Books I Have Started and Will Probably Never Finish

Kingdom of Fear, by Hunter S. Thompson

It's the first I've ever tried by Thompson, and I'd still like to try to read one of his earlier books just to see if this last one isn't the product of senility and maybe he is actually a pretty good writer. Dude can't stay on topic! Every passage devolves into complaining about the state of the world. Also, just to point something out to a dead man who even living would never have read my blog: dude, your book is 7 years old, and we're still going. So your predictions of horror haven't really panned out, have they?

Seven Types of Ambiguity, by Elliot Perlman

The premise is good, but I can't even make it through the first character's version of events.

Naughty Neighbor, by Janet Evanovich

Loved her Stephanie Plum audiobooks, but holy shit this narrator is annoying. I hate the inflection she puts on every other sentence. Wish I could describe it accurately.

What I have been reading: Skeleton Crew, by Stephen King

I just jump around the short stories at different times. King never fails me.

Speaking of King, Thanks to Wendy the Wonder Librarian I had an opportunity to read his short story UR, that is only available on the Kindle. What's cool is that King can write what sounds a lot like a sales pitch for a  Kindle, but make it interesting. Reading the phrase "low men in yellow coats" again was freaking AWESOME. I love how he connects shit. FUCKING LOVE IT!

Books on Tape Yay!

Janet Evanovich writes these little goofy books, and I love them on CD. 


Stephanie Plum has a freaking wacky-ass circle of friends and family. They can be slightly annoying sometimes (I have a love-hate relationship with both Lula and Grandma Mazur). 


But they're quick, fun, little stories to listen to between jobs.


Also, got like zero time to blog. Barely time to read. Also not that into the books I've found recently. 

The Mockingjay. THE EMM-EFFIN' MOCKINGJAY!!!!!!! by Suzanne Collins

Wow, Suzanne Collins has ripped me a new one. She is fucking great. I love how dark this one got, and how treacherous everyone was. I loved all the emotion this book made me feel! I finished it last night with tears in my eyes! I want to be the Mockingjay, only without all the death and horribleness that Katniss goes through.....I think basically I want mad bow skills and a kick-ass costume.

I'm not giving anything in this book away, in the hopes that in a few years I totally forget what it's about and then I can read it all over again.