2.4 KiB
Title: Secret Vengeance
Author: F Paul Wilson
Started Reading: 2022-05-24
Finished Reading: 2022-05-30
From Goodreads:
Everyone loves senior Carson Toliver, the captain and quarterback of the football team, heartthrob of South Burlington County Regional High—especially the girls. Even Jack's best friend Weezy has a crush on him. And unlike most of the popular kids at school, he's not stuck up. Jack even sees him defending a piney kid who is being bullied in the hall. Which is why Jack is so surprised when Weezy tells him that Carson took her on a date and attacked her.
My Take
This was a pretty good introduction to the character I've come to know as Repairman Jack in the short stories I've read. There was a bit more sci-fi/fantasy in this trilogy than I would have expected, but they were enjoyable nonetheless. I am planning on reading at least "The Tomb" (book 1 in the Repairman Jack Series), since I've enjoyed everything I've read so far.
I decided to start reading more and to start using Libby to do so, when I stumbled upon this prequel trilogy to the Repairman Jack stories I've read in some of my anthology books. I read Reading List - Secret Histories in a few days. I read Reading List - Secret Circles in a little over a week and decided to finish off the trilogy when I found that the library does not have this title and may not ever get it.
Dan Lasco 3 minutes ago That's a metered access (MA) title, and the library has run out of licenses. Some libraries allow MA titles without licenses to remain in the collection and accumulate holds, so they can gauge interest.
Have I mentioned how cool it is to work at the place that supports the app and knows all the answers?
I guess I'll have to resort to my old ways to find this one.
UPDATE: about an hour later, Meghan from Public Library Development contacted me and asked me about the book. She then introduced me to OverDrive's Digital Library (not the Corporate library I already knew about) and offered to upload the trilogy to that service. I set up an account using my work credentials and within a couple hours I was able to checkout the book in Libby! Again, it's good to work in a place that manages the thing you like.
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