Dan Jorgensen

and the wind whispered is a Young Adult book that just never caught fire for me. God knows what a real Young Adult would make of it.

It's set in the waning days of the Old West (but the book is told in flashback - confusing) and rings in Bat Masterson and the pioneering female newspaper reporter "Nellie Bly" and Teddy Roosevelt and Seth Bullock and a lot of other lesser figures from that time and the place.

And it's about a hidden treasure and a cave (a lot of the cave stuff seems lifted show more right from Tom Sawyer I'm sorry to say) and a band of despicable outlaws.

There is a train robbery foiled by two feisty females that is fun while it lasts.

But the book just pokes along and the characters are not engaging l and well, I stopped at about page 156.

The historian in me nodding approvingly at a lot of good research leading to a lot of rare historical accuracy. The reader in me was yawning.

As Caroline says there are only so many books to read and this one isn't going to be one of mine.

Sprung the trap door on my TBR pile and dropped this one right down the chute to my DNF pile -- ker - PLUNK!. show less