So my rapid reading schedule continues

Apparently, I have too much time on my hands.  So Venetian Betrayal, alright.  The cost of reading all of these historical thrillers though is wondering what is true and what is false.  Alexander the Great, interesting and heroic gay icon, good to know.  Also, maybe I need to read the Iliad more closely, but I think I was sleeping through the whole mixing of Achilles and Patroclus ashes. Why does reading Homer sound so much better when someone else is summarizing for you?  On an semi-unrelated side note, it reminds me of when I read the Clive Cussler’s Trojan Odyssey and discovered there is this whole regenade theory that the Iliad and the siege of Troy actually took place in England.  It is all laid out in this book, Where Troy Once Stood, by Iman Jacob Wilkens.  The book was out of print for a while, but I need to track it down and read it.

Moving on.  The list of books I am plowing through now.  7th Heaven, James Patterson, delicious Women’s Murder Club goodness.  Though I really don’t see the appeal of the TV show.  Bleeding Kansas, a non-VI Warshawski Sara Paretsky novel, and this weird book I saw people reading at the airport by Thomas Greanias, Raising Atlantis.   That is all.

Coming Soon…. Books to Covet

It is going to be a busy summer of beach reading, but here are some of the books I am dying to read:

Emily Giffin, Love the one you’re with    May 13th, 2008

Daniel Silva, Moscow Rules  July 22nd, 2008

Janet Evanovich, Fearless Fourteen  June 17th, 2008

Eoin Colfer, The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl) July 15th, 2008 (You know you love a 12 year-old Irish criminal mastermind.  I don’t care how old you are.  Plus,  you probably imagine him a young Colin Farrell, less dirty, more innocent. Or it could just be me.)

Christopher Paolini, Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)  September 20, 2008 (Okay, so maybe I should actually finish reading the second one, and watching the Eragon movie was a little confusing, so hopefully some wikipedia nerd has a summary of everything, but still exciting.  I love trilogies.)

Just Finished

The Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz.

One of the funniest books I have read in a long time. It reminds me of what I used to love about the Janet Evanovich series, crazy with a dash of oh-shit-I-have-totally-done-that-before. Reading books like this makes me wonder why those correspondence courses in private investigations aren’t more popular. Though I have to say from my years of reading PI books I have learned a couple of things: a) you need cop sources ( been one, dated one, or sleeping with one), b) you need to have lawyer friends (probably the last two scenarios plus one to bail you out from your breaking and entering past times), and c) no one is going to like you. So I better get busy.

Up next is The Venetian Betrayal, Steve Berry.

Not one of the best authors in the crazy and exploding historical thriller genre, but he’s not unreadable. I have to say though I miss the cold war thriller. More Ludlum and Littell, please.

Pineapple Express

How awesome does Pineapple Express look?  James Franco is an awesome stoner, and I have to say after seeing dirty James Franco all over the UCLA campus, I don’t think this role is much of a stretch.

And the M.I.A. song is perfect!!

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/pineappleexpress/

Natalie’s Reading

The Miracle at Speed Motors, Alexander McCall Smith.

I love these books. Life seems so idyllic and interesting in Botswana. Plus, how funny is the phrase “traditionally built woman”.  I would totally move there if it didn’t require a plane ride and wasn’t you know in the desert.

Catching up

Since I have been reading books far longer than I have become internet savvy, I will try to catch up my favorite authors on a new page.  In the meantime, just to highlight my current must-read-faves:

Matt Reilly.  I love the Scarecrow series.  I totally imagine these as killer movies.  I don’t know if they will translate that well though, but somehow I imagine DiCaprio as Scarecrow.  I know that is a little nuts, but still,  think about it.  The Jack West Jr. books are pretty good, but can we talk about how big the text is, am I going blind or something?

Emily Giffin.  Yes it is chic lit, but honestly, it is about how dysfunctional women are.  How can you not love that.  Anytime I am feeling like crap, I read Something Borrowed.  It cheers me up.  I also love Baby Proof.

Daniel Silva.  How can you not love the international assassin, Gabriel Allon?  Plus, Mossad is pretty crazy in those books.  I even spring for the hardcovers.  Love them.  I do miss the other series he started. I am blanking on the CIA guys name, but it was the Mark of the Assassin, and the Marching Season.  I guess I could just google it but I am feeling lazy right now.

Jeff Lindsay.  The last Dexter books wasn’t that entertaining to me, but I love the first two.  Any time you can’t keep yourself from laughing at a serial killer thoughts is a good time.

Janet Evanovich.  Stephanie Plum.  Again chic lit, but hilarious chic lit, plus her life is always more insane than yours.  Though I have to comment again on the type size.  Do you need to spend $30 on a book this is in 20 point font.  Please.

Okay, that’s enough for now.  I will link the page when I set it up.