Cheri's Book Picks

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness is delightful to read, filled with ancient books, centuries old witches, demons and vampires who live among us and continue to fight age-old battles. The author has a knack for keeping you turning the pages.

Two deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey is intriguing. Daniel, who lives in California, wakes up on a beach in Maine, unable to remember his name or what drove him there to attempt suicide. Mr. Sakey is an excellent storyteller.

That brings us to What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. Dumped on her head in her spin class, Alice wakes up and her only memories take place in what happened over 10 years ago. Is she still married? She has kids..when did that happen? And why can't she stand her 'new' friends? Why is her husband in Brazil? I liked this book a lot.

I have to include a couple of suspense filled, action packed books, and Bloodmoney by David Ignatius has it all. Spies, travel and turncoats.

William Dietrich's new book Blood of the Reich fits into the same category, but with a different twist. It takes place in present day, flipping back to the World War II era for background. Super-colliders, the SS, and murder abound.

Alafair Burke's book Long Gone is a good read....her characters are well developed and the plot is filled with twists and turns.

Flashback by Dan Simmons is a great look at post-apocalyptic America. The U.S.economy has imploded, [imagine that!] and Texas has seceded and formed its own government. A difficult and grim future is ahead. A new drug called 'flashback' is at the heart of the problems, and plays a huge part as foreign countries attempt to move in to 'help'.