The Seventh Commandment (33)

The Seventh Commandment
Lawrence Sanders
Read 8/8/08

Another Sanders book about an insurance investigator looking into the death of a man with a $3 million policy. Older owner of jewelry store goes out for evening walk in Manhattan and gets stabbed to death. As she investigates the family and close friends.. things get stranger and stranger and more and more people keep dieing.
The book has some interesting twists and turns.. and in the end you have a fair idea of what happened and why.
Sanders books often follow a pattern, but they are, none the less, enjoyable. Often set around a rich and stylish family.. who have deep problems, and hidden secrets.. in the end his books are largely a look at human nature.. and where we go wrong.

No Shirt. No Shoes....NO PROBLEM! (32)

No Shirt. No Shoes....NO PROBLEM!
Jeff Foxworthy
read 7/26/07

I enjoy the comedy of Jeff Foxworthy, I have several of his albums and they never fail to made me laugh... but there is a reason why these people are stand up comics and not writers.. some of the stuff just does not transfer well to paper.
The book did have a lot of background on Foxworthy as a kid and things be did in High School.. which gives you some background to his personality. The book contained a lot of his standup routines.. word for word... Not sure if the book or the routine came first.. but I am guessing the routine...
Not a bad book.. not great either.. toward the end he gives some insite into some of his 'redneck' jokes.. the ones based on truth.. and the stories behind the joke.