Miss me?

OMG, have you like totally missed me or what? Truth is that I have sort of had writer's block...or would that be blogger's block? Anyway, I have been reading so many good books lately....by actual people who can write well, that I intimidated myself. Do you wanna know what I have been reading? Do ya, do ya? OK...I will tell you. Firstly, I have to give a shout out to my friend Michele who has recommended all of these, I think. She is in a book club that sounds a bit formal to me....I mean they actually expect you to read the books and report back on them! So, I am for sure not joining that! I was in a book club once. It was made up of friends, Michele being one of them. And we not so much read, as drank. It was a beautiful group. We called ourselves "a drinking club that has a reading problem." Hahahahaha. Oh, we had fun us girls! Anyway, this new club that Michele is in is much more serious and the by-product for me is that I hear about some great books without actually having to be in the club. It's perfect.

The first one is Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Fabulous book set in Barcelona. The second and third one are Stieg Larsson's Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Plays With Fire. Good books if you are in the mood to kick a guy's ass. Another one is Sara's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. That story is sad...about the holocaust. Reading about the holocaust is probably something we should do once in a while. The pure evil of the time is hard to wrap your mind around...but it should be remembered...because, of course, it still happens....perhaps not to that astonishing degree, but genocide is attempted all around the world as we try to deny....but what can we do? Then I switched to a funny book (because I had to) by Bill Bryson, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. That book was a memoir about Bill's childhood in Des Moines, Iowa during the 50's. A strange and wonderful time that has more to do with our culture than we give it credit for. Completely funny book that had me laughing so hard in parts that I couldn't continue reading due to the tears in my eyes! Now I am onto The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. That is a story of an ex porn star who gets badly burned in a car accident and is visited by someone from a past life. At least I think that is what it's about. The story has not revealed itself to me completely.

So, there you go. A very good list of books if you are so inclined. I have, in the hopper so to speak, a number of very serious books about living and dying that I will share with you later...if I feel like it.

I guess my solution to the early fall (I was so hoping for an extended Indian summer) is to read. Seems reasonable. And...what have you all been doing???