A Season for Slaughter, David Gerrold

McCarthy gets pissed off and goes on an info-gathering mission without clearance. He makes lots of interesting discoveries, but when everything goes tits-up, he gets stuck.

This book is really fucking hard to put down, so of course I was reading it when I had stuff to do every day.

The Day's Play & Once A Week, A.A. Milne

The oddest thing about this set of books (aside from the fact that I thought there were three of them) is that they look really beat up, but the pages weren't cut. Which means I was the first person to read them.

This is neat, but kind of a shame. If you've ever read the Pooh books, you know that Milne is pretty damn funny.

The Day's Play, while funny, is kind of a pain in the ass for me because I know nothing about the games of cricket and bridge. I'm sure the stories dealing with these subjects are hilarious if you know what you're reading. This reader was lost. However, aside from the poetry, the rest of the book was a lot of fun.

Once A Week is funnier that the previous book, and there is way less cricket and poetry. Some bits didn't really work for me, but I laughed out loud at least once. I am pretty sure Milne was England's Dave Barry a hundred years ago.

So I think you should read Once A Week, at least, if you liked Winnie-the-Pooh. Even though it is for an older audience.