"Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids! Eat them!" - Homer Simpson

So it turns out that I might actually be onto something with this blog thing. Says H. Now that it has come to his attention that we have received several different books to review and are a stop on a real-life author's upcoming virtual book tour. (Hi, Ayun! See you August 22!)

BUT he doesn't enjoy that you only get MY side of the story.
(Because we all know, it is all about HIM.)

So, in the interest of fairness, I offer a list of things H HAS eaten:

termites
grasshoppers
mice
tail of cow
head of cow
skin of cow
belly of cow

So, now you know. Perhaps if I just threatened to fall on my sword if he didn't eat pork chops or shrimp, he'd ingest them happily.

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I finished Rebecca Johns' Icebergs yesterday. It is an elegantly written, quiet, but strong book. I felt as if I really got to know the characters, their lives, their emotions, their thoughts. Even the unlikeable characters are nicely drawn, so while you may not like them, you at least kind of get them. Dottie is amazing and reminds me of a cross between My Antonia and a little book I read a few years ago called Rachel Calof's Story.

While you're checking out this book, check out Rebecca's website, too. I have gotten some excellent reading suggestions from her.

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I am off to paint the back porch. I may even rip up the old green astroturf and see - tada! - what's UNDER THERE. If you don't hear from me in a few hours, someone alert the authorities.