Book #36

Seriously ... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres

 

Wow! Only 15 more books to go! I had my doubts a few months ago, but I now think I will be able to make my 50 book goal with ease before the end of 2014.

Of course, it's easy when you can speed through a light and airy book, like this one. Ellen makes everything fun, and every time she does anything, it just makes you want to be her best friend even more.

I like how fun and light-hearted this book is, especially have reading her wife's dark and compelling (and equally as good) memoir, Unbearable Lightness, a few years back. Obviously, I wasn't expecting anything deep from Ellen, but it makes me smile knowing she probably makes Portia laugh all day long.

Next up: A Ticket to Ride by Paula McLain

Book #35

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen

317 pages

 

 

 

I would have never picked up this book if I hadn't visited the Florida Keys this summer. Not just the Keys, but teeny, tiny Big Pine Key, which is exactly where a lot of this book takes place.

 

I loved reading about places, animals, things I saw on vacation. I really enjoyed this part.

 

But oh my goodness, so many characters. I had a really tough time following who was who and who we were supposed to like and who we weren't and then you think you're supposed to like someone and then it switches in a matter of less than a paragraph and .... ahh. I was very confused.

 

Just not my cup of tea. And that's OK. I enjoyed reading about the Key Deer anyway. :)

 

Next up: Seriously, I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres