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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Suko hosts Really Random Tuesday, and if you know me, you know I can't resist a fun meme.
On a non-reading note, I took Diego to the vet yesterday because he has a boo-boo on the tip of his one ear, and the other ear was also getting a sore. Turns out he has a bacterial infection that might have been due to flies landing on his ears and biting. Poor Diego :) The vet gave him antibiotics and the infection should be cleared up in 10 days. My chicken nugget was scared at first and shaking like a leaf, but then he relaxed during his exam. The doctor told me that Diego has a 'wonderful temperment and is just perfect'. Diego even layed down and allowed the vet to clip his nails.
On a bookish note, while browsing online recently, I found a few more books I'd like to read (like I really need more books to read...but that's beside the point).
Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer looks good. I'm a Heyer fan and always look forward to reading her books.
A bobby on his night rounds discovers a corpse in evening dress locked in the stocks on the village green. Inspector Hannasyde is called in, but sorting out the suspects proves a challenge. Anyone in the eccentric, exceedingly uncooperative Vereker family had the motive and means to kill Andrew Vereker, who seemed to have been universally disliked. One cousin allies himself with the inspector, while the victim's half-brother and sister, each of whom suspects the other, markedly try to set him off the scent. To readers' delight, the killer is so cunning (not to mention the author), that the mystery remains until the very end…
The Goddess Of Fried Okra by Jean Brashear I hadn't heard of this author but the cover and the title grabbed my eye right away.
Grief. Hope. Love. Sword fights. And the crisp glory of fried okra.
Ex-cocktail waitress and "convenience story professional" Eudora "Pea" O'Brien is filled with grief and regret, low on cash and all alone. Headed down the hot, dusty back roads of central Texas, Pea is convinced she'll find a sign leading her to the reincarnated soul of the sister who raised her. A sign that she's found her place in the world of the living again.
At least that's what the psychic promised.
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok This one sounds very good, and I like reading about Chinese culture.
Introducing a fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice, Girl in Translation is an inspiring debut about a young immigrant in America, a smart girl who, living a double life between school and sweatshop, understands that her family’s future is in her hands.
I'll leave you all with a random book quote that made me laugh out loud.
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
~P.J. O'Rourke
