I'm going to be needy for a moment. Everybody that I invited and accepted the invite can post here. Please post something book related. For the peeps that haven't accepted, your email stays hidden from outsiders and I haven't gotten any spam from blogger.com, if that is a worry (Marcus!).
I'm not insecure, am I? Am I?
Has anyone started reading Return of the Native? I cracked it open and it looked...dense, so this may be another one I don't read. I don't guess watching the movie really counts.
I finished Breaking Dawn. I won't post any spoilers, since I know Jen is probably deep into her copy right know. What a colossal failure/disappointment that book was, devoid of any romance or coherence. After 3000+ pages there's not even one sex scene. Can I get my $13 back, Mrs. Meyer?
This is the book I'm eyeing now: The Outlander by Gil Adamson. Arrgh. It won't be in paperback until next year, so I guess I might trek over to the library. Here's the blurb:
"In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow - and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding tho little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness - and into the wilds of her own mind- encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way."
It is being compared to the works of Cormac McCarthy, whom I love, love, love, even if Oprah-Satan thinks she discovered him. Jen and I went to a used book store last week and I was commenting to the owner/manager about the upcoming movie for the Road. What did I get in return? Total blankness. Hello? Pulitzer Prize winner?
What is everybody else reading at the moment?
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In order to make you feel less lame, I'll post. Breaking Dawn was a pretty big disappointment. It was too Cinderellalike for my taste, and I hate it when authors change their ideas for mass appeal. In this case her mass appeal attempt didn't really seem to work. I'd like my Tuesday back, Ms. Meyer can keep her money-she'll need it more than I will.
Right now I'm reading "Five quarters of an Orange." by Joanne Harris. It's a bit wandering, but I think it's alright so far.
If anyone has an hour or so to waste I recommend watching Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture"
click here. I heard his book was alright as well.
Keep reading - that way I'm not as boring as my husband thinks I've become.
Peace out
- Jen
Laura is reading "The Book That Nobody Read" by Owen Gingerich which should be this Club's motto.
I am of course reading: xxx (book club future selections 1-3) and "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris
This blog is soo cool but where are the naked boobies?
first we can't read anything written by newt gingerich's brother even if it is being read by fake mary. and if you want naked boobies i am writing this comment topless. i am so glad that marcus finally got on here, now this blog may actually get cool.
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