Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Sausage Dogs and Delayed Planes

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith
the middle book in the little trilogy by the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Very short. Funny, especially if you know at all about the world of academia (or care enough to imagine). I liked this one better than the first. There were several parts I read aloud to DH. 128 pages

Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles
Another fairly short one. Author's first novel, I believe. Bennie Ford (53 years old) is on the way to his estranged daughter's commitment ceremony when his flight is delayed and he is stuck at O'Hare. An angry letter to the airline turns into a recitation of his life story interspersed with excerpts of the novel Ford is translating from the original Polish. Interesting.... 180 pages

Buffy in Denver

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