Books

Doing better on the book front. Carl Hiaasen’s “Basket Case”: really good. I never expect much of popular writers, and less of popular Florida writers. And I don’t usually read novels about rock ‘n’ roll, which this is, a little, but Jen Sincero’s book “Don’t Sleep with Your Drummer” changed my mind because it was such a hoot. But this was good. Never over the top, delightfully sure of itself, a little bit wacky and yet full of truth. And very sweet. Whipped right through it. And now I’m into Jennifer Belle’s “High Maintenance,” which will be good if the narrator realizes she deserves better than the guy who has attached himself to her. It’s a little flighty but not overly so, New York but not obnoxiously so, and it’s hard not to like the girl telling the story.