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Tell me about the Camel Club
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You can’t read everything. No matter how much you want to.
So even the best-read person has honkin’ holes in his or her book smarts.
One of mine is David Baldacci, who’s in Atlanta tonight at the Margaret Mitchell House (details here), talking about and signing his latest thriller, “Stone Cold.” It just debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times fiction best-seller list, which I’m not naive enough to believe is a guarantee of literary quality, but which does make you pay attention if you’re curious about books.
I like thrillers, of many stripes, and some minimal Googling tells me that Baldacci is writing a series of novels about a group of good guys called The Camel Club who foil various bad guys.
Normally I pontificate on this blog, but today I’m asking you, in humble cluelessness: Is Baldacci worth my time? Why? To whom would you compare him? Which book should I start on? (There’s nothing worse that starting a series on the wrong book.)
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By Kate
November 27, 2007 8:54 AM | Link to this
Phil, I can’t help you with Baldacci; I have not read anything by him. But you have a good idea for a blog on another day: What are the “honkin’ holes in [your] book smarts”?
By Phil Kloer
November 27, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this
We’re headed there next, Kate. We’re gonna look at what the New York Times says were the 100 Notable Books of 2007, and I will hang my head in shame over how few I have read.
By Joyce
November 27, 2007 9:24 AM | Link to this
Read Baldacci! I don’t rush to read thrillers, but he is always in my beach bag.
If you haven’t read Baldacci’s “The Christmas Train”, get it NOW. It is not a thriller, but a fun journey with eccentric characters on a holiday train. Think “Polar Express” for adults.
By Jeff
November 27, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this
Never read Baldacci either, may give him a shot. Working through Robert Whitlow’s books right now. HIGHLY enjoyable - I’m surprised I had never read anything by him until recently.
As it stands, once I read through Whitlow, I’ll be in need of another author to add to my list. Baldacci could very well be it.
By Ruth
December 1, 2007 6:58 PM | Link to this
You should definitely read Baldacci; he is an excellent writer. The Camel Club series includes The Camel Club, The Collectors, and Stone Cold in chronological order. I’m a librarian, so I wouldn’t steer you wrong!