I finished After the Fall. It was okay, but nothing exciting. That's all part of the "try something that looks like it might be good" deal you get with used library book sales. And that wasn't even the standard fifty cents I'd wagered; it was part of a "$5.00 to fill up a grocery bag" deal that probably ended up costing me about 17 cents a book. So I don't mind at all if not every book is a hit.
But my Lincoln Rhyme books came in the mail Monday and I've already finished the first one, The Bone Collector. (I read the bulk of it yesterday and then woke up at 4:30 this morning having to hit the bathroom, remembered I had only a hundred pages or so to go in the book, and couldn't get back to sleep for want of finishing it. So I did.)
Next up is book two in Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series, The Coffin Dancer. I already know it'll be worth the cost - and while I bought a used copy online, I certainly spent more than 17 cents on it. Then, having already read books 3-5 in the series, I can go straight to books 6 and 7 and then 9 (having already read book 8). And then, by Christmas, I should have the rest of the series to look forward to...before being stuck with waiting for the author to finish writing more, the sad position I'm in with the Locke Lamora series.
Johnathan
