Tanequil by Terry Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the 26th book I read from the chronological order of Shannara, and it is part of a project to read all the Shannara books in our home library.

Tanequil does the job of a second book of a trilogy: it continues the original quest and it raises the stakes and urgency for the quest's completion.

I recommend it for fans of the series. I recommend new readers start elsewhere, at least start with Jarka Ruus, the beginning of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy.

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Tanequil by Terry Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the 26th book I read from the chronological order of Shannara, and it is part of a project to read all the Shannara books in our home library.

Tanequil does the job of a second book of a trilogy: it continues the original quest and it raises the stakes and urgency for the quest's completion.

I recommend it for fans of the series. I recommend new readers start elsewhere, at least start with Jarka Ruus, the beginning of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy.

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Tanequil by Terry Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the 26th book I read from the chronological order of Shannara, and it is part of a project to read all the Shannara books in our home library.

Tanequil does the job of a second book of a trilogy: it continues the original quest and it raises the stakes and urgency for the quest's completion.

I recommend it for fans of the series. I recommend new readers start elsewhere, at least start with Jarka Ruus, the beginning of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy.

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Marry Me by Jo Goodman
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Marry Me was free when I downloaded it to my Nook. I read it because I enjoy books from the historical Western romance genre. Usually a reader can tell from the cover how descriptive the sexual intimacy scenes will be and this cover did not give me the clue this would be at least a PG-13, possibly R.

I might have given the story more stars for the story and likable main characters. I took away stars for the pacing was uneven, even boring in parts. This made the book feel boring and too long.

I recommend it only to fans of the genre.

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Police: A Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbø
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I eagerly anticipated the release of the English translation of Police because I read the other Harry Hole books.

I kept reading because Nesbo is a skilled craftsman who holds his reader in suspense. Sometimes the suspense caused too much anxiety for this reader and the violent tortures were too graphic for this to be an enjoyable and entertaining read, and that is why I dropped my rating to three stars.

I recommend it to fans of the series who want to know what happened next. I don't recommend new readers start with this one.

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Never Go Back by Lee Child
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I eagerly anticipated Never Go Back because I am a Reacher fan. Child keeps me reading quickly through the book because I am eager to find out what happens next.

I was introduced to Jack Reacher when I read 61 Hours so I was gleeful when I read the synopsis telling me Reacher went to Washington, D.C. to invite Major Susan Turner to dinner. Then I kept turning pages all the way through.

I recommend it for fans of the series. For new readers, I recommend you read 61 Hours before you read this one.

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Jarka Ruus by Terry Brooks
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A current reading project is reading all the Shannara books my husband has collected for our home library. Jarka Ruus begins the "High Druid of Shannara" trilogy.

Once again, a Dwarf, an Ohmsford, and two Elessedils set off on a journey. This time the goal is to find the magic necessary to rescue a Druid from the Forbidding. Brooks does a great job with the pacing so that the reader continues to turn pages and read his descriptions of the Shannara world as our group trudges through it.

I recommend it to fans of the Shannara world.

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