BOOK #29

A 'loser' pilot crashes his boss' pink Gulfstream jet while having sex with a hooker. That pretty much sums up the first few pages of this book. And of course, the pink Gulfstream jet belongs to a Mary Kay type of character.

This book is a great romp of nostalgia, cults, sex, talking bats, a transvestite and organ harvests. Intrigued? You should be. Christopher Moore is one of my favorite writers. Although his last two books didn't do IT for me - I keep reading. This book was from '97 and he must have totally been in his humor groove. The two best books of his (for me) have been "Fluke or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (he had to have been stoned to write this one) and "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" (we read this in book club).

If you have a sense of humor, find some of his books and drag 'em poolside. It's rare to find him at PBS or Half Price books. You may have to buy or check out. But do it soon!

BOOK #28

A few years ago, the Sci-Fi Channel had a series called The Dresden Files, which I LOVED. Unfortunately, it didn't last. I still have the series and watch the eps quite often. The series was based on Jim Butcher's books of the same title.

As opposite to most people, I enjoyed the series much more than the book. But, if I hadn't seen the series, I probably would have given this book four stars instead of three. Well written, great story but I had a hard time visualizing the actual written character versus the one I was in love with from the TV series. The actual book is much more darker than the the TV series. The TV series had a bit more charm.

I have another Jim Butcher book in my pile so I'm looking forward to that one as well.

I've made a good dent in my pile of books but I have to wonder if it will ever end?

BOOK #27

Another iPad read during my lunch hour. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Mostly it tells you to stay away from the processed foods and sugars and eat more vegetables. Nothing really new. I have been eating salads mostly since January (with an occasional trip to The Barrel) and I do feel better. I sleep better, I have more energy. That combined with my occasional trips to the gym have made life a bit easier.

Now, if I can just stay with it. Or at least, drag my lazy ass to the gym more often....

BOOK #26

I blame my iPad for reading this book. I had to try out the reader on it, didn't I? (and it's awesome, BTW). I read this book during my lunch. Most of it made me laugh but JLH did have some excellent pointers. And I used the 'bookmarks' capability alot on this book. She happened to have some very sweet quotes about love.

Mostly, you can't give up on it.

So, I'll just keep reading about it.

"Guilty Pleasures"

I've had this Laurell K. Hamilton book for a while and thanks to the pledge, I've read it!
(It was refreshing to put a book away in a few days too!)

I really enjoyed it. This one came out in 1993 so it's a stylistic predecessor to the current crop of vampire pulp, but this one is for grown ups.

I found it very entertaining! Just enough tough chick, vampire killer and enough male stripper/vampire sexy to be hot! Totally sexy from a woman's point of view! I'll probably read the series!

I give it an enjoyable two thumbs up!

Drood

It's finally over. Wow, that was a long book (and I've read all three LOTR books in a stretch.) I don't think they took as long.

While I thought the book was somewhat interesting, I'm not sure what tale the author was trying to tell. I thought it fell short as a mystery. It was an odd biography of Dickens (if that was the point). The only "moral" I could glean is that opiates make one hallucinate scary things. Ok, so...

The publisher and editor obviously found merit in this story that I didn't. I'm with Karen, this would have been more interesting as an 800 page book (or a 400 pager). Even so, I didn't get any tingles in my spidey-sense, so I'm giving this an "I didn't hate it, but I wasn't wow'ed" rating.

Off it goes to PBS.

BOOK #25

Generally speaking, I've always really liked Jennifer Weiner's books. But these short stories were pretty bad. To me, they seemed like chapters in her books that didn't make the final edit. Boooo-ring.

I gave it two stars.

They can't all be great, I guess.