Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry

  • Started on: 2010-10-28
  • Finished on: 2010-11-08
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Historical Adventure

This a reread for me. The Templar Legacy is the first book by Steve Berry in the Cotton Malone series. I have most (except the one that was just published) but never read them in order. So I decided to read/reread them all.
The books by Steve Berry are comparable to Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code books, but I like Berry’s books better. They are more fast paced, and I like the historical mysteries far better. Plus Steve Berry never claims to write the truth, just entertainment.
Anyway, like the title says, this book deals with the legacy of the Templars, the order supposedly destroyed in the fourteenth century. Cotton Malone, a retired special agent gets involved in a search for the legacy of the Templars and meanwhile is followed and attacked by their new master. A lot of action and a historical mystery too. For fun this is a great read. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2010-10-28
  • Finished on: 2010-11-08
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Historical Adventure

This a reread for me. The Templar Legacy is the first book by Steve Berry in the Cotton Malone series. I have most (except the one that was just published) but never read them in order. So I decided to read/reread them all.
The books by Steve Berry are comparable to Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code books, but I like Berry’s books better. They are more fast paced, and I like the historical mysteries far better. Plus Steve Berry never claims to write the truth, just entertainment.
Anyway, like the title says, this book deals with the legacy of the Templars, the order supposedly destroyed in the fourteenth century. Cotton Malone, a retired special agent gets involved in a search for the legacy of the Templars and meanwhile is followed and attacked by their new master. A lot of action and a historical mystery too. For fun this is a great read. Four out of five stars.