Feb 28 2009
Life, Death & Other Trivia
So…. homework this week (for my Public Texts course) included the task of buying & reading a book from Lulu.com , and writing an email to the author (no direction given as to what the email was to include).
So …I did. Even though I have purchased other books from Lulu, hey…. that doesn’t count cuz this was HOMEWORK. (Any excuse will do 
)
I cheated a bit though…. rather than just wade through the way too many books they have listed on Lulu …although I did actually look at some….many of which seemed to be categorized in ….ummm…totally illogical categories…. I chose to put my $$ on a work by an author I already know from gather.com .
Not, of course, that I know her - we’ve never met… but she stands out on Gather as someone who writes well and who is extremely witty, funny, and, on occasion, more than a little caustic. Dame Ruth will never be accused of political correctness… but for an extremely intelligent & entertaining view of the world, reading her work is a no-brainer.
I loved Life, Death & Other Trivia - particularly the sections about men & their body parts, and about the author’s view of a better way to choose a president. Oh, and the last chapter about religion and… and… and….
It was most definitely the most fun I’ve had doing homework in….well…. forever!
Dame Ruth also has a blog …which you should visit …but really, you should buy the book .
I can second the book. Funny, witty and entertaining.
albeit clearly NOT PC… but that’s a plus, if y’ask me
does complicate sharing a bit of it in class on tuesday somewhat though
so …. where’s the link to your book, Susan… should I know this already?
there…I went and bought Shapeshifter : The Demo Tapes — Year 1 too, Susan …. soon as I clicked on your name and ended up at West of Mars I put it together