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Radio Radio Indianapolis, Indiana
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Wesleyan University Bloomington, Illinois
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Shank Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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The Mill Iowa City, Iowa
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The Intersection Grand Rapids, Michigan
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The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan
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I didn’t think I was going to enjoy The House of the Scorpion very much. We listened to it on audio and that first chapter was a little dry and the voice of the reader wasn’t very compelling. But, I got hooked and really enjoyed it.
What’s also interesting is Liz started listening to it on disk 8, in the car on the way to Lakewood on Friday and when we got in the car this morning to come home she asked if we could turn it back on. I’m sorry she missed the first 7 disks, but maybe she’ll listen to them in her room this week and catch the beginning of the story of Matt, the clone of the drug lord… it really was an interesting story.
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When I bought the tickets for Always Patsy Cline I thought both Jenn and TW would roll their eyes at me or possibly refuse to go with me. Neither are big country fans and as far as I know, Jenn doesn’t even know who Patsy Cline IS.
But, they were game with nary a rolled eye.
We arrived late. We left the hotel late to pick up Jenn. It took her awhile to say goodbye to the boy (which caused ME to roll MY eyes) and then I drove right past the parking garage entrance on Cumberland and then drove down Church St and back to the garage and then drove around the garage a bit. Heh. We were escorted to the very front row during the opening song – before “Patsy” came out – before “Louise” came out but still it was the first song. Front row seats were not great and I was worried again that I was going to get lynched by the two women I dragged to the show…
But. It was awesome.
Loved it. I am so glad I bought the tickets. I have no idea what Always Patsy Cline will be like if it’s in your area but if you get to Spoleto and those chicks are performing it – you should go. It’s fun.
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I decided to read one more light and easy book before diving back into the more serious stuff – The Art of French Kissing was very light and very easy. Also pretty amusing in that chick lit sort of way.
Why women have to be so damn stupid in chick lit like this is beyond me, though. I understand, your life is a mess but good grief, you should have realized that SOMETHING was going on between those two men and you should have found out what it was – not just from a potential relationship standpoint but because it was your JOB to figure out what the hell was going on and prepare for the fall out. Stupid. But I guess that wouldn’t have made for such an “aweeee” kind of ending, right?
Silly chick lit and good except for the stupid woman thing.
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Crush is a tiny little YA book with very large font and it took me about a half hour to read. I have no idea what the reading level is but it’s got to be low – so maybe a low-literacy YA book? Good enough, I like that. It’s important that books like that exist.
My problems with the book are this.
Do we really want to tell teens that you can have one date with someone and bam, that’s it – you’re in love? Do we really want to tell queer questioning teens that you can figure out you’re gay THAT easily? I don’t know. It seemed pretty “fairy tale” like to me. There must be some way to meet in the middle between the fairy tale and the heavy handed teen “problem” book.
Other than that? I liked it.