Bummer

I'm sitting here with a bunch of books that need reviewing and an approaching deadline, and they aren't cooperating.

The one thing I find that I need for a successful review is a hook -- some overarching concept or image that I can build a review from. It may or may not have anything to do with the subject -- in fact, sometimes I need to get outside of the subject to be able to take a good look at it, especially for nonfiction, but sometimes for fiction as well. And every once in a while I find a book or record that doesn't seem to have one.

This time I have three.

Envy me.