Summary: When You Are Engulfed in Flames is a collection of essays by humorist, writer, and NPR personality David Sedaris. The book was on the New York Times Bestseller list for weeks and weeks, and I’ve wanted to read it for a long time, but it was always checked out of my library. Finally, however, [...]
There’s a new No. 1 book atop the Hardcover Fiction category of the New York Times Bestseller list. It’s called Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich, and is apparently the 15th installment in some series or other. Since I’ve been posting these lists, I’ve come to realize that there are just so many sequels out [...]
Plot summary (with spoilers): The novel opens with Lindsay Boxer, a homicide detective in the San Francisco PD, standing on her balcony pointing her service pistol to her head. She wants to pull the trigger, but thinks of the people she’ll leave behind — specifically, her girlfriends and her dog Sweet Martha. Lindsay then starts [...]