I DID PHILLIP MARGOLIN REVIEW

Wild Justice (Amanda Jaffe, #1) 
by Phillip Margolin (Goodreads Author) 

Joy Leftow's review 

Aug 05, 2016  ·  edit

liked it

Recommended to Joy by: dunno actually - have read him before ...

Recommended for: mystery lovers

Read from June 26 to 28, 2016 , read count: 1

SPOILERS:
DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK AND MAY READ IT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE!!!

YOU CAN READ THIS TIDBIT IF YOU KNOW YOU WON'T READ THE BOOK IN THE FUTURE AND - OR - ARE TOTALLY UNINTERESTED IN MYSTERIES. THEN BY ALL MEANS, READ MY SHORT REVIEW.

Read if you like my writing, reviews or styles and you'd like perusing more of my thoughts!

As soon as Tony was on the scene I figured he was the one. Kind of disappointing in that I was right. I kept hoping for some kind of last second Robert Parkers Twist. That didn't happen. I do like Mr. Margolin's poetic style and his word usage. Wild Justice is a page turner. Even though I knew he was serial killer, I kept wanting to see it played out. The characters don't know what I know because I've been reading the story from several points of view. I also read because I wanted to make certain Tony got caught. I liked the last minute - try to escape from being caught scenes. Those caught my attention. 

Please hep me somebody... hep me please - please - please

Ladder of Years 
by Anne Tyler 

Joy Leftow's review

Aug 05, 2016  ·  edit

This novel is amazing.

Recommended for: Everyone, young and old, any age male and female, any age who can read and understand the words.

Read in August, 2016 , read count: 1

I like to read poetic, witty, and unsettling work make to make me consider who I am and where I stand in the lives of people who know me or are close to me. I've read several of Tyler's books and always want to consume more. Her words and the way they flow in "Ladder of Years," feeds my desire to know - to know why I am the being that I am - to know how I betray this I am - and how to consider changing the I of who I am. We can be another I, not the I that we know and are familiar with.
With each day we live - every choice - no matter how meaningless each choice seems, makes a difference in the next step we take. Literally, like children, we create and recreate ourselves every day in different ways and that is what Tyler's emphasis is in her portrayal of Delia.

I read because I want to know. I want to know what other writers write and how they think. I want to be me expressing who I am through my writing. Reading other writers makes me a better writer. I read 75 percent of what I read to enjoy myself. The other 25 percent is to learn various things I want to learn and need to read to learn.

This book exemplifies how much of ourselves we hide, just like Delia. We ignore the things we want to say. We try to avoid hurting others or changing too much so we can stay where we are. And just sometimes, we feel a glimmer of hope and we take that first step to see and explore ourselves. It brings me great pleasure and glee to watch Delia do all the things I want to do. I want to just up and leave my life and start over, just like Delia.

Strangely enough, this review reminds me of the movie I just watched on iTunes, "Bird" directed by Charlie Parker. The movie and the book both gave me thoughts on food. I know it's supposed to be food for thought, yet for me, it is thoughts for food because the food is in the meat of the novel or movie. 

CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES!