The James Patterson’s Alex Cross Books Series

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Zacks

James B. Patterson is an American novelist who is famous for writing thriller novels for readers and has one of his most famous series based on a detective name Alex Cross, although he does write fiction books based on romance and also non fictions but the fame he has earned has been because of his thriller and suspense books based on a detective Alex Cross.

Patterson has came out with a series of books after his retirement from advertising in 1996, after which he devoted his time into writing books which came out to be quite fruitful for him. However, even though his novel has been the bestselling novel for quite a long time, many of the people have been more disappointed by his new book “Cross”. This is the latest book of the series of the psychologist Alex Cross.

Just going back to the other books, readers of thriller and suspense books just loved how he wrote and built up each and every plot of it for his readers. They loved the character of Alex Cross and what he did. However, the most recent book named cross has not reached up to the mark as other books had. The book basically tells a story about a Brooklyn born killer, who has a very unique way of killing his victims which could be associated with Alex‘s wife death. Even though the plot when read may seem interesting but the way it has been put down into words by the writer just isn’t good enough. The way he built up the story to cater with its plot does not seem pleasing to the readers; rather it makes you lose your interest come to think of his other books of the same series.

Even though the book has been written in the same pattern as he has been writing his other books, where she shows both side of the story based on both Alex’s side and also the villains to build up the mystery. Yet again he failed to do in this novel of his, there was no dept found in reading. Not only that the book was more gruesome and bloody compared to other books and that made it hard for some people to read, where they characterized the book as something related to death then a thriller based book. This book would surely be the black spot of the series.

James Patterson’s Alex Cross Books in Order

  • Book Number 1: Along Came a Spider
  • Book Number 2: Kiss the Girls
  • Book Number 3: Jack and Jill
  • Book Number 4: Cat & Mouse
  • Book Number 5: Pop Goes the Weasel
  • Book Number 6: Roses Are Red
  • Book Number 7: Violets Are Blue
  • Book Number 8: Four Blind Mice
  • Book Number 9: Big Bad Wolf
  • Book Number 10: London Bridges
  • Book Number 11: Mary, Mary
  • Book Number 12: Cross
  • Book Number 13: Double Cross
  • Book Number 14: Cross Country
  • Book Number 15: Alex Cross’s Trial
  • Book Number 16: I, Alex Cros
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What Does Your Eye Color Mean?

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Zacks

We have been hearing from people and experts that our eye colors represent what a person is, that is the color of one’s eye represents their personalities. However, many of them think that this is not how it works, the color of one’s eye depends genetically how it has been formed through the mixing and matching of genes from our parents. Yet there are people who do believe that their eye color are one way of representing personalities only if taken seriously and put into notice. One would find people with different eye colors, these colors range from brown to black, to blue to hazel, grey to green and violet.

The most common eye color found amongst people is brown eyes. It is said people who have brown eyes are connected with the earth and its soil. They are people who are interconnected with earth’s energy and it fertility. Such people are simple, down to earth and strong willed. These people tend to give up all luxuries of technology and dedicate themselves to living according to earth just because they tend to have a deep understanding and connection with the soil

Then we have black colored eyes but at times many people say there is no such thing as jet black eyes. Some of them state that these are basically dark brown eyes which give and illusion of black eyes. However, there is a rare exception that there are pure black colored eyes. Black is the color of mystery, people who have black eyes have a mysterious personality, who has the tendency of keeping secrets and more over psychic tendencies.

There are also blue eyes colored people (I guess they would be wondering what do blue eyes mean?). These people tend to be nice people. They can also be regarded as good listeners as they tend to listen to what you have to say.

Green, the color represents something fresh and vibrant, just as people associated with green eye color. People with green eye color are said to have a vibrant personality. These people have the tendency of healing people, not only that they have a youthful compassion and dedication to creativity. People may have a misconception that these people are very religious but there is a possibility that this might not happen.

Then there are other uncommon colored eyes such as hazel and grey. Hazel eyes basically represent people who have many different qualities of people. Hazel eyed people have the feature of healing, sensitivity of the grey, the strength and interdependence of the brown and the intensity of the blues. Mixing everything up we have the personality of people with hazel eyes.

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What to Consider When Chooosing Butter Knives

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Zacks

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Just as food comes in all varieties, so do silverware or flatware to prepare and serve it from the kitchen to the table. Flatware for example is designed to avoid spillage, contamination and ease of cleaning after handling different delicacies at the table. Speaking of flatware and butter knives to be specific can easily be distinguished from ordinary table knives from their shape. Butter knives have a dull edge and a rounded point or a pointed tip for slicing butter and spreading it on slices of bread. The pointed part of the butter knife should only be used for slicing pieces of butter thus other table knives in use during dinner or breakfast should not touch the butter or other food you intend to spread butter on. When spreading butter, it is advisable to use a round tipped butter knife so as not to tear your bread.

If you are looking forward to shopping for butter knives and want to get ones that are going to satisfactorily meet your needs, then considering the following points as a checklist will help a lot towards this respect:

* The purpose of the butter knife which should only be slicing or spreading the butter. Round tipped knives are ideal for a smooth spread.

* Consider butter knives for right or left handed use for you or other users at home to avoid discomfort at meal times.

* Butter knives material should be long lasting, so insist on dishwasher safe handles like stainless steel or rosewood among many other choices available. The butter knife’s handle and body may also come in pure steel.

* You can always match butter knives with your other flatware. When hosting a party or a huge family, ordering a reasonable set of butter knives is good as most flatware may come with only one butter knife.
* When shopping for butter knives, beware of fake ones that may also be cheap, high quality butter knives will cost you a bit more but will guarantee many years of service before you consider replacement.

As butter knives will always be in our households for ages, designs will continue changing with time. Elegant and unique designs that interest you are always available. They may range in prices. Antique knives are stylish but may cost you a bit so it is always good to budget earlier in advance.

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