whew. was very busy for a Sunday today. my manager thinks it is getting progressively busier every Sunday and thinks it will get even busier once school starts back up and I fear she is right. so much for the easy day. i do like the work but my arthritis hurt by 3:30 and I was glad to be off at 5:15. had to go to downtown Tacoma to run an errand after work and glad to finally be home and relaxing.
Today’s most interesting find was Soul Kitchen by Poppy Z. Brite. This novel comes directly before D*U*C*K*. I had not thought about looking for the previous books in the series but decided to give this a whirl, reading the series backwards.
I am also re-reading Boy’s Life and enjoying it immensely. We have a feature at PCLS called Books Plus To Go where we offer multiple copies of newly released trade paperback versions of last seasons best sellers in a big rack at the front. It’s a great place to grab something quick to read on a 30 minute lunch break. Which is how I happened to grab a copy last week of Greg Palast’s Armed Madhouse. I remember him as a relatively sober reporter and one of the only ones who reportedly honestly about election 2000. he is still reporting honestly but in this book is also laugh out loud funny with true life tales of shenanigans in bushville.
I don’t know why I picked up a manual on Writing Mysteries, but I did about a month ago and read a little of it. It’s been sitting on the sofa since and my end up going back unread but for the moment is still Here. At the same time I checked out the above, I also got Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting, a mystery set in 1930’s New Orleans. It sounds promising but has yet to grab me and it too is Still Here. Of somewhat more recent vintage is The Naked Brain in which a neurologist discusses "how the latest imaging techniques have changed our knowledge of how we think, feel, remember, socialize and learn in unprecedented and often surprising ways," according to the cover blurb. It would seem to have a better shot at completion.
So that’s what I’m reading now, though at the moment I can focus on nothing heavier than The Simpsons and plan to get to bed early. Happy Sunday
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