Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Dearly Devoted Dexter

So I'm a little slow on the uptake. I heard last TV season about the show "Dexter"; watched a few minutes, but was so disturbed by the premiss of the show that I just couldn't watch it. Also, it was on, WAY TOO late; Sunday at 10:00 p.m.

Fast forward... I was learning how to download books from the library and came across "Dearly Devoted Dexter". Now, I knew that the series was based on these books and I'm really one to "see for myself"; so to make a long story short; I downloaded the book and started to read it.

I'm still not sure how I feel about a serial killer as the "hero" of a story; but I am really enjoying this book. I found out that this one is the second in the series; so when I'm done I'll have to read the first book. I guess you could best describe it as "dark humor" because it is "dark", but it's also really, really funny.

I'm not sure if I will be watching the TV series or not, probably not if it's on at 10:00 p.m. again, but if you are looking for something different to read, a quilty pleasure, I would recommend this one.
NOTE: I just got done reading the book and even though I thought while reading it I was going to read the others... I don't think I will because towards the end there was part of the story line that was really kind of disturbing.

3 comments:

Sandy..... said...

Download from the library? I'm totally interested. Download as in IPod - MP3 - audio book - or download as in a computer file and read on your monitor?

KayakChickee said...

http://ebooks.mlcnet.org

You go to this site. Click on "login" at the top right.

Select your "library" and enter your "library card number".

You can then "check out" e-books that you can read on your computer using "Adobe Digital Editions" (a free downloadable software) or audio books.

I've only just started looking into this. In addition to that e-book, I also downloaded one onto my Palm PDA.

I would assume since you are in Michigan too; your local library would be on the list.

It takes a little getting used to, but it's kind of fun.

Phrixy said...

I thought the same thing when we first started watching it. The premise just turned my stomach but as we kept going it got alright because he has a code he goes by. Somehow that made it better. lol