Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Reader Advisory Blog: Jack Reacher Returns

Personal: a Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child

Jack Reacher returns in Personal the latest fast-moving, action-packed, suspenseful book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child.

You can leave the army, but the army doesn’t leave you. Not always. Not completely, notes Jack Reacher—and sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the State Department and the CIA in order to track down the American sniper who took a shot at the president of France and who is possibly targeting the G-8 summit packed with world leaders

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Looking for more thrilling spy series similar to Lee Child's Jack Reacher series? Check out these series recommendations from NoveList:

Adrenaline by Jeff Abbot:

When his pregnant wife and child are kidnapped and he discovers that he has been set up as a traitor, brilliant CIA agent Sam Capra begins a desperate hunt for the unknown enemy who he believes has targeted the wrong man. (Adrenaline is the first of four books in the Sam Capra series followed by The Last Minute, Downfall and Inside Man)

The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross:

When her husband is killed in a tragic Grand Central Station accident, Karen Friedman struggles to rebuild her life with her two teenage children, until a pair of strangers arrives demanding large funds from her late husband's investment business. (The Dark Tide is the first of three in the Ty Hauck series followed by Don't Look Twice and Reckless.)

Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke:

When his illegitimate son is wrongly accused of murder, Texas attorney and former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland stands alone against the ruthless powers controlling the small town of Deaf Smith, Texas, as his investigation uncovers deeply rooted, high-level corruption, violence, and murder. (Cimarron Rose is the first of four books in the Billy Bob Holland novels followed by Heartwood, Bitterroot, and In the Moon of Red Ponies.)

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Genre: Adult Non-Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5

"Being Mortal is about the limitations of what modern medicine can provide for people as their lives draw to a close. Gawande argues that the objective of medicine should not merely be treatment and survival; medical care should also ensure dignity in death and having control over one's final moments. He argues that instead of aggressively fighting the inescapable realities of aging, we should ask the hard questions of ourselves and our loved ones -- What makes life worth living? When should we try to extend our lives, and when should we choose a better quality of our remaining days over extending their quantity?

This book is difficult to read. Not because of the way Gawande writes -- his style is highly engaging, and he never lapses into excessively scientific jargon or overly simplistic explanations -- but because of the tough subject matter. Gawande draws on his own experiences as a doctor and peppers his book with honest and humane stories of his patients, friends, and family; the stories he tells make the book more accessible, and also more heartbreaking. (And that's not a bad thing.)

No one likes to think about their loved ones', or their own, impending mortality. But it's important to have these hard conversations, because as Gawande says, "endings matter." - Amanda

Jack Reacher Returns

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