Three Days, Three Books
No, that's not why I haven't been posting. I just ... haven't been posting. Last Thursday my beautiful, beautiful high-speed wireless internet DIED on me, and now that I've tasted heaven, dial-up is a very bitter pill to swallow. Trixie is trying to get one of her geek friends over to fix the situation. I'm hoping for sooner, rather than later (it's my laptop that's the problem, not the modem).
Between the dial-up and the lack of anything interesting going on, I just haven't felt inspired to post. You don't want to hear about how I took the wrong bus to my interview last week and had to run six blocks (in heels!) to get to my interview on time. Or how the other interview was so boring that I yawned through the entire hour and forty-five minutes it lasted. Maybe you want to know that I type at 70 words per minute though. Whatever - I think that's right around average for a secretary. I know of people who type both faster and slower and do just fine in life.
The funny thing about reading three books in three days is, I did that while sleeping normal hours, getting together with friends, going to a party, doing laundry, and running errands. It wasn't as if I holed up in my bedroom and didn't come out at all. So on with the book review portion, yes? Okay.
The Man of My Dreams, by Curtis Sittenfeld. Who? You know, that chick who wrote Prep. Let me just say right now, that I'm not always the most reasonable person in the world. I got angry at this book. Why? Because I burned my tongue while I was reading it. Yeah, I can be like that sometimes. Anyway. This book started out kind of slowly for my taste. Honestly, the only reason I kept reading was because of how good Prep was, and I was sure "the good part" would be coming soon. As far as I'm concerned, there was no "good part" in this book, but at a certain point, I did find myself hooked and wanting to see which guy, if any, Hannah ultimately winds up with. Oops, did I just give it away? Ultimately, it's a solidly decent book, and I will keep an eye out for the next Sittenfeld book. Oh, and for those of you wondering, Hannah is not a teenager throughout the whole book.
Got the Look, by James Grippando. I think I've read shit by him before, only because I recognize the South Florida setting, and the "lawyer with an ex-con for a best friend" schtick. It's totally one of those legal thriller books, and if you like those, you'll like this. It's that simple. I read this book yesterday, only taking time out to go to a friend's party in the Oakland Hills, and to go with Trixie to Trader Joe's. Easy read, fast read. I'll go read the rest of his books now. It's a damn shame authors don't get paid each time someone takes their book out from the library, the way musicians get paid each time their song gets played on the radio. For someone who reads a lot, I own a surprisingly small number of books.
Beach Road, by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge. The first thing I want to tell you is that you should make sure not to confuse this book with The Beach House, which James also wrote. It can get confusing, I know. I've read a few books with the same cast of characters - slew of 20's and 30's people from way out in the Hamptons, blue-collar workers who keep things looking pretty for the trillionnaires. Someone dies, the locals go nuts. Good times, good times. Each time I read it, I like it. Granted, a huge part of why I may like it is that the story is set in New York, and I'm drawn to things that happen in places I've lived. Something thrilling about being able to say, "Hey! I know where that is!"
So yeah, that's what I've been reading lately. I have a heavier book on reserve at the library, one that I'm sure I won't be able to blast through in one day. What's on the floor next to your bed?
Between the dial-up and the lack of anything interesting going on, I just haven't felt inspired to post. You don't want to hear about how I took the wrong bus to my interview last week and had to run six blocks (in heels!) to get to my interview on time. Or how the other interview was so boring that I yawned through the entire hour and forty-five minutes it lasted. Maybe you want to know that I type at 70 words per minute though. Whatever - I think that's right around average for a secretary. I know of people who type both faster and slower and do just fine in life.
The funny thing about reading three books in three days is, I did that while sleeping normal hours, getting together with friends, going to a party, doing laundry, and running errands. It wasn't as if I holed up in my bedroom and didn't come out at all. So on with the book review portion, yes? Okay.
The Man of My Dreams, by Curtis Sittenfeld. Who? You know, that chick who wrote Prep. Let me just say right now, that I'm not always the most reasonable person in the world. I got angry at this book. Why? Because I burned my tongue while I was reading it. Yeah, I can be like that sometimes. Anyway. This book started out kind of slowly for my taste. Honestly, the only reason I kept reading was because of how good Prep was, and I was sure "the good part" would be coming soon. As far as I'm concerned, there was no "good part" in this book, but at a certain point, I did find myself hooked and wanting to see which guy, if any, Hannah ultimately winds up with. Oops, did I just give it away? Ultimately, it's a solidly decent book, and I will keep an eye out for the next Sittenfeld book. Oh, and for those of you wondering, Hannah is not a teenager throughout the whole book.
Got the Look, by James Grippando. I think I've read shit by him before, only because I recognize the South Florida setting, and the "lawyer with an ex-con for a best friend" schtick. It's totally one of those legal thriller books, and if you like those, you'll like this. It's that simple. I read this book yesterday, only taking time out to go to a friend's party in the Oakland Hills, and to go with Trixie to Trader Joe's. Easy read, fast read. I'll go read the rest of his books now. It's a damn shame authors don't get paid each time someone takes their book out from the library, the way musicians get paid each time their song gets played on the radio. For someone who reads a lot, I own a surprisingly small number of books.
Beach Road, by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge. The first thing I want to tell you is that you should make sure not to confuse this book with The Beach House, which James also wrote. It can get confusing, I know. I've read a few books with the same cast of characters - slew of 20's and 30's people from way out in the Hamptons, blue-collar workers who keep things looking pretty for the trillionnaires. Someone dies, the locals go nuts. Good times, good times. Each time I read it, I like it. Granted, a huge part of why I may like it is that the story is set in New York, and I'm drawn to things that happen in places I've lived. Something thrilling about being able to say, "Hey! I know where that is!"
So yeah, that's what I've been reading lately. I have a heavier book on reserve at the library, one that I'm sure I won't be able to blast through in one day. What's on the floor next to your bed?
Labels: Whatcha Readin?
posted by Green at 6/11/2007 08:54:00 AM
2 Comments:
6 blocks in heels?! I bet that was real great for that heel spur problem....
I finally read Meg Cabot's "Every Boy's Got One." Very cute, funny, great relatable, relatively normal, I-know-someone-like-that characters. Apparently it's one of three she did in email/journal/notes type format. I thought it would be hard to read, but I actually really liked it. I'm now a fan and will be reading her others.
I also just reread "The Witch of Blackbird Pond." It's been about 15 years since the last time, but my reaction was the same: Nat Eaton - swoon. Witch-hunters - booo!
Next up - "The Princess Bride." Can you believe it's one of my all-time favorite movies and I'm just now reading the book?
Right now I am reading two books;
'Working on the Edge; King Crab Fishing in Alaska's High Seas. If you've even seen 1 minute of 'Deadliest Catch' on The Discovery Channel, this book will fascinate you.
And I am reading 'Canning and Preseving for Dummies'. We have 2 fruit trees and 2 grape bushes; I'm not letting everything go to waste this year. I also have book 6 to read in the 'Outlander' series by Diana Gabaldon. This is an awesome series set in the late 1700's during the Scottish Highland Wars. Believe it or not, it's a love story. AWESOME! All of the women in my family are addicted to it.
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