March Something-ness April 10, 2007
March wasn’t a good month for reading. I was restless, and my moods were capricious. At least four books I started never got finished, including The Omnivore’s Dilemna, which is what I was reading at the beginning of the month. Don’t get me wrong - it’s an interesting book if you’re interested in where your food comes from, and learning more about agri-business.
~ Carl Hiaasen, Nature Girl (5)
I was really disappointed because I’m a huge Hiassen fan. However, this book suffered from an abundance of characters with a myriad of personality quirks and a deficit of geography [1].
Speaking of abundances…
~ John Green, An Abundance of Katherines (7.5)
Quirky. I liked it more than Alaska.
~ Tanya Huff, Summon the Keeper (8) and Second Summoning (7.5)
Whenever I read these two (and the third book), it’s the long weekend in August 2003 all over again. I’m listening to Sam Roberts and drinking something I made up called a Funky Monkey (vanilla ice cream, milk, bananas, and Bailey’s Irish Cream), and I have the house to myself.
~ Christopher Moore, You Suck! (8.5)
I would read the phone book if Moore wrote it. This one is a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends, runs parallel to the action in A Dirty Job, and has a tragi-romantic ending that didn’t feel cheap or like a cop-out.
[1] Why, yes I did swallow a dictionary this evening. Why do you ask?
I still liked Nature Girl well enough, but definitely felt that it wasn’t up to his usual snuff. Lucky You is my fave.
I have yet to read either John Green novel. Bad YA Librarian!
I read You Suck at the beginning of the year, it was great! I couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard of him before - now I have to go back and read Bloodsucking Fiends.
Man. You should make some virgin Funky Monkeys and we’ll have a party! (And after Peanut gets here, we can have the real thing!)