Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box #3) by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

 

You know, for a Stephen King book that is never particularly scary Gwendy's Final Task is pretty decent.  It doesn't over stay its welcome and nicely wraps up the trilogy while bringing in some story elements from The Dark Tower series and It. Maybe it doesn't offer much if you aren't already a King fan but I enjoyed it. B+

Mystery Book # 92- Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

 Devil in a Blue Dress gets right in that perfect spot of being a familiar type of story that I enjoy (a typical detective noir story complete with femme fatales, shady businessmen, a Los Angeles setting, etc) with enough of a twist to inject some new life into the genre. For what it is, I'll give it an A.

Sci-Fi Book # 39- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

I first read Rendezvous with Rama when I was probably 14 or 15 and I'm now realizing that I probably have the thought "why can't this book/film be more like Rendezvous with Rama" fairly often when I'm consuming some type of science fiction. Some 30+ years later I still enjoyed it, and I know I'll be wishing more science fiction was like it. Maybe this all explains why Ringworld was such a disappointment for me. It was a similar idea with a totally different approach that just didn't work for me. Do I need to read the sequels now? Maybe, but there are a lot of them. It is a bit of a Catch-22 - I want to know some answers about Rama but I have the feeling that any answers will feel anti-climactic. And if I read three more books to get some answers and there aren't any, I'll be a tad frustrated. Anyway, this one gets an A.