Book Reviews

Once I figure out how this whole process works, I'm going to add a section on book reviews. That's basically what got me started thinking about a blog. I tend to have 6 or 7 books going at the same time and I have friends who've asked me for reading suggestions. I have a wide variety of interests and so it's really kind of fun for me when asked for suggestions.

In any event, I just happened to be going through recipes today - I read the top 4 cooking magazines pretty regularly and cull recipes and put them in page protectors in a 3-ring binder no less (for that some day when I make all of the recipes in one big meal!)- when on the shelf above the cook books was a book by David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day.

He is one of the wittiest observers of life I have ever read. I just sat down, opened the book to a random page and began reading. Within moments, whether I'd read the stories before, I was chuckling, giggling, and full out laughing as if it all were brand new (maybe the drugs have killed more long term memory cells that I'd like to admit).

My next leap of thought goes to the site Whiskey Fire where there is a guest blogger named VA. And he kind of encapsulates what I'm thinking about all this that is going on in current events.

These are people who communicate thoughts and stories in a manner I wish I could. It is inspiring; Mr. Sedaris being of my generation and from what I can surmise, Mr. VA being of the Generation Z-- what are they calling newbie college grads these days? They are both observant and involved.