I’ve Been on the Verge

You may have noticed my absence around here lately. Or maybe you didn’t, which is just as well because I wasn’t here and it wouldn’t have done you any good to look for me here anyway. The reason for my absence is actually a mishmash of reasons all balled up together in one big clump […]

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen – the Monkey is Bad but the Book is Good

If you have read Hiaasen before, you know that he writes environmentally friendly novels… with bizarre characters… and even more bizarre circumstances. This one contains a bad monkey, a severed arm with the middle finger up, mango popsicles, greed, violence, and revenge. Just another day in Florida. It’s out this summer. Read it. You won’t […]