I just finished reading Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen.
Charles "Chaz" Perrone fancies himself a take-charge kind of guy. So when this "biologist by default" suspects that his curvaceous wife, Joey, has stumbled onto a profitable pollution scam he's running on behalf of Florida agribusiness mogul Red Hammernut, he sets out right away to solve the problem--by heaving Joey off the deck of a luxury cruise liner and into the Atlantic Ocean, far from Key West. But--whoops!--Joey, a former swimming champ, doesn't drown. Instead, as Carl Hiaasen tells in his 10th novel, Skinny Dip, she makes her way back to shore, thanks both to a wayward bale of Jamaican marijuana and lonerish ex-cop Mick Stranahan (Skin Tight, 1989), and then launches a bogus blackmail campaign that's guaranteed to drive her lazy, libidinous hubby into a self-protective frenzy.
This book is a great beach/pool book. Joey and her new best friend drive Chaz crazy with several stunts designed to make him think he's lost his mind. Thumbs up!
Thumbs down, however, for the Luna Iced Oatmeal Raisin bar. I bought two after reading something good about it online. If I eat cereal at home in the morning, by the time I get to work I am already hungry, unless I eat something Very Bad like a Burger King sort of breakfast instead of the cereal, which has the unfortunate side effect of making half of my clothes not fit.
So today I tried one. Ay chi wawa, this thing tasted like dirt. If I hadn't been sitting at my desk at work I would have spit it out. As it was, someone walked in when I was furiously digging through my purse to find the other one to throw it way lest I somehow get trapped in an elevator and forced to eat it to survive. No thanks. My friend thought I was looking for a napkin to spit something out, but that's just gross.
3 comments:
i saw your title and got all excited that I was gonna get a good Sarah-worthy story, but no. Just a book. Dammit.
I have that same problem. I bring a bannana with me, or if I'm home I just have one. I force myself to wait until 10 though.. *cuz that is roughly when I take my break at school* and it's a nice buffer between breakfast and lunch, and hey, it's fruit and it's good for you right?
I love Carl Hiaasen. He has a bunch of hilarious books out. There was a movie called "Big Trouble" with Tim Allen out a few years back based on one of his books - it's a great rental.
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