The Whole Truth

This is my first David Baldacci book.  I think this is definitely a stray from my norm.  I would say this is more of a man's book.  I liked it, but I won't be running out to get another one.  It's about this guy who is basically a super hero who goes around the world fighting crime and stopping wars, but isn't bound by "laws."  So, he kills people, etc., in order to serve the common good.  In this particular story, he saves the world from WWIII.  There's an attempt at a love story, but since there isn't a nice kiss in it, I say that it doesn't count.  Overall it's a good story with cheesy writing.  

The Duchess

Well, I cheated...  I was bogged down by this book and I rented the movie.  After watching the movie, I now know I will never finish this book.  I happened to grab this book at Target, as I was desperate for a book.  It's a biography about the life of the Duchess of Devonshire, who lived in the late 1700s.  She was an extremely influential woman in England during her lifetime.  She set the fashion trends and used her influence and fame to promote the Whig party and the candidates she admired.  I'm not going to finish this book because it's too slow moving and her private life is just so sad.