The Fouth Stall part III

The Fourth Stall part III is the last book in the Fourth Stall series by Chris Rylander.

The Book takes place the year after the last two.  Mac and Vince have retired and don't want to be pulled back in.  But then Staples returns and wants help gaining custody of his younger sister.  Mac and Vince decline and a kid named Jimmy To Tone takes over the business.  Staples enlists in the Big Brother program and gets assigned Vince.  Staples takes Mac and Vince to Thief Elementary to meet his sister Abby.  Abby hates Staples and they find out that Jimmy is in debt $4,0000 dollars to a guy from from Thief Elementary named Ken-Co.  Mac walks to TE and meets Ken-Co A.K.A Kinko A.K.A Abby, Staples sister.  Kinko tells Mac that they need the Four Grand and all the schools permanent records in a week.  Mac and Vince then set off to to this one last job...

I give this book 5 of 5 stars.

The Fourth Stall Part II

The Fourth stall part II is the second book in the fourth stall trilogy by Chris Rylander.

The book starts with the main characters from the last book hanging out in the office.  Then a girl named Trixie Von Parkway walks in.  Mac asks her what her problem is and she says she used to go to a different school where she had a boyfriend who she broke up with and there dad was a teacher and had tracked her down to this school and was giving her detention.  Mac takes the case and decides to get more facts.  He and Vince are going to sign up for baseball tryouts and the coach is Mr. Kjlson, the teacher who hats Trixie.  Mac and Vince talk to him and he is very nice.  They also find lots of strange thing happening around the school including fast food lunches, poop in lockers among others.  The facts about Trixie's past and Mr. Kjlson aren't adding up and with Vice Pricivel George on his trail this might be the hardest case yet.

I give this book 4 of 5 stars.

The Fourth Stall

The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander is a book about some kids who set up there own business but then get caught up in a gang war with some high schoolers.

The book starts with A football player asking the main characters, Mac, Vince, and Joe about his problems.  They solve his problem and the narrator explains their business.  They help kids solve their problems for money and favors.  They use those favors to help other people.  Their next client was a 3rd grader named Fred who claimed to be being chased by Staples.  Staples was a legendary teenager who was a genuis who ran a gambling ring and had players lose.  Mac takes the case and the adventure begins...

I give this book 3 stars.

This book is very good because its a comedy but you can take it seriously.  It also has a moral that money corrupts.

The Murder on the Orient Express

The Murder on the Orient Express is a novel in the Hercule Poirot series and so far I think it the second best.

Summary: In this book Poirot is on a train and a murderer is murdered.  With the train stuck in a snow drift, the murderer is still on the train. Will Poirot find the murderer or murderers before they strike again?

Stars: 5 of 5

Review: This book was odd and was worth making me confused

The Mystery Of the Blue Train

The Mystery Of The Blue Train is a book in the Poirot series.

I did not like this book because  There is no narrator.  The partner is not in the first person.

The plot is that a young woman is murdered and people suspect her husband.  The other suspects are the Maid and The Servent.

I give this book 2✩s

My review is that it was confusing.

The Big Four

The Big Four is the 5th Poirot book.

The plot is that an criminal orginazation called the Big Four and murdering people and Poirot has to stop them.

I give this book 2✩s

The Movie comes out soon for DVD.

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd is the third or fourth Poirot book.  Unlike the last three, Captian Hastings is not the narrator, Dr. James Sheppard is.

The book starts explaining that Mrs. Ferras, who was suspected to have murdered her last husband, died. Ralph, Mr.Ackroyd's stepson from his previous marrige is suspected of his stepfather's murder.  Ralph goes missing and his fiance' Flora Acroyd, Mr.Ackroyds sister in law's duaghter wants Poirot to find him and prove him innocent.  By the end of the book you find out Ralph was already married to someone else and also who the murderer was.  I it was such  a ttwist I will leave it to you to find out.

I give this book 5✩s

My review is that it was the best book in the series so far.  The author, Agatha Christie, is known to have said it was her masterpiece.

Poirot Investigates

I started to read this book but I quit because instead of being one big case it was 11 small cases.  I read the first three stories and then got bored.

I give this book 1 1/2 ✩s

My review is that it wasn't as good as the others.

The Murder On The Links

Murder On The Links is the second book in the Hercule Poirot series.

The book starts with Hastings (the Narrator) on a train.  He is going to London to meet with Poirot.  On the train he meets a girl named Cinderella.  They part ways and Hastings goes to Poirot.  They get a note from a man named Mr.Renauld asks them to come to  see if here are any assassins.  Poirot and Hastings go to Merlinvile and find Mr.Renauld's house.  When they arrive they find out he has been murdered...

I give this book 3✩s

My review is that the blurb was misleading.

The Mysterious Affair At Styles

The Mysterious Affair At Styles is the first book in the Hercule Poirot series.

At the start of the book the narrator, Mrs.Inglethorp, Mr.Inglethorp, their niece Cynthia, John Cavendish, Mary Cavendish and Lawrence Cavendish all live in the same house.  Mrs.Inglethorp is poisoned overnight and dies.  Everyone suspects Mr.Inglethorp, because he is new here.  The investigation starts and then Mr.Inglethorp is freed.  Then John Cavendish is put on trail...

I give this book 4✩s

IT WAS AWESOME

Gone Girl

(Read: October 2012)

This book...filled me with dread...in that good in a bad way, while it got going. The air of not knowing was uncomfortable yet compelling.

I think Gillian Flynn is a good writer. Her insights into psyches/personalities/personal histories feel spot on to me and very relatable. Structurally, this novel was very clever. I appreciated that.

But...there was a strand of unlikability here, which I experienced in Dark Places, too. In Gone Girl, it was the characters. It could be argued that the perceptions of the characters were designed to be slippery...but at the end of the day, I didn't care much about the central characters...around whom the story was literally built.

The first half or so of the novel got 5 stars, now, a couple of days since finishing, I'd rate it 3 stars. Decided to average it out, hence the 4 stars.