So. I finally took a few minutes to figure out what was slowing down the load time on the blog. It was the squirl book list I was using to track what I’m reading. Now I’m in the market for a new book list/reading list thing = preferably a wordpress plug-in. Does anyone have a favorite that isn’t a “library thing” list?
Once again, a whole week to read a book but it’s not the book’s fault. I really need to figure out this east coast/west coast schedule thing and until I do that, my reading time is going to be pretty limited. Too bad since it means it’s taking me a long time to read a great, fun book like NO! I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club.
That is my idea of old age (and death) – I’m not going to go back to school, or learn a foreign language, or do some weird travel excursions. I’m going to enjoy doing nothing. That’s it. No clubs or volunteer work. When I’m old I want to enjoy being old and feel no guilt for not having time or desire to do what other people think I ought to be doing.
I can barely wait to be 60!
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I finally finished Lisa Alther’s Original Sins. I’ve only been reading it for weeks. I can’t remember when it has taken me so long to finish a book but it wasn’t the book’s fault, it was mine – I was distracted. So, about the book. It was much better than Kinflicks but again, very doggone long. I liked the characters quite a bit better. I liked watching them move from childhood into the adulthood – figuring out how to navigate through racism and feminism and a wee bit into orientation. And, I liked the ending.
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights by Faye Kellerman is a book of short stories or short crime stories to be specific. TW reserved this on from the library on audio. Do you know why she reserved this one on audio? Because Nancy McKeon was listed as a narrator of the book. We were about half way through it and enjoying it very much when we realized we hadn’t yet heard Nancy narrate a story. We got all of the way to the end and still no Nancy. Weird. Apparently our library version is not the same version as the one you can order at Amazon. Ah well, we still enjoyed the stories very much. We would both recommend this one but agree that we probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it as much if we had read it rather than listened to it.
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The Wilde Women took me a very long time to read and I have no idea why. It was one of the best books I’ve read all year. It’s definitely chick lit but it’s really well written chick lit. Strong writing, strong characters.
Have I read The Rock Orchard? Have you? Will I be disappointed if I read it? I don’t want anything to taint The Wilde Women for me.
Nickie’s book has arrived! I’m excited to read it and am trying to figure out how soon I can move it to the top of my TBR list. Have you ordered your copy?
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Heh. TW reserved The Good Fairies of New York when she heard one of the characters in it has Crohn’s. TW read it and was amused. I read it and was also amused. I love the alternative “teen” type fairies with colored hair and ripped kilts trying to corrupt the young fairies of Scotland. Awesome. The fairy war was a little much and the darn “poppy” chase was a lot much. Other than that, awesome. And like Neil Gaimon, I have no idea why this hasn’t been made into a play or a movie.
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I love Rickey and G-man! When I reserved D*U*C*K I didn’t realize it was about the great chefs of New Orleans, I just knew it was the first book Poppy Z Brite had written post Katrina. What a pleasant surprise. This one was shorter, not as fleshed out and full as the others (The Value of X, Soul Kitchen, Liquor, Prime), but very good and lots of fun. I am looking forward to Dead Shrimp Blues.