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Kill Shot This is the 12th book written in the Mitch Rapp series but actually it is the 2nd book in the time line for the series. Doesn't make a lot of sense but my guess is Vince Flynn figured he had some back story to expand on. This being said I am glad I started these books when I did. It might have irritated me to be reading this series and then have two books in a row that go back to the beginning and I am really excited to see if this book ties into the first book written and the 3rd in the series, Transfer of Power . I am not a fan of political thrillers but I gave the first book a try and really liked it. I was excited to be able to get this from the library so I could find out if I was going to keep reading this series. So far I am definitely continuing with this series. Mitch Rapp is like John McClane from  the Die Hard movies. Where Mitch Rapp is a government assassin and not a very unlucky cop like McClane, Rapp is resourceful and will not quit. This guy is

Undone I really liked this book. Right from the very beginning this story grabbed me and dragged me through some of the most violent, intense, and suspenseful mystery I have read in awhile. Big shocker this is another book with some horrible violence against women but this had an interesting twist. So much to consider in the plot and eventual ended that I kept thinking about this book whether I was reading it or not.  The book opens with a husband and wife driving to visit their son when what they think is an animal steps out in front of their car and they run it over. Further investigation proves it to be a woman, naked and tortured the story begins. Who is this woman and why is she cut up and wandering naked dying in the woods? Will Trent happens to be in the emergency room when the woman comes in and because of his past he wants to help find the villain who did this. He is able to get on to the case while making the local police very angry and less than willing to help. 

The Killing Joke There are a lot of great stories with the Joker in them but this is by far my all time favorite. I bought this when it first came out but was to young to understand the depth and terror that was in the amazing story telling in this book. It has been one of the prizes of my collection and a few years ago I got it out and re-read it. I couldn't believe what I had been missing all these years reading it so young. Since I was on this Joker kick with my reviews this week I decided to bring this out again and read it all over. I love this book more and more with each read.  This is the book that defines the Joker. This is the pinnacle of evil, insanity, and darkness that makes the Joker the worst and the best character in comic book history in my opinion. From what I have read (gossip or truth I don't know) this is the book that Heath Ledger patterned his portrayal of the Joker for The Dark Knight. This book and trying to become the best representation of

Harley Quinn Vol 2 I think I am going to make this Joker week. I started this week with Joker: Death of the Family and now here is my review for his ex best gal Harley Quinn. I have to thank the people at Edelweiss and DC Comics. I got this as an advanced reader copy and I enjoyed this book. Ever since Harley Quinn broke away from the Joker and became part of the Suicide Squad her character has become really interesting. Of course she is goofy and crazy as she is in the Batman comics, but she has begun to get this strength about her. I really liked her in the Batman comics around the Death of the Family story. So when I was chosen to read this for a review I was really excited.  This is a pretty good book. I seems like a collection of short little stories instead of one long one. We get to see Harley in a no rules fight to the death demolition derby as well as being trapped on an island of people who worship the Joker. That was a weird story, oh yeah and did I mention that H

The Joker: Death of the Family I have said this so many times before but I love the Death of the Family story line. I am slowly making my way through all of the Bat-Family books for this story line but this one pulls from each one to collect one big comprehensive story featuring the Joker. Some of this I have already read and the Nightwing stuff I had read fairly recently so I was able to skip parts so I could focus on the parts of the story I didn't know. Whoever complied this collection did an amazing job of making all of these different books fit together seamlessly. Aside from the Batman and Nightwing story lines I had a few that really stood out as being great reads. Oddly enough I really liked the stories with the women of the Bat-Family. Batgirl's story was amazing. Joker kidnaps her mother and sets it all up like he did in the Killing Joke where he shoots Barbara. She wants nothing more than to kill him and get justice for all the Joker has done against her a

American Assassin When I was younger I used to work for a book store so I had seen Vince Flynn's name quite a bit. I know he is really popular but I am not a fan of political fiction. There is enough of that kind of stuff in the news and every for of media that when it comes to reading for fun politics is the last thing I want to read about. Give me a good murder mystery any day.  A little over a month ago I got an email from Simon & Schuster about pre-ordering a free copy of The Vince Flynn Encyclopedia. Free is free and I wanted to check this out. I went ahead and pre-ordered the book and went right to Goodreads to find out which book is the first in the Mitch Rapp series. This book is the 11th one that Vince Flynn wrote but it is the beginning of Rapp's story. Rapp lost a loved one in the tragic World Trade Center event. He wants revenge in the worst way and this book is how he began his hunt for every terrorist he could find.  Rapp works very hard to stay

Drood Has this ever happened to you? You read and read a book and then feel about halfway through that you just wasted days that you will never get back. This happened to me. I am new to this not finishing books thing. I have always been really stubborn and no matter what I was going to finish a book. Since I have been blogging I have realized that my time is precious and if a book is just not working for me I need to move on because my to-read pile is just to high. I love books based off of classic authors. I have read a few books where the main character is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I have enjoyed them except the last one I read. That was one of the few I have not finished as well. Dark water is the name of that book and you can check out my review here if you like as part of my worst of 2013. I have heard some great things about Dan Simmons and there are a few books I have been really wanting to read. This one was the only one available at my library and I was excited to s