MARATHON MAN (William Goldman) - June 30/18

I'll admit I was pretty bored for probably the first half of this, as Goldman's overdone writing style is compounded by a narrative that switches between Babe and the mysterious spy (which I accidentally spoiled for myself by reading Wikipedia because I was so bored). But once said spy is revealed to be Doc and Babe is thrust into this scheme, the book moves like a rocket. I think I read the final third of this book in less than a day. ***1/2 out of ****

MRS. FLETCHER (Tom Perrotta) - June 23/18

Perrotta does it again with this incredibly entertaining book packed with vivid, three-dimensional characters. I could've kept reading about Eve, Brendan, Amanda, and all the rest for many, many more pages. ***1/2 out of ****

THE DEAD ZONE (Stephen King) - June 18/18

Definitely one of the better King books I've read, but, of course, too long. There's a lot of padding in the middle of the novel and yet I did find myself getting more and more engrossed as it went along. The characters are all quite vivid and I breezed through the climax in a couple of hours. *** out of ****