad guy get to him? Also, how much of the information on his laptop could be harmful to his hacker friends. Kidd has the help of his some-time girlfriend, Lu Ellen, and another reoccurring character named John Smith throughout the book. It made me want to stay in my car all day and drive around so I could find out what was happening next.

High Noon by Nora Roberts

This book was great! I read it in one afternoon since I couldn't put it down. Ok, there were a few interruptions by my son, but still. It is about a female hostage negotiator in Savannah. She's had some rough hits in life, but now when things seem to be going well, it seems she has a stalker. Beware, there are a couple of extremely grisly scenes in this book, but they only made me want to read faster.

Books Should Be Fun

Ok, how often have you felt guilty for reading something that some people would consider "fluff"? Since I'm a professional librarian, people seem to assume that I only read tomes with literary value. Actually, the opposite seems to be true. I'm the director of a small-medium sized library with a very small budget. This keeps me occupied a lot of the time. When I'm not doing something work related, I have a husband, a 2 yr. old son, and another child on the way. And...I somehow got roped into running the school library at my church (Preschool-8th grade). So, honestly, most of the books I read are for pure enjoyment and entertainment. I'm starting this blog so that I can talk about the books I read without guilt (no, I'm not Catholic). My goal is to create at least one post for each book I finish.