Books,Readers and Beyond: # 52 What to Read

1. I searched Novelist Plus for a read alike to Robert Ludlum. Novelist Plus recommended several authors:Jack Higgins,Web Griffin,Vince Flynn,Ken Follett and Kyle Mills to name a few. Who Should I Read Next listed Jeff Harding, Allistar Maclain, Will Cuppy, Lawerence Block,Frederick Forsyth,Ian Fleming,Larry Bond,Ted Bell and Craig Thomas . I preferred Novelist Plus to Who Should I Read Next. I could not pull up a read alike at all on Library Booklists and Bibliographies. Fiction L Booklists came up with Richard Condon and John LeCarre. Some of these authors I have read but still none compare to Robert Ludlum who sadly died in 2001 but I am glad to say left several outlines for new ideas.
2. The two books I found for the fourth grade animal lover are:
Varjak Paw by author S.F. Said about a purebred pampered cat who leaves home guided by his legendary Mesopotomian ancestry, Jaal. Varkak Paw sets out to save his family from an evil gentile man who took their Contessa away.
Standing Up to Mr. O by author Claudia Mills tells about twelve year old Maggie comes to dread biology class because her favorite teacher insists she dissect a worm. This assignment awakens her to the issue of animal rights.
Two ghost story books for her thirteen year old brother are:
The Headless Ghost by R. L. Stine: Loving Hill House an enormous tourist attraction that is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of a 13 year old headless boy. Duane and Stephanie decide to search for the ghost's head and get the biggest scare of their lives.
Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories by Joan Lowery Nixon: a collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States. Each story is accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.
3. To find read alikes for Dean Koontz I went first to Novelist Plus. Greg Bear's Darwin's Radio was recommended as the same suspense/horror genre and Dan Simmon's Summer of Night, both were said to have sympathetic characters in horrific situations. Who Should I Read next recommended Richard Layman's One Rainy Night and Charles Grant's The Millennium Quartet continuing the religious theme of good verses evil.
4.Novelist Plus lists the series title as Sons of the Lioness. The series titles are:
#1 Alanna:the First Adventure, #2 In the Hand of the Godess, #3 The Woman Who Rides like a Man and #4 Lioness Rampant. All continue Alanna the female warrior's journey of saving her country from disscention and hostile magic.