In the summer, in the city

[miss_porcupine]

As I've griped about in the past, it's not that NYC gets hotter or more humid than anywhere else, it's that it doesn't cool off at night. Especially after a few days of sustained heat, the overnight lows on the weather forecast are mythical, fleeting moments that appear briefly at 4am, if at all

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books

[4thdixiechick]

I am constantly amazed that Dan Brown has a book contract - I've read much better fan fiction (by you and others). And don't get me started on how many exclamation points he uses.

I'm not up on current military thrillers (I like the genre, just don't have time to read things that I am not required to). I do remember liking The Balance of Power by James Huston when I read it back when it first came out. Huston is a former Navy pilot, so that helps with some of the details (part of it takes place on an aircraft carrier).

I'm a middle school teacher, and "have" to read the books that are nominated for our state book award. My favorite out of this year's batch is a YA sci-fi novel called Unwind by Neal Shusterman. It takes place far enough in the future that iPods are antiques, and after a compromise law has been passed that bans abortion in America. The compromise is that parents can, when their child is 15 and hasn't lived up to potential or is a habitual troublemaker, decide to have them "unwound" - the child goes on to live in a "divided state:" all organs are harvested. The premise is rather freaky, but Shusterman is a very skilled writer and the book haunted me a month after reading it. Even if you don't normally pick up YA lit, I would recommend this book.

So, here's to a break in the heat & to more good books to read.

If you ever get a book deal (and you are very talented, I hope you do!) let us know so that we can have more good books to read!

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[miss_porcupine]

I got about twenty pages in to a Dan Brown novel and had to stop. Clearly, I did not get a copy with whatever crack the pages are laced with to make him a bestseller.

I shall look for the Huston book. Thank you.

Re: books

[4thdixiechick]

the only reason I finished the Dan Brown book is that it was the only thing I had to read when I had a 7-hour flight.

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[lurkerlynne]

I have been known to fully entertained by the sights outside my window on trips, with the exclusion of Nevada after hour 3. Fell asleep about then.

My point being, I would have to be damn desperate to read Dan Brown.