Making it Up As I Go

Rereading a previous post I had a brain flash- the song with the lyrics “Where you once belonged” is Get Back by the Beatles. I don’t know why I didn’t remember that before.

I realize I haven’t posted in a long time, which doesn’t mean I haven’t been reading, or that I haven’t had things to say about the books I read. Or maybe it does. I’m not really sure. After going into… Read more ›

Keeping up the observation that there are connections between the books I read, I noticed that the last 2 books I’ve read are both reminiscent of other books that I love. Society of Friends by Kelly Cherry completly enthralled me,… Read more ›

In the last couple of days I finished Hercule Poirot’s Casebook– 700+ pages of Agatha Christie goodness, some of which I’d previously read; Diary by Chuck Palahniuk, which I think is his best work yet; and Where You Once Belonged… Read more ›

I’d like it noted that I could be counting the book I’m currently reading, Hercule Poirot’s Case book, as 7- as its a collection of Poirot Investigates, Dead Man’s Mirror, the Regatta Mystery, Labors of Hercules, Three blind Mice, the… Read more ›

So I finished Live From New York, which I very much enjoyed. The format was nice, easy to pick up and put down as needed- a nice airplane book, which was useful as I’ve been on planes lately. I went… Read more ›

I’m currently reading Live from New York by Tom Shales & James Andrew Miller and thoroughly enjoying it. I remember my dad watching what I later figured out to be SNL when I was young, but I never really got… Read more ›

Since my last post I’ve read 4 1/2 books, 2 by the hasn’t failed me yet Miss Agatha Christie- Taken by the Flood which had a slow beginning but turned out quite well, and Witness for the Prosecution a collection… Read more ›

I’m currently reading Double Sin and other Stories by Agatha Christie- I love Miss Agatha, she never dissapoints. And there were a few suprises too, as two of the stories so far haven’t been mysteries to be solved so much… Read more ›

So I’m through with the book paralysis- I think. I read 2 books yesterday, so thats a pretty good indicator. The first was The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan, which was incredibly interesting. Its a collection of her essays,… Read more ›