Dusted Off: Summer Reading: Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen

There’s just no way that I could read this during the school year–but that’s not a slam, I just couldn’t justify the time. But it’s summer, and my brain is mushy. So I grabbed a couple of books just to read–not to think about, mull over, swim in (like Gibson’s foray out of SF)–just to read. I’d been wanting to try Hiaasen for awhile, and Skin Tight was the earliest work by him at the library, so figured I’d give it a try.

Glad I did–this was a fun read…dialogue was fairly snappy, some authentically comic situations, characters weren’t brilliantly drawn, but well enough. I can see why Dave Barry’s novels are (favorably) compared to his, and that’s a compliment. Probably a better way to spend a couple of hours than most of the fare at the movies this summer–but with as much lasting quality. Thumbs up.

…speaking of mushy brains: another book I checked out from the library should be arriving by the end of the week from amazon.com–which I was reminded of once I came home. How stupid can I be? Kletois and Norris are kindly uninvited to answer that one in the comments 🙂