WWW.WEDNESDAY

 

WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click here. 

PS I no longer participate in WWW.WEDNESDAY via that link because her blog won't accept Blogger comments. I mention this only to save you the frustration I experienced trying to link up.

1. What are you currently reading? The Boys by Clint Howard and Ron Howard. Who doesn't love Ron Howard? He was Opie and Richie Cunningham. He sang "The Wells Fargo Wagon" in The Music Man. He's a massive Beatle fan (Eight Days a Week) and an Oscar-winning director. He's also the poster boy for normalcy. Whenever people talk about how Hollywood messes kids up, someone points to Ron Howard as the exception that proves the rule.

This joint memoir by Ron and his brother Clint (Gentle Ben) is a celebration of normal. I look forward to hearing how they grew up from successful child actors to successful men.

 

2. What did you recently finish reading? One Dog Night by David Rosenfelt. This is the ninth entry in the Andy Carpenter series. One thing we've known about Andy from the very beginning, one of his defining characteristics, is that he loves his dog, Tara. 

This book begins with Andy taking a case because the man accused once owned Tara and he (and we) want to know her backstory. It turns into a wild ride filled with blackmail and murder. The bad guys in this book rack up quite a body count. That's my only gripe with it. Too many corpses, too many suspects, too many twists and turns. I would have been happier with a simpler, more linear plot and more courtroom scenes. But still, I'm glad I read it.

3. What will you read next? Don't know.