by: Jimmy Buffett
I always enjoy reading Buffett. He may not be the best writer in the world, but he's a great story teller. This book follows a pig who is moved from Vertigo, Tennessee to New York City. At first, she's excited because her twin brother lives in New York and she wants to find him. However, things take a turn for the worse when exotic pets (meaning anything except for dogs and cats) are banned from the hotel she lives in with her family. All of the sudden, her humans are wrapped up in their lives, and she has nothing to do but sit around the apartment, trying to not be found out. Maple and Barley (the twins she lives with) work on ways to get her outside and her search for her brother continues...
The Girl Who Played with Fire
by: Stieg Larrson
Lisbeth and Mikael are back, trying to solve murders that all point to Lisbeth.
Lisbeth and Mikael are back, trying to solve murders that all point to Lisbeth.
Unholy Order
by: William Heffernan
A murdered drug mule nun, dead gay AIDS+ priests, and a hit on a lesbian detective. What does Opus Christi have to do with it all?
A murdered drug mule nun, dead gay AIDS+ priests, and a hit on a lesbian detective. What does Opus Christi have to do with it all?
Hurricane Punch
by: Tim Dorsey
Two serial killers are hard at work during hurricanes in Florida, and both with an odd obsession with cop beat reporter Jeff McSwirley. One just wants to be interviewed by him and the other wants to kill him. I actually didn't see the ending coming until it almost happened. Good job, Mr. Dorsey
Two serial killers are hard at work during hurricanes in Florida, and both with an odd obsession with cop beat reporter Jeff McSwirley. One just wants to be interviewed by him and the other wants to kill him. I actually didn't see the ending coming until it almost happened. Good job, Mr. Dorsey
Fool: A Novel
by: Christopher Moore
Funny story. A court jester (King Lear's favorite), works with witches and ghosts to make sure that his favorite princess gets to rule England, rather than her two older sisters, who have already been given the kingdom by Lear. I think I would have appreciated it more if I had any idea what Kind Lear was about, or, perhaps, actually read that first. Does this mean I will read it now? No.
Funny story. A court jester (King Lear's favorite), works with witches and ghosts to make sure that his favorite princess gets to rule England, rather than her two older sisters, who have already been given the kingdom by Lear. I think I would have appreciated it more if I had any idea what Kind Lear was about, or, perhaps, actually read that first. Does this mean I will read it now? No.
Revenge of the Spellmans
by: Lisa Lutz
Oh, how I love the Spellmans. This time, Izzy is completing her court-ordered therapy while trying to work out the rest of her life (bartender, P.I., or something else). In the meanwhile, her family is, naturally, acting a little strange, so she tries to get to the bottom of that, as well.
Oh, how I love the Spellmans. This time, Izzy is completing her court-ordered therapy while trying to work out the rest of her life (bartender, P.I., or something else). In the meanwhile, her family is, naturally, acting a little strange, so she tries to get to the bottom of that, as well.
I Love You, Beth Cooper
by: Larry Doyle
Denis Cooverman is your typical nerd. Really smart, valedictorian, in fact, captain of the debate team, and a social outcast. During his graduation speech, he decides to take a leap and profess his love to Beth Cooper, as well as insult a lot of his class.
Beth Cooper acts taken by this, but, she has a boyfriend. A big one. Who is in the army. He is upset that Denis is trying to hone in on his action.
