Amysue's Read-o-rama

A few more.

Yellow 4 (yum), yaoi manga heaven.

The Value of X, by Poppy Brite.  The story of the beginning of Ricky and G-man's relationship.  Soul Kitchen is out today!

Dead in the Sand, Paul Craig

I know there's another book in there but I think that brings me to 55.  Oh yeah, another manga: Fake 1.

52!!!

Well, I wish I could tell you that book 52 of 2006 was some high lit masterpiece or a well crafted gem of a novel.  Or perhaps a historical tome of great import.  Nope.  52 was pure indulgence.  Manga.  And folks I don't read just any manga-I read Yaoi.  This latest was Yellow 3 by Makoto Takeno .  They're fun and frivolous and totally without any higher purpose.  I wouldn't have my manga any other way.

50 & 51

Crusader's Cross., James Lee Burke

Louisiania.

Det. David Robicheaux.

Bayous.

Clete Purcel.

Still loving this series.

(and 51 is Frommer's 2006 Guide to Alaskan Cruising)

Prime

Book 49.  By Poppy Z.Brite.  Another New Orleans chef book.  Great just like the previous one.

47 and 48.

Still reading.

Laurell Hamilton has a new Anita Blake novel out, Danse Macabre.  Look, I enjoyed it and all and certainly read it in a hurry but let's be honest, these books no longer have any plots to speak of.  They're all about Anita having sex with as many werecritters, vamps and other stunningly handsome males as she can.  I don't think she spent 10 minutes fully dressed in this novel.  Not that that's a bad thing...

I also read Poppy Z. Brite's novel, Liquor.   This had come highly recommended by Theresa on the Making Light blog she and her husband keep.  It was worth the endorsement, it's a kick ass novel of the food business in New Orleans, it nails kitchen life and is also just sweet.  I couldn't put it down and loved every word.

I don't include books I don't finish in this blog and there have been a few lately.  Sometimes this is because the book really is horrendous, but sometimes I'm just not in the right place to read it.  I'm lucky that there's been so much great stuff out there this summer.