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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? So, Anyway by John Cleese. My friend Nancy recommended this one to me, and she seldom points me to books so I picked it up. I'm glad I did. Cleese is my favorite of the Python gang and so far he hasn't disappointed. Example: he talks about his hometown and its role in WWII. Weston-super-Mare was impoverished and had nothing of value, yet the Nazis kept hitting it with their state-of-the-art bombs. Cleese proudly concludes that, therefore, every bomb strike actually cost Germany money and so his hometown was doing its part to shorten the war by bankrupting the Nazis. Gotta love that loopy patriotism, the sweetly twisted positivity.
2. What did you recently finish reading? Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark.
This is Book #1 in a series focused on fictional Los Angeles ADA Rachel McKnight. She's a smart, funny, workaholic who hates to lose, and fortunately does so very infrequently. In this book, we follow her as she works two cases: one officially, one on the sly.
It was just OK. Too much detective work, not enough courtroom. I mean, this is Marcia Clark! I was hoping for a legal thriller with lots of law. Also, it relies an awful lot on coincidence. Maybe I'm judging too harshly. If was heading out on vacation, this might be a good diversion while waiting for my plane. I just expected more because Clark's latest book -- her non-fiction look at the Barbara Graham case, Trial by Ambush -- was so very good. Heartfelt, passionate, evocative. Whereas this felt formulaic.
3. What will you read next? I don't know.
