Ok, so I am not doing so great on the "post more" resolution. But I am working on it, I promise.

I've also read a bunch lately. I wanted to start with something easy so I grabbed Good Grief which has been sitting on my shelf for several months. It was as chick-litty as it looks but at least not superficial like some of the other stuff out there so it was a good combination of easy reading but not too unlikeable.

Then I moved on to The Lovely Bones which I have purposely been putting off for years. I hadn't been prepared for the raw horror of it. And I knew it was a great book but didn't think I wanted to read it. So I finally did and it was horrible. The book was very well written and I read it in one gulp. However the story itself was as bone-chilling as I worried it would be and I got as affected as I thought I would be. So much so that I had to watch some really silly TV before I'd sleep at night so as to not go to bed with the book in my mind. I know Alice Sebold has another great book but until she stops writing about rape, I am not reading another one of her stories.

Then I moved to my very trusted source of AskMe and as usual, they didn't let me down. I started with the recommendation of Christoper Moore and the Palo Alto library had A Dirty Job available immediately so I started with that. And I loved it. I swallowed the whole book in a day! I loved the subject matter. I loved his writing style. It was hilarious and I generally am not known for my sense of humor! I have since checked out another Moore book and let's see if he's consistent.

I have also checked out 32 other books that I am supposedly going to read in the next three weeks. I figure if I read another three that will be major progress.