tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post116768481551469860..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: BooksFirst - December 2006yellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1168540477430539722007-01-11T13:34:00.000-05:002007-01-11T13:34:00.000-05:00Master satirist? Me? Now *that's* funny.Hey, I was...Master satirist? Me? <BR/>Now *that's* funny.<BR/><BR/>Hey, I was just helping a friend clean out his basement (the old guy living down there wants to install a sink next to the existing latrine).<BR/><BR/>bcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1168430149754749492007-01-10T06:55:00.000-05:002007-01-10T06:55:00.000-05:00Weingraten is a lunatic. And not just a little bit...Weingraten is a lunatic. And not just a little bit of a pompous ass.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1168403074510411522007-01-09T23:24:00.000-05:002007-01-09T23:24:00.000-05:00My husband and I are both reading Nature Girl--it'...My husband and I are both reading <I>Nature Girl</I>--it's saying something that Hiaasen is able to entertain both of us because the books hubby reads usually have little in common with mine.<BR/><BR/>I like the Honey Santana character, who is a stand-in for Hiaasen, to wit: "Honey had tried many doctors and many prescriptions, with imperceptible results. Eventually she came to believe that her condition was one that couldn't be treated medically; she was doomed to demand more decency and consideration from her fellow humans than they demanded of themselves."<BR/><BR/>===<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine is recovering from surgery and I pondered which of the <I>Why</I> books would be best to lend to her. I chose volume II because it starts with "The Adventures of Perceptiveman." I love that. Volumes I and III are good, too--the first one has an introduction by Dave Barry which, surprisingly, is not particularly hilarious. Nothing like, for example, Dave's intro to Gene Weingarten's book, now THAT's an introduction. Quoting from memory, "People ask me, what kind of a lunatic is this Weingarten guy; I tell them: A <I>Genuine</I> lunatic."<BR/><BR/>*pause while I go to Amazon and get the real quote...* ...Here we go:<BR/><BR/>"...when you read this book, at some point--a fairly early point, I am betting--you're going to say, "What kind of lunatic wrote this?"<BR/><BR/>"The answer, as I hope I've shown, is: A <I>genuine</I> lunatic. An <I>honest</I> lunatic. Ask the many people who know and love Gene Weingarten if they think he is sane, and they will say, laughingly: "No!" And then, after reflecting for a moment, they will say, seriously: "No." (<I>The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death.</I> p. 18)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1167937012486984272007-01-04T13:56:00.000-05:002007-01-04T13:56:00.000-05:00well my NaJuReMoNo is off to a good start: reading...well my NaJuReMoNo is off to a good start: reading 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Lucia Graves translation) and so far it is a great read.<BR/><BR/>-omniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1167936541688425882007-01-04T13:49:00.000-05:002007-01-04T13:49:00.000-05:00I love the Thursday Next books though I was never ...I love the Thursday Next books though I was never that fond of "Jayne Eyre."<BR/><BR/>I have the second in his Nursery Crimes series coming via Amazon; the first was not as good as I had hoped but I heard the second is better. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1167924400543365282007-01-04T10:26:00.000-05:002007-01-04T10:26:00.000-05:00I just got Nature Girl for Christmas, the local li...I just got Nature Girl for Christmas, the local library still doesn't have it, I have to read it.<BR/><BR/>The Eyre Affair is great, though it would probably have helped if I didn't have a strong aversion to Jane Eyre brought on by being forced to read it at camp while bugs took over my tent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com