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Originally Posted by Baltimore Guy
I like Carl Hiaasen "BUT" Tim Dorsey is the best, if you like funny books about Florida read his.  |
Hey! Baltimore Guy! You better be takin' that back! 
(wink)
Actually, I am giving Tim Dorsey another try.
A while back, I started reading Tim Dorsey’s
Hammerhead Ranch Motel. I think that was the one anyway. Early in the book there is a scene on Tampa Bay’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
Now, I must admit – the Sunshine Skyway Bridge makes me act like a lunatic. Mr. Boomer has always done the driving across that
waaaaay-up eternal span. That gives me the opportunity to crawl into the backseat where I hunker down, close my eyes tight, whisper prayers, both Catholic and Protestant (long story) and punctuate those prayers by screaming blood-curdling screams, until we have made it across.
(Hey, maybe I could write a book about my angst and title it Hunker, Pray, Scream) -- but I digress. Back to Dorsey......
Well, I actually got through Dorsey’s bridge scene OK, but then I abandoned the book after a few more chapters. (I think I gave it to my son-in-law who loves Dorsey’s books.) Dorsey and I just were not clicking like I do with Carl. I think Dorsey might be even darker in his humor than Carl and sometimes I can be quite the delicate flower if things get really gruesome or whatever. It’s a fine-line with me I guess.
But when I read this thread, I walked over to my bookshelf where I found a copy of
Orange Crush that I had bought but not read. I have been carrying it with me lately to read a few pages here and there, like when I have to wait for an appointment or when I am at the hairdresser waiting for my roots to process.
I am giving Tim Dorsey another chance. So if you see me start referring to him as Tim, you will know that I have turned fickle.
Boomer