Given my moniker, it’s not surprise that I love to read. I have pretty broad tastes in books. I would say “literature”, but not all books are literature, as most of us know. I have a dirty literary secret. No, I don’t read Danielle Steele or Harlequin romance novels. My secret “trash” books, as I lovingly refer to them are books by John Grisham and Patricia Cornwell. I like the law. I worked in a law firm for 8 years. The law firm I worked in was EXACTLY like The Firm. Grisham does a good job of spinning a good story, even if the books aren’t considered high literature, they are entertaining and good for beach reads, or, as I am in now, holiday reads. I bought the latest paperback The Appeal. So far it’s entertaining. Of all of them, A Time to Kill, The Street Lawyer, and The Painted House are my favorites. The Painted House isn’t a legal thriller, it’s set on a farm and there is a mystery storyline. Another reason I like his books is that they are usually set in The South. Being a Southern girl, the familiar names and places certainly appeal to me.
Patricia Cornwell writes medical/crime thrillers. I have always loved medical crime shows, like “Quincy” (back in the day) and the CSI franchise. There are a lot of books out there with this formula, I guess, but I only read Cornwell’s books. I like her Kay Scarpetta character. I didn’t really like the other series she branched out with. I have another Kay Scarpetta in the stack to read too.
So, that’s my dirty secret. I have some trash books that I like, but at least I don’t read Nicholas Sparks.
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