53. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Holy crap. This was the first graphic novel I've ever read, and it was really challenging -- I think it wrecked my sleep, because I had to focus on reading it so much more than my usual pre-bed stuff. I'm bummed I skipped the book club meeting where it was discussed (I have gone to very few book club ( Read more... )

49. Three at Wolfe's Door, Rex Stout. Another of the three-story collections. I'll just give you the description from inside the front cover ( Read more... )

I am so tired! I can't wait to go to bed tonight.

Last Friday, I went to Chicago.( Friends! )

So I got a notice this morning that my month-to-month lease is being terminated as of the end of this month. (Me and everyone else in the building, so it's not personal.) Awesome. Needless to say, I don't have the money to move. But move I will! The worst part is that I'm supposed to be out of town the weekend of Halloween (ie, when I'm supposed ( Read more... )

36. The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell. Great! It's about the founders of Boston (and Cambridge, Rhode Island, etc.). She's so good -- it's wonderful to get a real feeling for all of these olde-tymey people, via her research and interpretation ( Read more... )

Thursday night, had book club. Book club! (See below.) I'm kind of on the fence about staying in it, because it's sort of too many people and I'm the worst at serious literary discussions, but I'm happy to have the prompt to read better stuff, and I guess who cares if I don't have any analysis? We'll see ( Read more... )

Took a random day off today, and am excited! Am also trying to be strategic about my errands, hair cut, movie plan, because I feel like going out once and staying out is the best plan on this hottest day of the year ( Read more... )

28. Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris. I read all of the Sookie Stackhouse books in a fairly short period a year or so ago, so it's been a while. I'm glad to have had the break, because I was just reading them like a bag of chips, and it was a little much. I liked this one, and I like how she maintains the series, with a more-or-less ( Read more... )

25. Spun by Sorcery, Barbara Bretton. The third, not the second, book in the series I had read the first one of last month. Eh, it was OK. I won't seek out more, but maybe in an emergency. (READING EMERGENCY ( Read more... )

23. Without Fail, Lee Child. Re-read of a favorite Reacher. Ah, Reacher ( Read more... )