Ray Donovan & Angel Baby

Really digging a new Showtime series, Ray Donovan. All the ingredients I like and reminds me of a Sopranos  or The Brotherhood type of series. Jon Voight is also in it. Lots of subplots going on every episode. If  I had to list two negatives, it would be the Elliot Gould character and Ray's wife, who is really channeling the whole Carmela Soprano vibe, and butchering the Boston accent.

Reading an excellent novel, Angel Baby, by Richard Lange, who wrote one of the best short story caollections I have ever read, Dead Boys: Stories. Warner Brothers has snatched up the screen option rights to Angel Baby. Great news for Richard and I wish him much luck with getting it to the screen. 

DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER: Jeff Lindsay

I have been a fan of the DEXTER series on Showtime since it's debut. I decided to read the novel that it is based on, DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER by Jeff Lindsay. I really wish I had read the novel first, because I would have been blown away by it. The Showtime series, at least season one, stayed pretty true to the novel, with a few exceptions that I won't go into so as not to spoil it for anyone.

The best thing about DDD is Lindsay's writing style. It is a first person POV and as much as I enjoy the TV narration, it comes across so much better in the novel. JL has a talent and wit that translates into many laughs during the course of the novel.

I will start on the next DEXTER novel, when time permits.

Overall, If you have not seen the Showtime series, you are in for a great ride with DDD. Even if you have, it is still a worthwhile read. Like a lot of novels, DDD does require that you suspend your belief system just a bit, but it's fiction and it very entertaining.