9 &10. Stone Cold and Divine Justice by David Baldacci

I have read almost 3 books in a quick succession. The reason simply being I have not been practising Darts for some time now and so have loads of time.
I lost in the semi finals of Ladies Gold cup last Friday, and was so disappointed in myself that I packed up my darts. I managed to beat my biggest competitor in the quarter finals (the same person I lost to in the finals of British Masters playoffs) and because of that I kinda relaxed a little bit. Well, it proved to be a costly mistake.
I better start practising again though, as I have a match day after tomorrow and don't wanna mess that one up too.

Alright, getting back to the books.

These books are in the Camel Club Series.
1. Camel Club
2. Collectors
3. Stone Cold
4. Divine Justice

I had already read the first two in the series last year. Both the books were so good that it made me want to read the rest in the series too.
As usual, a Baldacci thriller with lots of nail baiting sequences and action packed, just the way I like it.
Nothing memorable to say about the books though. Good time pass, that's all.

8. Cocktail Time by P.G. Wodehouse

A classic Wodehouse, with loads of characters, a perfect setting in a countryside and an all confusing scenario.
The Earl of Ickenham is the one who never turns away from someone else's problems and that too when the problem involves his Godson's wedding, he does his best to solve it. And then enters, his old friend who is acting as a butler because he is in love with his master's sister, Phoebe. And Phoebe's son who is blackmailing his own Uncle with a letter.
Confused, well then now enters an American Con Artist and his wife, who also get wind of the blackmailing and try their hands at getting hold of that letter. What do you think will happen ?

Wodehouse is always a classic, and this one is a perfect read on a sunny afternoon, sitting outdoors. Which I couldn't do because I haven't seen the sun for quite some time now. Reading his books always transports me to the old countryside England that has always drawn me towards this country.
The words and the language which he uses makes me love England even more. Now, if only I could find someone who still talks like that.

7. 2 States by Chetan Bhagat

2 states by Chetan Bhagat is a story about an Indian couple who are in love and wants to get married. The book's back cover summarizes the whole plot.
Around the world : Boy loves girl, girl loves boy and they get married.
in India there are a few more steps: Boy loves girl, girl loves boy, boy's parents have to love girl, girl's parents have to love boy, boy's parents and girl's parents should love each other.
That's the plot in a nutshell. About how Punjabi boy and a Tamilian girl fall in love with each other and how they convince their parents for their marriage.
There were many sarcasms involving Tamilian Brahmins and their way of life, and being one did find it little bid bad, but the author actually compromised for it by making equal fun of Punjabis and managed to wade through that thin line. Though the story and the outcome is very much predictable, the author's way of handling it is very interesting and funny.
At the end, it felt like I had just watched a light hearted comedy movie.

I would rate it 7/10 .

6. Total Control by David Baldacci

A typical Baldacci Action paced thriller. Not up to his standard mark though. I liked his Camel Club series much more.
The book starts with a cute couple, Jason and Sidney Archer, who are very much in love, and they have an adorable baby daughter. Suddenly, the husband is killed in a fiery plane crash, and Sidney's life is shattered. Jason is thought to be behind the plane crash, and an FBI team starts following Sidney everywhere. Not just the FBI there are some other people too who are stalking her because they need something from her house.
And Sidney starts discovering the truth little by little and then starts running for her life not knowing whom to trust.

The first half introduces soooo many characters that you really fail to make any kind of connection but as the book progresses the plot becomes much clear and it becomes hard to put down.
And Sidney' sob story about how she misses her husband and the in detail explanation of her crying, fainting, crying, looking at her daughter, crying, looking at her family pictures and some more crying is worse than a Hindi soap serial.
I actually had to flip a few pages whenever the author started about how miserable Sidney is feeling or how her eyes were becoming dry from crying. Who really cares?

If you can go past all this, the book is not all bad.
I rate it 5.5/10