Erythrosine's Good Reads

Charlaine Harris's Grave Surprise, a sequel to Grave Sight (which should be read first). Kind of weird and creepy, but I love the main character's point of view. Very matter-of-fact and oddly humorous.

Dan Savage's Skipping Toward Gomorrah. I can't read political polemics no matter how much I agree with them, but the moderate amount of ranting in this book is at just the level I can handle, and the exploration celebration of the seven deadly sins in America has many humorous moments.

Mostly I've been reading all of Ngaio Marsh's mysteries, in publication order—I've gotten up to 1949 now, I think—and a lot of books on watercolor painting, and I'm currently midway through The Secret Life of Germs which has many interesting points but is not quite good enough to recommend.

Two science books to recommend, which are not easy reading: Jaren Diamond's Collapse is much more interesting and much less depressing that I expected. Truly an excellent book, and yet I have not finished it yet. Richard Dawkins The Ancestor's Tale is excellent and is worthwhile even if you only read a few chapters.