“Congratulations you are a 2025 contract lawyer of the year,” said the unsolicited email asking me to then contract with them for me to pay a large amount in return for a brochure saying this, and you may now see a flaw in this proposal.

I hate not getting the #SuperBowl ads.

#bookreview 📚⚡️ 💙📚
Like:
- Comedy
- Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
- Snappy, smart-ass dialogue
Try:
@fredvanlente.bsky.social's Ten Dead Comedians
www.fredvanlente.com
Ten comics are on island for a comedy special, only to find out that their acts aren’t the only thing that’s killing.

Read #7 has been a long time coming for a number of reasons, not the least of which being the next book I picked up was 1500 pages long. But I picked up a little book last night called On Bullshit and couldn’t put it down. Great essay on what bullshit actually is. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Read #6: The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber (co-host of my favourite podcast, No Such Thing As a Fish). A book of “facts”. A fun collection of batshit theories and stories.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...

Here’s one for all you proofreaders.

Read #5: Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente. Another sort of locked room murder mystery. A modern And Then There Were None. Great fun.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/32...

Read #4: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. Really innovative construction of a whodunit. A great spin on golden age mystery novels.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/60...

Read #3 was The Stolen Boys by Joy Ellis. British police/crime thriller. Book 5 in a 10 book series.

a.co/d/cziVxD0

Any recommendations for Read #3?

Read #2 was Anchorboy by Jay Onrait (maybe @jayonrait.bsky.social ?). a.co/d/bQ0mO46 If you are a fan of SC with Jay like I am, you’ll love this autobiographical account of breaking into the world of sportscasting.

My first read since election night was Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith. a.co/d/7A0JCXL A reimagining of the Three Wise Men where Balthazar is more like Jack Reacher than a philosopher king. Fantastic fun.

And I’m going to read things that make me happy. Unapologetically. No “guilty” pleasures; I’m not feeling guilty about enjoying books that mightn’t appeal to more sophisticated readers.

Should I be able to continue replacing my US news consumption with reading, I should get through quite a few books in coming years. And in the interests of posting only peaceful/helpful or at least inert things here, I think I’m going to feature which books I have read since election night.

Hello folks. In an effort to avoid fixating on the political world south of us for the next four years, I plan on spending more time here than the other place. Going to read some books; maybe learn a language. I can't take being outraged all the time.