NY Times Article

Well it's not a book review, but I thought this article in the NY Times was very interesting.

Also, because it made me remember when I was first dating Adolfo and saw that he had "The Fountainhead" on his bookshelf. When I asked him about it, he responded that it had been a gift and he never read it. Phew!

The Abstinence Teacher

I just read this book by Tom Parrotta. It was a different kind of book for me as there was no mystery. It was a book about people and the troubles some of them face. One main character was a health teacher (middle school) who responded to a student comment about oral sex "some people enjoy it." The fallout from that was kind of maddening. The other main character is a born again Christian who had been a doper in college. The politics and sociology of these two matching up was well done.

Funny Fiction List Request

Ok, I looked online, but it is not listed. It's a 3 page pamphlet (front and back!) so I'm not likely to type them all in. But my library does have an EXCELLENT "find a good book" webpage. Check it out if you're stuck for something good to read.

Funny Fiction part II

The Stately Home Murder. Could have been funny but not enough character development. Not a bad mystery though.

Emma by Jane Austen. Hilarious of course! I read this one already awhile back, but I may be reading it again just fun for. I was thinking of re-reading all the Austens this summer.

Royal Flash, From the Flashman Papers

Take a peek at this book. I found it on a "Funny Fiction" List from my library. It was indeed funny. I am not sure about an excerpt, since the main character is a little... well, himself and not always appropriate. In fact rarely appropriate, but very funny. He is a MAJOR coward who has been decorated for bravery in war (I am planning on reading the first book to find out how that happened) and he looks at every situation in a way that provides the best outcome for HIM. Fortunately the situations are ridiculous. Funny adventure book.

Also read off the funny books list:

Faith Fox (not funny)

Mapp and Lucia (very funny! Hurrah it's also a series!)