Doodle Bug (minikin) wrote,
Doodle Bug
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Don't look for this one to make the big screen

I really don't mind reading about science. And I love a great adventure or disaster story as much as the next person. But it seems to me that Mr. Michael "no agenda"¹ Crichton put too damn much agenda into this latest tome of his, and not nearly enough page-turning adventure. I'm just sayin'

10 State of Fear, by Michael Crichton
9 The Dragon Queen: The Tales of Guinevere, by Alice Borchardt
8 Sahara, by Clive Cussler
7 Lost in a Good Book, by Jasper Fforde
6 Cravings, by Laurell K. Hamilton, MaryJanice Davidson, Eileen Wilks and Rebecca York
5 Ring of Fire, edited by Eric Flint
4 Dolly and the Starry Bird, by Dorothy Dunnett
3 Dolly and the Nanny Bird, by Dorothy Dunnett
2 The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel, by Jasper Fforde
1 Incubus Dreams: An Anita Blake Novel, by Laurel K. Hamilton

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¹Author's message, final bullet: p. 573
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