What Fiction are you reading this week, February 10, 2019?

[MuseRider]

110. I do not tweet but sometimes I peek in at

those I follow. One of those is Stephen King. I saw him recommend a trilogy by Don Winslow. He said he was a great storyteller. These are not the kinds of books I read or stories I listen to but he peeked my interest so I dove in. He is such a great storyteller himself I figured why not?

It is a trilogy of fiction that starts with The Power of the Dog. It is about cartels and the US and the drug trade along the border. He is quite obviously not a Trumper and the story is fabulous, at least for me who does not read this kind of thing. I think some here might like it.

As a story it is horrific at times, well mostly awful but he creates the story and characters and it weaves together and I had trouble stopping the first book when I just had to think of other things. The Cartel is the second book and it is also good but I am kinda tired of the torture and back and forth. I will pick it back up some day because SK was right, he is a master storyteller. It seems very real and Mr. Winslow has some background that would allow him to write about this realistically. He also researched it well.

Anyway, I had to stop. It is heavy for me so I am taking the advice of others up thread and have started the trilogy Pine Cove by Christopher Moore. I could not resist after reading what others have written above, it seems like the antidote to War Lord lit. On to Practical Demonkeeping. Just downloaded and will listen to as I drive this afternoon to another town and back. YAY for books and drives! Thanks for all the good recs here, I always forget to add and share.