Skinny Dip

Author: Carl Hiaasen
Media: Audiobook (iPod)

This was the first book of Carl Hiaasens that I read, and it was an interesting novel. Fiction through and through, with a few minor exceptions. The book was filled with color characters, and a plot that weaved in and out of the insane to the plausible. I certainly enjoyed the book, as well as the writing style. It was set in Florida, as are most of Hiaasen's books. The overall plot starts with a husband throwing his wife off a cruise ship, she survives, and he is unaware of this fact. The book scores high marks in my book, and to shore that fact up, I have listened to and read additional works by Hiaasen.

I actually listened to this book when I was down in Houston have a stent put in to fix a little problem I was having. It could have been the stress of that ordeal that aided in my enjoyment of the book. Along with the book, this was also the time in my life, when I started listening to my iPod as I went to sleep. This part of my routine has become very standard, when at home, relatives houses, or hotels, I will grab my iPod as I hit the bed.

~ October 25, 2008 to November 11, 2008.