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:
The first five (of 6) graphic novels in the Scott Pilgrim series. Very light reading. Very clever.
One Day by David Nicholls, highly readable but surprisingly heart-breaking novel.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro whose novels tend to be my cup of tea and I, like him, took a little detour into sci-fi.
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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