Currently reading
Double Feature
The Portable Dorothy Parker
Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow
The Hobbit
The Complete Stories
Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Good to Great in God's Eyes: 10 Practices Great Christians Have in Common
Murder at the Vicarage
My first Agatha Christie novel ever. Delightful, quaint and clever with some interesting undercurrents.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)
Funny but some of the funny wears thin toward the latter part of the book, as other readers have noted.
What a pleasant surprise. I was floored by the language and had to slow myself down to let it burble over me. Ornate, perhaps, maybe a bit much at times, but delicious and meant to be spoken. High marks.
Probably would have liked it better if Stephen King hadn't given away the ending on page vii of the introduction, "The Importance of Being Bachman." Why?!? Guess he figured everyone's seen the movie. Nope.
I think I prefer Jo Nesbø's Harry Hole to Wallander at this point. They're similar (40-ish, hardboiled, jaded, talented detectives, occasionally funny, divorced, father issues, etc.). Wallander is very straightforward but I feel like I don't know him as well after 2 books. I will read another, but first I'll finish the Nesbø books I have on hand.
Crooked Little Heart
Poignant and heartbreaking at times with a real sense for wit in conversation and the human condition. Anne Lamott is wonderful at writing about what we have in common and what distinguishes us, but mostly the former. This is a fine follow up to Rosie, particularly if you don't mind all the tennis (which I don't).
Gravity
I had a hard time getting into this but once things finally started happening, it got much better. I appreciate the accuracy in the technical details. I may give another Tess Gerritsen book a try in the near future.
The Wolfen
Clunky at times but pretty effective. I was pleasantly surprised by the book after seeing what felt like a drug-induced version on film.
Better than I thought it would be, and only related to the TV show in name. May check out the next one.
