Making it Up As I Go

I finished Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie about a week ago, and it was as good as expected. I’d seen the film/TV version, and it’s a great story with an unexpected ending. Well, unexpected if you’ve never seen it… Read more ›

I really should just get in the habit of posting right after I finish a book. I don’t yet have that habit, so here are the last bunch of books I’ve read. Flapper by Joshua Zeitz: This is a fantastic… Read more ›

It’s time to play catch up again. The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis: I really liked this odd little story about a young man trying to get into Oxford and bed Rachel, the girl of his dreams. It’s a coming… Read more ›

I started reading Where the Truth Lies by Rupert Holmes, then put it down when my Amazon shipment came containing the much anticipated Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood, and then, miracle of miracles, I did not move on to another… Read more ›

How is it that I always seem to have to catch up? I’ve read a bunch of books in the last couple days, so here goes. Adverbs by Daniel Handler: Oh how I love Daniel Handler. He rarely goes wrong,… Read more ›

I just posted, but I figured these books deserved their own post. I finished two more of Ron Goulart’s Groucho Marx mysteries, and while I recommend them, I also recommend spacing them out. Goulart has a tendency to fall into… Read more ›