The old forum-style “whatcha readin’” thread seemed to be better received, so I’ve revived it. (Can I get a hellyeah?)
Go here to check out my latest reading list. And hey, I totally love to have my horizon’s expanded, so let me know what you’re reading right now.
To my shame, I have never read any of the Hitchhiker’s books, by Douglas Adams.
And really, it seems like a no-brainer that is SO my type of read.
Michael, over at Tech Spl@ (Tech Splat), lent me his HH series, and I read the first one last night.
I’m giving it a solid three and a half HELLyeahs. What a freaking imaginative fromp through the universe! Whoo! Love it!
101 Real Dumb Laws, by Jeff Koon and Andy Powell.
Wasn’t as hysterical or snarky as I’d hoped. I’ll give it a HELLyeah and a half. Might make for better reading than shampoo bottles in the restroom, but not something I’d get excited about.
I do have to give mad props to the authors, who began the when they were high school freshman and published it when they were seniors
And, thier web site, dumblaws.com is now on my favorites tab. Much slicker, much funnier than the book. It nicely compliments Chuck Shepherds News of the Weird for morning reading.
(Today I found out hollering and honking in a traffic jam in New Jersey is the law. Who’da known, right?
Bessie Delany , age 103, and Sadie Delany, age 105.
Vignettes from their life.
I know I don’t need to say more, but I will.
The sisters were daughters of a man born into slavery and a mother of mixed racial parentage. They were born in 1889 and 1901, and were professional black women in eras where the professional tag didn’t mix with either minority.
Thier lives were extraordinary. The sisters never married, but they were never alone. They lived by an ethical code that is admirable in any place in history.
Second and third in a family of 10 children, Sweet Sadie was the pacivist and the first African American woman to teach high school in New York. Bessie, who is the “mean” one, was darker skinned than Sadie, and, according to her words, she was much fiestier. Bessie was almost lynched one day just for telling a drunk white man to leave her alone. Bessie was the second black woman to ever be a licensed dentist in New York City.
Just finished Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey.
It’s convoluted! It’s bizarre! It’s hysterical!
Good fun for a rainy afternoon!
Dorsey writes Florida Crime. And he does it like nobody.
Again, we’re on this wild ride with the nutty protagonist Serge, who again startles us with the complexity of his crimes, plots and murders, and Serge’s stoner-drunk sidekick Coleman.
Dudes.
Have you read Tim Dorsey? Have you?
OK, if you dig Carl Hiaasen, you’re going to fall out of your seat for Dorsey. But, because his books are interconnected, I’d highly encourage you to to start with the first one (I want to say it’s Florida Roadkill.)
So, I FINALLY get around to reading Atomic Lobster. Did I love it?
Is a frog’s butt waterproof?
Double Cross by James Patterson rocked out loud.
This was my favorite Alex Cross book yet.
(If you’re not sure who I’m babbling about, a couple of books in this series became really awesome movies: Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider, with Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross.)
If you like action and you like drama and you like murder-mysteries, you will like Double Cross.
Hey,
How’s it goin’?
In our old, forum-style blogs I had a running thread “Whatcha Reading?” It started as one thing, and ended as a running commentary/review of whatever I’m eating that week.
In the Whatcha Reading tradition, I want to hear about your favorite novelists.
I also want to give a WHOO HOO to the Demon Riders — the paranormal book club I joined, but haven’t attended lately (I’ll be back this month!) And, the paranormal book club is sponsored by the Family Book Shop on North Woodland.
This week: Charlene Harris.
I love a series. Charlene Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse, Southern Vampire Mysteries? Good stuff!
I read the first seven this week: Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead and All Together Dead.