Whatcha readin'?

(Props to my pal Darren for giving me the idea for this post)

So here's my personal current reading sitch: I'm just about done with Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins), then I've got Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (same), and then I'll have plowed through all my current crop of un-read books (including re-reads of Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions*) -- oddly enough, since I now spend 40-60 minutes on a bus each day, I can read me a mess o' books, lately. Next up after the last Robbins book, I'm going to go through and read the few Vonnegut books I either read once a LONG time ago or neglected to read (Jailbird, Sirens of Titan, Bluebeard, and one more I'm forgetting at the moment).

THEN I've got to find a few new(to me) authors and give 'em a spin. I'm thinking of starting w/ Bukowski -- any fans out there who can point me at a good starter? Failing that, what suggestions do you have for someone who loves Vonnegut and Robbins and Dr. Thompson, but also likes T.S. Elliot and Roald Dahl and JK Rowling? No, I'm not necessarily a connoisseur - I do know what I like, though.

I figure I might as well ride this wave of literary input as far as it'll take me -- I've got a lot of music that needs lyrics. Can't hurt.




*Did anyone else know they made a movie of this -- starring Bruce Willis, no less -- in 1999? I'ma have to NetFlix that shit to see just how badly it translates.

Say what, now?

The Recipe For Colin

3 parts Fascination 2 parts Intuition 1 part Recklessness Splash of Glamour Chug!

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

There's only one part of the above "recipe" that actually applies to me. I won't bother pointing out what it is; those who know me don't need to be told (but it sure as hell ain't glamour).

A bit of fun, anyway (thanks to Squab for posting the link on her blog), I suppose.