About the book reviewer

Michael J. Griffin

I was born and raised in New York City. I began reading at a very early age, having pretty much exhausted my school's children's book section of the library by the time I was in the first grade. I began to move up in books, actually finishing Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing" by the third grade.

When I finished high school and went to Boston University for college, I naturally decided to be an English Major. What could be better, getting to read a lot and write about what I read? The fact that I only had to take one math class to fulfill my math requirement for that major also was a big factor.

After I graduated college, I started working at a job that allowed me to do a lot of reading: working at a Barnes & Noble. The employee discount I received there was both a good and bad thing. It was good because I was able to get a lot of books I otherwise wouldn't have bought before. It was bad because I had to resist the urge to just hand over my paycheck for books.

During the time I was at Barnes & Noble, I broadened my range of reading, trying many different genres. When I was in high school, I'd mostly read science fiction and fantasy, (in a related note, I did not date at all in high school) and college, I had little time to read save for my assigned English novels. I began trying a lot of new authors that I might not tried before.

Currently, I have a wide-array of favorite writers, with this brief list of some of the top ones on my list, in alphabetical order: David Baldacci, Dave Barry, Lawrence Block, Lee Child, Michael Crichton, Clive Cussler, Jack Higgins, John Irving, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Robert Ludlum, Robert B. Parker, and Stuart Woods.

Reviewed by Michael J. Griffin:
-- A Prayer For Owen Meany - by John Irving
-- The Secret History - by Donna Tartt
-- Tuesdays with Morrie - by Mitch Albom
-- The Lovely Bones - by Alice Sebold
-- She's Come Undone - by Wally Lamb
-- Rules of Prey - by John Sandford
-- Once More Around The Park - by Roger Angell
-- On Writing - by Stephen King
-- Dave Barry's Greatest Hits - by Dave Barry
-- The Christmas Train - by David Baldacci
-- Artemis Fowl - by Eoin Colfer
-- Prey - by Michael Crichton
-- Shrink Rap - by Robert B. Parker
-- Tricky Business - by Dave Barry
-- Hit Man - by Lawrence Block
-- Without Fail - by Lee Child
-- A Drink Before the War - by Dennis Lehane
-- The Day After Tomorrow - by Allan Folsom
-- I.Asimov - by Isaac Asimov
-- The Blue Nowhere - by Jeffery Deaver
-- Cryptonomicon - by Neal Stephenson
-- The Millionaires - by Brad Meltzer






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