Tempest in a Teapot

I’m a huge fan of NPR and public radio, and enjoy listening to it often. However, I noticed that most days I rarely manage to have it on at the right time to catch the quick Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor. Something about his soothing voice reading a poem every day is just so calming. Anyhow, I now subscribe to the daily email from the show and enjoy it very much. I can actually hear Keillor’s voice in my head when I read the poem. (Yes, I’m a dork.) No real point to this, I just wanted to share a little bit of my day that brings me joy.

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On the lighter side of literary life, I just finished Odd Hours by Dean Koontz. Let me begin by saying I am not a fan of most of Koontz’s writing, as I dislike being scared and a lot of his books tend to be scary. However, while working at the library at GK, the second book in this Odd Thomas series came out (Forever Odd) and a girlfriend raved about this crazy character, Odd. She assured me these books were different and not at all like most of Koontz’s writing. At her suggestion, I picked up the first one – Odd Thomas – and was hooked instantly. The four books in this series can be a little dark, and Odd struggles with the huge issues of darkness and light, good and evil. I think that might be what I like about them so much. Koontz has taken a very simple person, a fry cook from a small town in California, and builds epic battles of good and evil around him. They are quirky books, with quirky characters and really enjoyable.

(let me also add that I am a big fan of the library here in King County – I can get on the waiting list for popular books like this one online and the library just emails me when it becomes available. easy and efficient. keeps my reading affordable!)

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