D's Loquacious Reads for October

Hey kids, I hope you're having a good weekend! Sorry this is so late, considering there's only a couple days (and a few hours left) in October. But I just finished two more books that I wanted to share with you ...

First off is this beauty off to the left - Break No Bones, the latest in the Temperance Brennan series by forensic anthropologist-author Kathy Reichs. This time, Dr. Brennan's on a dig with some students when she comes across a skeleton that doesn't look like it belongs. What she discovers in her post-mortem sets off a series of events that, once again, have her digging beneath the surface - so to speak - and, in true Reichs style, even have her brushing with death.

Couple that with a love triangle between her, her current lover, police detective Andrew Ryan and her estranged husband, Pete, and you've not a nice, sort of light read for those lazy afternoons (or in my case, long subway commutes back and forth). Her stuff's not bad, if you're into the suspense/mystery/murder genre with lots of professional jargon.


This book, on the other hand, is a complete departure from Ms. Reichs' work. Shout out to my friend Kristy, who recommended I read this book (update your blog, girl!). It's AWESOME!

War Reporting for Cowards was written by Chris Ayres who, as a 27-year-old foreign correspondent, got an early morning phone call from his boss, asking if he wanted "to go to war", and without really thinking (because he really wasn't awake!), agreed to be embedded with the U.S. Marines for nine days during the early period of the war in Iraq in 2003.

Problem was, he never wanted to go, and was too chicken to tell his boss, so the results of his journey to embedding has a few darkly hilarious results. His book is a candid look at what happened to him before and during the embedding process, as well as what landed him there in the first place.

C'est tout, mes amis! Take it easy for now, and I'm willing to read things any of you might have to suggest, or are willing to lend me. I'll promise you'll get it back! Lates.