Books 7-9

7) The Areas of My Expertise by John K Hodgman. Now famous for playing the PC inthe Mac vs. PC commercials, Mr. Hodgeman is also a fomer PROFESSIONAL LITERARY AGENT and high powered media inside, who turned his talents to compling a book of compele world knolwedge, in the form of "the almanac that contains no weather information and, once placed on your shelf, will secretly replace all neighboring books with its own text." It's kind of hard to explain the book - it's like diving into the world of Ben Edlund's original Tick comics - but here's a quote from the introduction. "Fourth and finally, the main advantage that this book has over its predecessors, is that all of the historical oddities and amazing true facts contained herein are lies, made up my me. And it is this astonishing innovation that allows each entry to contain many more truths than if it were merely factual."

8) Disco for the Departed by Colin Cotterill. The 3rd of the Siri Paiboun mysteries, this one was as good as the others, and so engaging that the moment I finished it I picked up...

9) Anarchy and Old Dogs, the 4th of the Siri Paiboun series. Which might have been an error, as three books in the series in two weeks was a bit of an OD on the characters. Still enjoyable, but Anarchy felt weaker, I think mostly due to my place as a reader. I'll definately keep buying these. But for right now I've turned to some Ian Fleming to detox.