If one wishes to send me a friend request please send a proper note letting me know why one would be interested in being friends with a person such as myself. I do not accept friend requests without notes. I'm also quite a bit of a grammar and spelling snob. I spell out words and use proper punctuation, if I see that you do not, I doubt a friendship would flourish. I don't think I am perfect, I am sure I've made mistakes here and there, but I do strive.
Just finished:
Derby Girl - Shauna Cross - brain candy.
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis - a wonderful delight of a comic narrative
Howards End - E.M. Forster - I've had this on my shelf for some time now and require myself to read it before I start On Beauty. I found myself loving Forsters' prose and it's making for a rather harsh read of Smith's text.
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day - Winifred Watson - a treat, an absolute treat!
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - book swap book which I loved for the most part, although I found the end to be rather abrupt.
Summer Crossing by Truman Capote - summer reading should always begin with a little Capote and this "lost" first novel of his is a perfect fit.
Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford - sequel to The Pursuit of Love ... and doesn't measure up.
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons - a satire of British rural novels of the interwar years, utterly hilarious and utterly charming. Find my review, if one would like to know all my thoughts.
Currently reading:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon - I am loving it!
Villette - Charlotte Bronte - I need to finish this. When shall I find the time to devote to this lengthy tome.
Also listening to Stephen Colbert during my infrequent long drives.
Favorite paragraphs:
"We could never understand why the girls cared so much about being mature, or why they felt compelled to compliment each other, but sometimes, after one us had read a long portion of the diary out loud, we had to fight back the urge to hug one another or to tell each other how pretty we were."
-- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
"Looking back, I wonder why a gangster movie kidnapped my life. The Godfather had nothing to do with me. I was a feminist, not Italian, and I went to school at Montana State. I had never set foot in New York, thought ravioli came only in a can, and wasn't blind to the fact that all the women in the film were either virgins, mothers, whores, or Diane Keaton."
-- Take the Cannoli by Sarah Vowell
"One day the Barbie without a head convinced Donny and Marie to put pink and blue Life pegs through the holes in their hands. The Barbies pretended the pegs were hits of acid and got the Osmonds to think they could fly."
-- Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon
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