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This weekend, I finished Not Enough Indians by Harry Shearer.  It was entertaining but a bit hard to follow at times.  Not because the storyline was overly complicated, but I guess I just had trouble at times making sense of what was going on.  Harry's famous humor is evident in this, but at times I felt like I was reading the equivalent of a very ( Read more... )

Last night, Erik watched World Cup and installed Windows Vista Beta on the computer.  This gave me almost the entire night to read.  I finished Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and it was an absolute delight.  Having loved the movie, I was wary of reading the book and not enjoying it as much.  But this was the rare experience of ( Read more... )

I am still reading Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.  In fact, I am only 1/3 of the way through it.  It's not because the book is lagging or I am finding it hard to read - just the opposite, in fact.  This book has been nothing but delightful and heartbreaking all at the same time.

My trouble is finding time to read.  If I read during ( Read more... )

Another book down, that seriously should not have taken this long to finish.

A Mind of its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis, by David M. Friedman
Verdict: I couldn't relate.

Once you get over the shock value of the subject matter, this book is just not that interesting.  It's divided into sections, each relating to a different aspect as the ( Read more... )

I have finished the following books:

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
Much more enjoyable than I thought it would be.  An absolutely heartbreaking and tragic story.  I wish I had not received such an odd reaction from so many people when they found out I was reading it.  Is it because they have not read it, and think it's a scary monster book?  Or ( Read more... )