February's Pick, or Why Monique is Too Lame to Read

Well, February's pick ended up being Anne Tyler's Breathing Lessons. Turned out that the book I originally picked was over 1000 pages long, and that was against the rules.

Steve said, "You didn't check before you picked it?" It's like he doesn't know me at all....that would have required more attention than I have to give to such mundane details.

So, I had to find a new book from the eighties. As anyone who lived in that time period can attest to, the eighties were a time of bad fashion, bad music, and even worse literature. Really--don't take my word for it, check out a list of bestsellers from that decade. Yuck.

I basically just picked one that had decent reviews. Then Steve read it. I didn't.

In my defense, I did a trial in February that was, in words of the judge, "Soo bad. The facts were soo bad. I found myself wondering what you could possibly argue." I also prepped another trial that sucked out of me much of my desire to do criminal defense...but that's a story for another place and another time.

I didn't read it. Steve did. He'll post.

Onto March. We are both very excited about March's book. Tim O'Brien is one of my all time favorites, and I think Steve thinks he's okay, too. He wrote one of the most moving books I've ever read: The Things They Carried. If I Die in a Combat Zone is also good. March's pick is Northern Lights, Tim's first book.