2.5 Really.Yet another book that slipped through the cracks is this one. I didn't know what to expect from Al Roker the writer. As an idea, writing what he knows (morning weather anchor and food) should have played to his strengths. To some degree, it does. However, like with cooking, sometimes w...
When it comes to summer reading, there are your good summer reads (thrillers that have you on the edge of your seat, mysteries that have you wondering, or that auto-biography you have always wanted to read) and the bad ones (mostly saved for airport bookstores so you can read them from Point A to...
Very good advice for anyone starting out on their weight loss journey. I realize Al had surgery, but the end message is still the same: Watch what you eat, keep track of it, exercise, don't let one cookie throw you off track, and don't expect miracles overnight. The story seemed a little jumble...
This is the second book in the Billy Blessing series by Al Roker. This book is much better than the first - it feels like Roker and his co-writer have a better feel for their characters, and a better understanding of where they want to take the story. This time out Billy is on the west coast (L...
I enjoyed this book as well as The Morning Show and Midnight Show Murders. Billy Blessing is a likable morning show host in addition to a successful chef and restauranter. I like his somewhat self-deprecating sense of humor as well as the cast of supporting characters: surly, yet loyal and com...
Actually, calling it a house was a little like calling Moby Dick a fish. It was a big, sprawling affair, set far back on the lot and separated from the street by a stone fence and foliage and palm trees and, from what I could see of it standing beside Brueghel’s Crown Vic, a lush garden.It was ju...
chauffeured us through the darkening city toward her apartment on Riverside Drive. She and Ted were sharing the backseat, her sore head resting on his shoulder. She'd already told us about being whacked on the noggin by person unknown at Rudy's suite and waking up thinking she might be paralyzed ...