I've been reading the Honorverse and related side branch books for a while now, with varying enjoyment. Not the greatest writer, but they are nicely plotted, and fun to read, although I kind of skip through some of the missile count sections, which feel kind of repetitive to me.

It was a fun show, that managed throughout its two seasons, with interesting plot lines being developed and explored regularly. I was sad when I heard it was cancelled.

Yeah, they cancelled Las Vegas, leaving us with a cliffhanger in the last episode, dammit!

I've been watching the price of books go up since the early 60s. $.25 paperbacks, $5.95 hardcovers, only reference books cost more than $10.00. Now days, I buy most of my books to read on my tablet, always less than $20 and take up much less space. I was using the library almost exclusively for quite a well, but I do most of my reading on my breaks on my bus route, so taking a library book in and out of a pack all day is not conducive for the health of the book.

I don't mind as long as it's not over done. There are several authors (Clive Cussler & John Ringo come to mind) who are constantly pushing their pet conspiracy theories (Cussler) and hard right politics (Ringo), which pull me right out of the story.

I know I'm dating myself, but there's nothing better than Bugs Bunny, the Roadrunner, and the original black and white Popeye cartoons.

I've been reading The Destructionists by Dana Milbank and feel much the same way. I can only read a chapter at a time, and then put it up for a week or two until I quit being depressed and angry about what I'm reading.