Back to reading ways

Finally I have gotten over the reader's block :-) . The book that I have started on is "The Appeal" by John Grisham. I believe I must have read all of Grisham's books.

I think his ability has declined a lot over the years. Some of his earlier ones were quite impressive . I loved A time to kill , The Chamber and The Rainmaker. A painted house was not bad either. I was disappointed by his recent ones like Playing for pizza , The Bleachers or The King of Torts. Maybe I am just reading too much of Grisham.

I find the same trend of diminishing ability with most of the specialists like Robert Ludlum or Robin Cook. After a while , you get tired of the same plots. How many different ways can you spin medical thrillers and spy stories ?Compared to them, I think Michael Crichton is still very readable after all these years.

The second book in queue is Like a flowing river by Paul Coelho. After my disappointment with The Alchemist, I am deliberately keeping low expectations this time. Who knows, maybe this book will surprise me ....

I feel much more at peace now , reading does help my state of mind a lot !!