Harlen Coben

As I mentioned before, I don't want to post exclusively about 1001 Books, and will post reviews of books that I've read recently once I get caught up with the backlog of books that I have to review.  Since I'm in catch-up mode I figured I'd talk about another of my favorite authors - Harlen Coben.

I've read every one of his books, and I've enjoyed them all from his stand alone novels to the Myron Bolitar series.  I do really love the Myron series best though, not to take anything away from his stand alone books.  Live Wire was the tenth in the series, and has everything I've come to expect in a Myron book - suspense, witty dialogue, and a cast of characters that I've grown to love.  From Myron and Win's love of Batman, to an unhealthy obsession with Yoo-Hoo.

If you haven't read Coben before I highly recommend it.  Not only is it a fun series to read, but I like how the characters have developed over the course of the series.  Live Wire also introduces a new character, Myron's nephew Mickey, which brings us to .....



Shelter, which was Coben's first young adult novel.  The story is told from Mickey's point of view, and kept me interested.  It's not the greatest young adult book that I've read, but it's better than most.  While I would rate it a notch below his "adult" novels, I definitely plan on reading the next one in the series.

My ratings:
Live Wire - 4 stars
Shelter - 3 1/2 stars