Feb 20 2008
Dude writes like a lady
I have all kinds of awesome in my TBR. I even have a shortlisted TBR for books I know are going to be so awesome, I refuse to start them until I have a good chunk of time in which to immerse myself in the reading experience.
My last three books read have been Paranormal Romance Lite, Humorous Contemporary Romance, and Paranormal YA. They had the advantage of being put-downable when my three minutes were up, but they didn’t quite hit the spot.
I decided what I crave right now is something written by a dude. They tend to use shorter, punchier sentences, light on the eloquent language, more emphasis on action (at least the dudes I read), perfect for bit-by-bit reading.
So I sorted my TBR shelf by gender.
And without the slightest pause, I tossed Dean Koontz in with the chicks.
Now, I love Dean. He would occupy several slots on that Top 100 Books Genre Notwithstanding List I’ve been too lazy to compile, but let’s face it. In the past several years, he’s undergone some kind of spiritual conversion, and now he’s all sensitive and emo.
Total purse holder.
(What I decided to read, incidentally, wasn’t TBR after all, but an old keeper, Rules of Prey by John Sandford. John writes like a Man, and Lucas Davenport don’t hold nobody’s stinkin’ purse.)
9/30
11/4
11/4
11/25
February 20th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I used to have some big love for John Sandford. I still recommend him all the time. But I don’t think I’ve read the last…three or four Davenport books. Really great stuff!
February 20th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Davenport’s getting old and decrepit a little bit, and while I wouldn’t say marriage has neutered him, exactly, he’s definitely not the badass he used to be. I think the softening is a result of the new job more than the wife, actually. He’s more investigatin’ and less bustin’ kneecaps now. I’ve miss the old let’s-plant-some-evidence-and-shoot-somebody Davenport in the last couple of books, but I’ll still snag any Prey book they’ll print.
Loved The Night Crew and the first couple Kidd books too (not so much the last couple). There’s a new series, not the Washington/politics book (which I have no interest in), but starring one of Davenport’s peeps, that I mean to get too. Big love, indeed.