{"id":632,"date":"2025-11-01T03:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp_stories\/?page_id=632"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:25:04","slug":"my-book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?page_id=632","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Here are all my book reviews, most recently added first:<\/summary><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2724\">Nightshade (2025) &#8211; Michael Connelly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2978\">Hallmarked Man (2025) Galbraith<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2661\">Smiley&#8217;s People (1979) &#8211; Le Carre &#8211; second half<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2660\">Smiley&#8217;s People (1979) &#8211; Le Carre &#8211; first half<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2578\">Evidence (2009) Kellerman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2288\">Cutthroat Dogs  (2021) Estleman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2576\">The Proving Ground (2025) &#8211; Michael Connelly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2387\">Rusty Puppy (2017)  Joe R Lansdale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=2019\">52 Pickup (2013) Elmore Leonard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1952\">Fever Beach (2025) Carl Hiaasen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1902\">Stamping Ground (1980) Loren D Estleman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1800\">The High Rocks (1979) Loren D Estleman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1794\">The Crossroads (2026) C.J. Box<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1601\">Depth of Winter (2018) Craig Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1567\">New Iberia Blues (2019) James Lee Burke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1570\">Six Bills a Day (2005) Elmer Kelton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1569\">In Too Deep (2024) Lee Child<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1315\">Hot Property (2024) &#8211; Mike Lupica (Spenser)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1179\">The Switch (2002) Elmore Leonard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1037\">Crime Scene (2017) &#8211; Jonathon and Jesse Kellerman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=1036\">Flags on the Bayou (2023) &#8211; Burke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=750\">The Familiar Stranger &#8211; Steve Kelton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=289\">Half Moon Bay (2020) Jonathon and Jesse Kellerman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=629\">A World of Curiosities &#8211; Louise Penny<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=972\">Gone Baby Gone (1998) &#8211; Dennis Lehane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=449\">Wild Justice &#8211; Loren Estelman (2018)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=428\">A Drink Before the War (1994) &#8211; Dennis Lehane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=419\">Many a River (2008) &#8211; Elmer Kelton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=418\">Return to Sender (2025) &#8211; Craig Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=404\">Clete (2024) &#8211; James Lee Burke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=403\">Conviction (2019) &#8211; Denise Mina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=305\">The Bitterest Pill (2019) &#8211; Reed Farrel Coleman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/?p=400\">Agent Running in the Field (2019) &#8211; John Le Carre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/details>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide is-style-wide--1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t read as much as I used to, but the numbers still do add up over time, as the length of the list above shows! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nowadays I spend most of my time working on this darned website rather than reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But now I&#8217;m developing a sort of <em>play-by-play<\/em> style, of commenting on the book I&#8217;m currently reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My impressions of a developing plot may change as I make my way through a book.  Or a new character is introduced that is charming and likeable but turns out to be a criminal mastermind!  You get those impressions as they happen here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a lot of fun to write these.  I have found that I surely to get to know a book better by going back over it and making sentences about it on the internet \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">A note on Spoiler Alerts!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are used to a book review being really more of a <em>plot teaser<\/em> than an actual review.  If that is the goal, it&#8217;s just bad form to spill the beans on how the book ends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have simpler goal, to tell you what happens in the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If there is a shocking plot twist, I will be sure to tell you about it, because it is shocking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So be forewarned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t read as much as I used to, but the numbers still do add up over time, as the length of the list above shows! \ud83d\ude42 Nowadays I spend most of my time working on this darned website rather than reading! But now I&#8217;m developing a sort of play-by-play style, of commenting on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-632","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2826,"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632\/revisions\/2826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whufu.com\/wpgreen\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}