This is what happens when you read too much...

So...I'm down to the spy novels in the library bag. Robert Ludlum. If you are a fan, don't go further! He's a good writer. I don't have an argument with that. But man, this book was way too much. I can rarely stop reading a book once I've started... and this was no exception. The Sigma Connection. I bet there were at least a dozen people killed violently in the first few chapters. New characters were introduced every 20 pages or so in this 300+ page book. I think I'm getting dotty. I had to back up and re-read to catch on to all the new characters. Besides that, the mystery of who these people were that were 'after' the protagonist began to get old. And then at the end, after introducing us to a terrible, horrible science experiment which the author 'defends'...it ended with a live happy ever after ending that never explained the disposition of the victims of this scientific experiment. I'm done! No more tough guy books for me. I'll go back to my 'recipe' mysteries where someone gets stabbed in the kitchen and the next 100 pages tell us about the recipes the author likes. I know, I know...they're dumb, but they are fun to read and I don't have to make moral judgements about the end result. I don't even have to EAT the end result, although I did make cookies that were listed in one of these sleuth books.
So today, I went back to the other extreme. If you would like to read some really sweet books, try the Jan Karon Mitford Series. They are about a sixty-plus minister who lives in a small town. Lots of humorous depictions of small town life and some philosphy thrown in. Much better. Now I can sleep at night.