What I'm Reading 4/13

I finished Blood Relation, my jaw remaining on the floor. The character, Kayo Konigsberg, was indeed a collosal character, a truly interesting and amazing psychopath. Very good book.

Immediately following, I got Randy Wayne White's new novel, Dark Light (Putnam Adult, 2006), from my beloved library. Finished that puppy in an easy couple of days, as is usually the case with his books. While I think it wasn't his best work, it was still very good. All of his books are set around the sea, of course, but this one has more nautical flavor than most of the others. For one thing, it involves diving on a shipwreck. The other notable thing about this one is its post-2005- hurricane-season setting. White was directly affected by the string of storms that hit western Florida, and this book sure shows it. The hurricanes are an ever-present character in the story.

I am now about halfway through Spook, by Mary Roach (W.W. Norton & Co., 2005). I'd actually had this one on reserve earlier (there was a wait list of well over 100!), but when it finally came time for me...I missed the hold! So, back to the end of the line. Now, by George, I've got it, and it's definitly been worth the wait. A very entertaining book! Not only intrinsically interesting, with its perennial subject matter (life after death), its history of science and medicine and medical quackery, but also very very funny. I've laughed out loud several times at Roach's dry humor.