Books and Booze
You know what I hate? I hate drinking enough Malibu to be good and enjoying myself and then proceeding to abuse the alcohol by going to sleep. Seriously, I cannot be a drinkin' when I've been up since 6am cause that just leads to me being tired-like.
Anyway, on the upside, I finished reading my second book of the year last night. I decided to give Ian Fleming's Bond books a go. Read Moonraker (the third book, after Casino Royale and Live and Let Die...both were out from the library) a couple weeks ago. Most entertaining because it was published in 1955, which, if any of you are paying attention, was a time when we hadn't even shot a flea into space, so it is totally and completely different from the movie. Actually, it was quite good, and the shocking parts are that the story all takes place in England (of course this is an oddity, since Bond is MI-6...liken it to the CIA working American soil) and he doesn't sleep with anyone! So, last night I finished the next book, Diamonds Are Forever, and it was pretty good as well. Definitely, after reading two books, I think Sean Connery is the actor most like the literary Bond.
I'm also reading a mystery called The Silver Pigs, by Lindsey Davis. It's the first in a highly entertaining series of books set in ancient Rome and staring a private informer named Marcus Didius Falco. Actually, if you like books on tape, I highly recommend that medium as well. The narrator for these books is awesome! Anyway, I've got about 50 more pages there. I've read a few of these books, but don't remember what happened and would like to continue the series, so I'm giving them a quick reread before moving on.
That will allow me to get back to the books I interrupted by going to the library in the first place. I'm about 1/4 way into Pride and Prejudice, my most successful foray into Jane Austen yet. Also, I need to finally finish the third book in the Earthsea Trilogy (Ursula LeGuin). I'm sure I've got something else buried in the pile at my bedside that I was working on. Also, I am perpetually rereading Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time, so there's always that to fall back on.
Actually, my next planned read is The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan. I previously read his Botany of Desire (one of the most awesome nonfictions I have ever read) and really look forward to this one.
Anyway, on the upside, I finished reading my second book of the year last night. I decided to give Ian Fleming's Bond books a go. Read Moonraker (the third book, after Casino Royale and Live and Let Die...both were out from the library) a couple weeks ago. Most entertaining because it was published in 1955, which, if any of you are paying attention, was a time when we hadn't even shot a flea into space, so it is totally and completely different from the movie. Actually, it was quite good, and the shocking parts are that the story all takes place in England (of course this is an oddity, since Bond is MI-6...liken it to the CIA working American soil) and he doesn't sleep with anyone! So, last night I finished the next book, Diamonds Are Forever, and it was pretty good as well. Definitely, after reading two books, I think Sean Connery is the actor most like the literary Bond.
I'm also reading a mystery called The Silver Pigs, by Lindsey Davis. It's the first in a highly entertaining series of books set in ancient Rome and staring a private informer named Marcus Didius Falco. Actually, if you like books on tape, I highly recommend that medium as well. The narrator for these books is awesome! Anyway, I've got about 50 more pages there. I've read a few of these books, but don't remember what happened and would like to continue the series, so I'm giving them a quick reread before moving on.
That will allow me to get back to the books I interrupted by going to the library in the first place. I'm about 1/4 way into Pride and Prejudice, my most successful foray into Jane Austen yet. Also, I need to finally finish the third book in the Earthsea Trilogy (Ursula LeGuin). I'm sure I've got something else buried in the pile at my bedside that I was working on. Also, I am perpetually rereading Lord of the Rings for the umpteenth time, so there's always that to fall back on.
Actually, my next planned read is The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan. I previously read his Botany of Desire (one of the most awesome nonfictions I have ever read) and really look forward to this one.
posted by kiki at 7:26 AM
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That makes sense, since at the beginning, all they had to go on was the series of novels. After that, the movies sort of took on a life all their own and permutation through time have led us to an almost completely different species.
I have started going through the mystery series by Lilian Jackson Braun (all of which begin with "The Cat Who..."). Ok, so I've been listening to them, but the audio books are read by George Guidall, who has also narrated the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, as well as some Tony Hillermans. Very good portrayal of cat behavior.
P.S."I think he's attempting re-entry."
Oh yeah, I should also mention that, although I love the Bond movies with a passion (and their one-liners), the books so far aren't silly, either, though light-hearted at times.
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