What are you reading now? (JANUARY 2006)
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What are you reading now? (JANUARY 2006)
Whatcha readin'?
I'm reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I like it, but there's not much of a plot so far. I like my books to have plots that keep me up later than usual. This one doesn't. But it's interesting. And it taught me what a lazy Susan is. No, it's not Spudd on a sedentary day. Do you guys use that term? I had to look it up.
Silvia, yeah, we use that term. We had one when I was a kid and my mom was forever cracking dumb jokes about it.
I'm reading "Night of Moon and Stars" (or something like that) by Maeve Binchy. DH got it for me for xmas. It's standard Maeve Binchy fare. One part that cracked me up was she has one character who's American, and he said something like "Sure, and he'll be along in a minute" the way that Irish people do. You'd never hear an American say that. Guess she didn't do her research!
I'm reading "Night of Moon and Stars" (or something like that) by Maeve Binchy. DH got it for me for xmas. It's standard Maeve Binchy fare. One part that cracked me up was she has one character who's American, and he said something like "Sure, and he'll be along in a minute" the way that Irish people do. You'd never hear an American say that. Guess she didn't do her research!
I just finished "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" and thought it was excellent. It really hit home for me since it was being told from an autistic male's point of view.
I am about to start reading a vampire novel called "Live Girls" that's supposed to be very good. I am also about to start reading one of Ian's books.
I am about to start reading a vampire novel called "Live Girls" that's supposed to be very good. I am also about to start reading one of Ian's books.
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I just finished Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner (also wrote Good in Bed and In Her Shoes). It was pretty good, although I'm glad I didn't pay money for it.
I just started And God Created the Au Pair. 20 pages in I'm really liking it. It's basically correspondence between two sisters who have kids. One has just moved from the UK to Toronto, so there's lots of discussion of cultural differences, and it's funny. It's by Benedicte Newland and Pascale Smets.
I just started And God Created the Au Pair. 20 pages in I'm really liking it. It's basically correspondence between two sisters who have kids. One has just moved from the UK to Toronto, so there's lots of discussion of cultural differences, and it's funny. It's by Benedicte Newland and Pascale Smets.
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I just finished Everyone Worth Knowing by the author of The Devil Wears Prada.
I am about halfway through The Catcher in the Rye, because I'm trying to intersperse classics in with regular reading. Believe it or not, I made it through school without ever having to read it. So far I'm really wondering WHY it is a classic, it seems really rambly.
I'm listening to Memoirs of a Geisha on audio.
I am about halfway through The Catcher in the Rye, because I'm trying to intersperse classics in with regular reading. Believe it or not, I made it through school without ever having to read it. So far I'm really wondering WHY it is a classic, it seems really rambly.
I'm listening to Memoirs of a Geisha on audio.
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Aly, I read Catcher in the Rye when I was 16, you know... right when you're in the middle of teen angst and you're supposed to carry that book around like a Bible. And even then, I thought "Meh... "
I'm reading "The Comic Toolbox" for school, and "Mrs. Dalloway" for fun.
I'm reading "The Comic Toolbox" for school, and "Mrs. Dalloway" for fun.
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1) What did you think of Everyone Worth Knowing?Aly wrote:I just finished Everyone Worth Knowing by the author of The Devil Wears Prada.
I am about halfway through The Catcher in the Rye, because I'm trying to intersperse classics in with regular reading. Believe it or not, I made it through school without ever having to read it. So far I'm really wondering WHY it is a classic, it seems really rambly.
I'm listening to Memoirs of a Geisha on audio.
2) I agree re: Catcher in the Rye - maybe because it's one of the first books to deal with teen angst in a modern era?
3) Are you listening to the abridged version or complete version?
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1) What did you think of Everyone Worth Knowing?
Well, I never finished The Devil Wears Prada, so I can't say it was better or worse than that one. I dunno, on one hand it was entertaining as far as fluff goes, but I wasn't really "enlightened" or anything. It's enough to say it kept me intrigued long enough to finish it, and if you know me, that should impress you enough. I have a habit of not finishing books that don't interest me by at least the halfway point. And I have to wonder how long it will take her novels to become too dated. I mean, they can't last too long, since they refer to current celebrities and things like the Brad/Jenn breakup. I just can't see people reading that 5 years from now and still finding it interesting. Any thoughts?
2) I agree re: Catcher in the Rye - maybe because it's one of the first books to deal with teen angst in a modern era?
I guess so...lol.
3) Are you listening to the abridged version or complete version?
The abridged. Meh. I didn't mean to get that one. Why do you ask?
Well, I never finished The Devil Wears Prada, so I can't say it was better or worse than that one. I dunno, on one hand it was entertaining as far as fluff goes, but I wasn't really "enlightened" or anything. It's enough to say it kept me intrigued long enough to finish it, and if you know me, that should impress you enough. I have a habit of not finishing books that don't interest me by at least the halfway point. And I have to wonder how long it will take her novels to become too dated. I mean, they can't last too long, since they refer to current celebrities and things like the Brad/Jenn breakup. I just can't see people reading that 5 years from now and still finding it interesting. Any thoughts?
2) I agree re: Catcher in the Rye - maybe because it's one of the first books to deal with teen angst in a modern era?
I guess so...lol.
3) Are you listening to the abridged version or complete version?
The abridged. Meh. I didn't mean to get that one. Why do you ask?
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Shoot. I wonder how much I'm missing. It's just that I started the abriged one because I couldn't wait on the unabriged and now I'm wondering if I should've waited. I was just too intrigued and wanted to "read" it before I saw the movie. Did you listen to the unabriged (or read the book)?Lady Bug wrote:Because the unabridged version is, like, 17 hours long! The abridged version is only 3 or 4Aly wrote:
3) Are you listening to the abridged version or complete version?
The abridged. Meh. I didn't mean to get that one. Why do you ask?
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LBAly wrote:1) What did you think of Everyone Worth Knowing?
Well, I never finished The Devil Wears Prada, so I can't say it was better or worse than that one. I dunno, on one hand it was entertaining as far as fluff goes, but I wasn't really "enlightened" or anything. It's enough to say it kept me intrigued long enough to finish it, and if you know me, that should impress you enough. I have a habit of not finishing books that don't interest me by at least the halfway point. And I have to wonder how long it will take her novels to become too dated. I mean, they can't last too long, since they refer to current celebrities and things like the Brad/Jenn breakup. I just can't see people reading that 5 years from now and still finding it interesting. Any thoughts?
So ya gonna read it? Huh? Huh?
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