That night, Denis's parents let him throw a party. He has invited his best friend Rich (whom he called gay during his speech) and Beth Cooper and her two friends, Treece and Cammy. His parents left him with a bottle of champagne, and his dad tells him where the condoms are. Much to Denis's surprise, Beth shows up. She admits it's because the three girls are avoiding her boyfriend, Kevin, and his two friends, Sean and Dustin. The open the champagne, and the cork hits Denis in the face. After drinking it, Kevin shows up and proceeds to try to kill Denis. Denis and Rich escape to hide in a playground, but Kevin finds them. Beth pins Kevin to a piece of playground equipment with her car (not hard enough to kill him, just hard enough for him to be stuck. Denis begins the wildeset night of his life. Over the course of the next few hours, they buy beer, drink it in the car on the road, hit his parents' car (where they seem to have been spending their time out of the house reliving their teenage years by having sex in the backseat), head to the party that night (at the house of a girl who is a total bitch, but is trying to make herself popular by throwing a great party), where Kevin shows up again and again tries to kill Denis (but not before Denis found out that the bully he talked about in his speech and asked if he wasn't loved enough as a child, or was sexually abused, or something, was, in fact, sexually abused, and his greatful Denis said something because he has started the healing process). The bully starts to fight Kevin and his friends, and Denis hightails it out of the party and into Kevin's hummer, which Beth is driving, and the five kids make an exit. Denis is ready to go home, but they go to the school, where Beth, Cammy, and Treece perform thier cheerleading routine, then in slow motion to make it sexier. They go shower and imply an invitation to Rich and Denis. Rich (trying to prove he's not gay), gets in as quickly as possible. Denis lingers in the lockerroom for a while and Kevin shows up again, having tracked down his car. Denis and Rich use rat-tails to hold of Kevin, Dustin, and Sean, then head back outside and get into Beth's car (which Kevin had driven to the school). Treece suggests going up to her dad's lake house to lay low for a while. Things seem to calm down and Denis and Beth sit out by the lake, while Rich proves he isn't gay (and Treece and Cammy prove they may be). Denis and Beth sleep together, when Kevin shows up again, and this time tries to drown Denis by throwing him into the lake. Fortunately for Denis, he's a good swimmer and former lifeguard. And he also managed to throw Kevin into the lake. He then realizes that no one actually WANTS Kevin to die, so also saves him, which is when Kevin threatens him again, but then the police show up.
I enjoyed that the end of the book focused on how all of the charges were reduced or dropped, because so many people were involved in breaking laws that in anyone sued anyone, everyone would get sued.
Denis Cooverman is your typical nerd. Really smart, valedictorian, in fact, captain of the debate team, and a social outcast. During his graduation speech, he decides to take a leap and profess his love to Beth Cooper, as well as insult a lot of his class.
Beth Cooper acts taken by this, but, she has a boyfriend. A big one. Who is in the army. He is upset that Denis is trying to hone in on his action.
That night, Denis's parents let him throw a party. He has invited his best friend Rich (whom he called gay during his speech) and Beth Cooper and her two friends, Treece and Cammy. His parents left him with a bottle of champagne, and his dad tells him where the condoms are. Much to Denis's surprise, Beth shows up. She admits it's because the three girls are avoiding her boyfriend, Kevin, and his two friends, Sean and Dustin. The open the champagne, and the cork hits Denis in the face. After drinking it, Kevin shows up and proceeds to try to kill Denis. Denis and Rich escape to hide in a playground, but Kevin finds them. Beth pins Kevin to a piece of playground equipment with her car (not hard enough to kill him, just hard enough for him to be stuck. Denis begins the wildeset night of his life. Over the course of the next few hours, they buy beer, drink it in the car on the road, hit his parents' car (where they seem to have been spending their time out of the house reliving their teenage years by having sex in the backseat), head to the party that night (at the house of a girl who is a total bitch, but is trying to make herself popular by throwing a great party), where Kevin shows up again and again tries to kill Denis (but not before Denis found out that the bully he talked about in his speech and asked if he wasn't loved enough as a child, or was sexually abused, or something, was, in fact, sexually abused, and his greatful Denis said something because he has started the healing process). The bully starts to fight Kevin and his friends, and Denis hightails it out of the party and into Kevin's hummer, which Beth is driving, and the five kids make an exit. Denis is ready to go home, but they go to the school, where Beth, Cammy, and Treece perform thier cheerleading routine, then in slow motion to make it sexier. They go shower and imply an invitation to Rich and Denis. Rich (trying to prove he's not gay), gets in as quickly as possible. Denis lingers in the lockerroom for a while and Kevin shows up again, having tracked down his car. Denis and Rich use rat-tails to hold of Kevin, Dustin, and Sean, then head back outside and get into Beth's car (which Kevin had driven to the school). Treece suggests going up to her dad's lake house to lay low for a while. Things seem to calm down and Denis and Beth sit out by the lake, while Rich proves he isn't gay (and Treece and Cammy prove they may be). Denis and Beth sleep together, when Kevin shows up again, and this time tries to drown Denis by throwing him into the lake. Fortunately for Denis, he's a good swimmer and former lifeguard. And he also managed to throw Kevin into the lake. He then realizes that no one actually WANTS Kevin to die, so also saves him, which is when Kevin threatens him again, but then the police show up.
I enjoyed that the end of the book focused on how all of the charges were reduced or dropped, because so many people were involved in breaking laws that in anyone sued anyone, everyone would get sued.
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