Saturday, April 12, 2008

Winter Study by Nevada Barr


So, a coworker of mine hasn't liked the last couple of Anna Pigeon books because Anna is aging and she doesn't think Nevada Barr should let that happen. Now, I enjoyed the last couple of books, but didn't love them, yet not for that reason. In those books, Anna has gotten married to Paul and she just didn't seem to show that she cared all that much about him. That didn't seem quite right to me.

I loved this book! A different coworker of mine took the book home first and told me she couldn't get into it because it was too much about wolves. She and I read some of the same books, but not exactly alike so I still went into this book with an open mind. While I did learn quite a bit about wolves, I found the psychological aspects of this book riveting. Imagine you are on Isle Royal, closer to Canada than Michigan, in the middle of Lake Superior, the nastiest Great Lake, in the middle of January with only 6 other people and no way to get supplies or leave the island if the weather isn't just right. Then, imagine strange things start happening and people start getting hurt. You have no electricity, no running water, and no telephone service. You have never met any of these other 6 people before you embarked on this trip. Who should you trust? No one of course! Read this book, you will not regret it!!!

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