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Girls are Mean

1 Comment / 2006, Books in Bed, Favorites, Feminism, Non-Fiction /

I read Odd Girl Out and Odd Girl Speaks Out yesterday and as expected, girls are mean. But they’ve pretty much always been mean. Not all girls and not all of the time, of course. But they are, and they are mean in ways that boys are not. I enjoyed both books, though Odd Girl Speaks Out not so much. Suprisingly untouching stories – or maybe they weren’t very touching because I had just finished Odd Girl Out? Whatever the reason, I was disappointed.

I’ll be back, on one blog or another, to talk about mean girls, Odd Girl Out, us/them and she’s all that – after Michelle finishes reading both books and has time to process her thoughts. I don’t want to post and influence her.

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Penelopiad

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OK I admit it, I just plain like Margaret Atwood. Yea, Oryx and Crake was a disappointment but I still liked it. And as I mentioned recently, I really enjoyed The Tent. So it’s probably not going to surprise you when I say that I really, REALLY enjoyed The Penolopiad on Sunday, is it? I haven’t read any mythology in awhile so this was an added treat. What did happen to the 12 maids? Was Penelope a female cult leader? Was she a slut? Fun stuff. I don’t know why sassymonkey didn’t enjoy it as much as I did. I’m also not sure where she gets that ‘feel sorry for them” thing. Were we suppose to feel sorry for Penelope or the Maids? What kind of Canadian woman doesn’t really like Atwood anyway? 😉


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Farewell Legs

2006, Books in Bed, Favorites, Mystery /

I’m officially moving the Aaron Tucker Mysteries to my favorites category. I thought Minivan was really amusing and A Farewell to Legswas equally amusing. OK maybe not equally, but pretty close. Remember, I just finished a Chris Moore book so anything I read immediately after that tends to be a let down. This wasn’t. It might have been the perfect book to read after A Dirty Job.

If you’re looking for an amusing mystery from the suburbs of Jersey, this is your series.

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Dirty!

6 Comments / 2006, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction /

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Do you know what the worst thing is about reading a Christopher Moore book? Finishing it and knowing you’re going to have to wait far too long til the next one appears on the shelf. The man is brilliant. Totally and completely brilliant. Not to mention clever and funny.

A Dirty Job takes place in San Francisco and the Emperor is back with his loyal canine companions. A couple of other characters from Coyote Blue and Bloodsucking Fiends and are in there too. (For those who’ve read both of those books, A Dirty Job isn’t a vampire book so don’t pick it up thinking it is.)

Sigh, I want another Christopher Moore book to read. Tell me I’m not going to have to wait another year or {gasp} more!

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The Wright 3

9 Comments / 2006, Books in Bed, Children's Literature, Favorites, Fiction, Mystery /

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We really enjoyed listening to Chasing Vermeer so I was very much looking forward to listening to The Wright 3. I am a Wright fan, TW is not so much, so that was an added bonus for me and not so much for her. We listened to it on the way to Lakeland on Friday and then on the way home on Sunday and finished it up today on the drives to and from work. It was good. Lots of fun and full of math and coincidences and art and mystery.

I would love to live in the Robie… as a kid I always preferred the Fallingwater house but now I think the Robie would be more interesting. It would probably drive me nuts before the first dust bunnies settled under the bed though.

Oh and speaking of coincidences… I didn’t realize Florida Southern was in Lakeland or that there were Wright buildings there… was it a coincidence or was there some hidden meaning… we didn’t find a talisman or a copy of The Invisible Man so probably just a coincidence…

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Anyone But YOU!

5 Comments / 2006, Books in Bed, Chick Lit, Favorites /

Anyone But You was pretty darn amusing – for a mindless bit of chick lit for 40ish women. Particularly mindless chick lit for 40ish women who like dogs.

Nothing new or unusual happened in the book. Older woman meets younger man. Older woman and younger man are both attracted and have to figure out how to make a move, when to make a move and why to make a move. Moves were made and then older woman tries to screw it up because she’s sure the younger dude couldn’t love her old flabby body and younger dude tries to screw it up because he’s sure the older woman wants a more high money/high profile kind of life. The dog, of course, pretty much saves the day – with a little help from the dysfunctional brother and dysfunctional best friend.

Even though there wasn’t anything “new or unusual” it was fun and I like fun.

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Booking Through Thursday

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Booking Through Thursday

This week’s questions were suggested by Kim.

  1. Do you have a favorite character(s)? Again with the favorites? A million favorites! Today let’s go with Dexter!
  2. What book/author is he/she/it from? Darkly Dreaming and Dearly Devoted
  3. Why do you like this person–what is it about the way he/she was written that drew you to them? He’s a good kind of evil, sort of like me
  4. Is there something more you would like the author to tell you about them? Of course but I can wait for future installments of the Dexter series to have all of my questions answered!

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Hollow Chocolate Bunnies

1 Comment / 2006, Books in Bed, Favorites, Fiction, Mystery /

When I blogged about Over Easy I got a really great book recommendation from Fausti – Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse. I immediately reserved it at the library and it’s been in the house for several months now (thanks to the magic of online renewal!).

I finally picked it up a couple of days ago. Read the first chapter and thought hmmmm, is this suppose to be good? TW said it was very good, she read it last month. So I picked it up again and read another 100 pages the next day and yes, it was good! (I think the lack of nicotine on day 2 of my quit caused the lackluster first chapter) I had trouble putting it down today, it was that good. And definitely better than the Nursery Crimes book of Ffordes’!

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