I Suck At Heat Wave

Last night, I finished reading a book. Yes, I too sometimes find it amazing that I can read. (Hooked on phonics worked for me!) The book that I finished reading was "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle. Now, I suck at Heat Wave.

The book is actually a tie-in with the ABC television series "Castle". In the television show, Richard Castle is a famous writer who gets to tag along with the NYPD so that he can do research for an upcoming book. It turns out that Castle and the mayor of New York are close. Hence, that is why Castle is allowed to tag along with NYPD homicide.

Anyway, in the course of the show, Castle writes the book "Heat Wave" which is modeled after the detective he has been shadowing and the Police precinct that she works at. And lo' and behold... the marketing geniuses of ABC decided to actually release a book titled "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle. (And in rather comical fashion, there is a picture of Nathan Fillion, who plays Richard Castle on the television show, on the back cover as the author.)

Needless to say, the book was very enjoyable. The book was a rather quick read as well. Without giving away any of the details, the book is basically another episode of the television show, just with different names for the characters. There are, of course, some other plot differences. But all in all, it was a good book.

Sadly, the only downside of reading the book was that when I had finished, I discovered that my computer had died. My computer is currently suffering from a hardware malfunction, which is never good. The hardware malfunction is apparently causing a memory parity error. So, it is quite possible that I will either need new RAM, or a new computer. Either way, it's annoying. (It's also annoying that everything seems to break at the same time. First the treadmill. Now the computer. What's next? I probably should not have asked... in the event that I find out the answer to that question...)