Thursday, March 11, 2010
Book Report
I've managed to get back to the library more regularly for my mystery fix, plus I've been reading blogs about romances (!!!!) and kid books. The latest:
A great portrayal of the tension in Germany as the Nazis begin their rise and the defiance of the gay sub-culture of the time. The characters had me rolling my eyes occasionally - a romance seems created after the author realized she'd need a devoted lover to pull off some stunts late in the story, and went back and wrote it in. Read her inspirations (Phillip Kerr) for better noir and read Rebecca Pawel for better historical / political / detection.
Just....can't....care. I was about 40 torturous pages in when a load of books was due back to the library and I heaved it in. What was it about? Haven't a clue - stupid people doing stupid things? Kinda like her other books.
(just read the Amazon stuff - I guess it's about fine uplifting racial justice kinds of things - but you still can't make me read it)
Eh, at least there aren't very many letters left....I think I liked this installment (slightly) better because CHRIST , I know all I need to know about Kinsey's packable black dress, her running, the bread her neighbor bakes and all that shit, and U was blessedly mostly about the actual story. This was (another?) chapter 1: present time, chapter 2: the past story. You get to the end and say, bad guy been got, I can forget I ever read this book. I havent' bothered with the library waitlist for this series since, like, F. But I'll put it in the basket if there's nothing else available and while I don't hate it with the fury I have for Paretsky, mostly wonder whether they were the best use of my time...
Better books next time - the good mysteries, kid stuff, and my first contemporary romance that didn't come from my mother-in-law's shelves.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Robots for the boy
Well, he has car sheets, train sheets, how about some robot sheets?
And yes everything else at this store is wonderful....
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