DAY (Michael Cunningham) - February 28/24

 Cunningham is obviously a very good writer, and I was into this for the first third, but his incredibly descriptive and verbose style eventually became grating. **1/2 out of ****

ED KING (David Guterson) - February 18/24

 What a weird book. Adopted dude accidentally kills his dad and marries his mom! It’s such a long, padded-out novel, though. Guterson devotes page after page to descriptions of things. And the shifting perspectives initially threw me off, although I eventually got used to it. **1/2 out of ****

WINDMILLS OF THE GODS (Sidney Sheldon) - February 5/24

 I couldn't decide what to read, so I looked up bestsellers from 1987 and this was one of them. I'm glad I read it because it really reminded me of an old-school page-turner. The characters are all solid and there are plenty of twists to keep things interesting. (Angel is the fat lady! Who saw that coming?) Good stuff. *** out of ****