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 B in the air). Roker's book is a little of both; with the cheesy factor making it quite low brow and best for the air, but some story development that allows you to want to keep reading. Depends on what you use to compare it, it could be called a decent read (Richard Castle, some Patterson one-offs), though by no means stellar.Roker uses himself in a quasi-biographical character and offers an interesting behind-the-scenes look at tv life, tossing in a murder mystery to keep the reader going through it all. He does a decent job with the plot and the storyline, though the characters and some of the background narration is fit to make you pray for a brick wall. Some people have the knack and others do not. I chose to have Mr. Roker narrate the book on my iPod, which added another dimension of fingernails on the chalkboard, but I will offer up, he did an ok job with his progress.Decent work Mr. Roker. The trilogy continues and I shall plod on. Just finished this book as well as The Midnight Show Murders. Both books were enjoyable, so I'll be reading the third. Al Roker creates a likeable character in Chef Blessing who I imagine he has loosely based on himself. Blessing is a chef, restaurant owner and TV host who finds himself a murder suspect in the first novel and a possible victim in the second. The storylines seem to move at a good pace and the bad guys are not immediately recognizable. I always appreciate a good twist.
What do You think about The Morning Show Murders (2009)?
Somewhat in the style of Janet Ivanovich. Quick read with lots of characters, twists and turns.
—1234
A good story even if a bit predictable. It was a fun read!
—Steph
Could even finish. SO not gripping at all. Falls flat.
—James
