After these ones I’m all caught up! Hoorah! These two books I wanted to save and do together. For one thing I’ve just finished them so I’ve got plenty to say, and for another, they’re an interesting contrast. #18: Larry’s…
50 Book Challenge #12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
This pile of books is never going away, so I’m going to cheat to catch up. These are nearly all books I read at the very beginning of the year that I didn’t know what to write about anyway, so…
50 Book Challange #11
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon I loved this book. It’s really great to find a national bestseller that deserves to be a national bestseller. Every time I open up the paper to see…
Adreneline junkie by proxy
I’m shaking right now. We freaking LOVE the Amazing Race here. It is *literally* appointment television for us, but we always get way too into it. We sit there on the edge of our seats, *literally*, gripping the pillows with…
50 Book Challenge #10
Humboldt’s Gift by Saul Bellow FINALLY! I’ve FINALLY finished reading this book. It’s only taken me like a month! I have 5 other books sitting here waiting to be reviewed, but I have to do this one first so I…
50 Book Challenge #9
A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay With all the setbacks that Bear and I have been experiencing lately, I can’t afford to buy a single new book until I read absolutely everything on my shelves. This is a good…
50 Book Challenge #8
East of Eden by John Steinbeck This is one review I’ve been putting off because I can in no way do it justice. Plus I read it early in the year so a lot of the details are already gone.…
People are GREAT!
And for once I’m not saying that sarcastically! When our poor little car got jacked we were (and still are) up a creek. We’ve only been in town for 5 months, we don’t know anybody, the nearest family is five…
Dating OnDemand
Our cable company has FINALLY come through on the promise of five months ago and brought us OnDemand. Which, when you work from home, is either the best thing ever or the worst thing ever depending on how productive you’re…
50 Book Challenge #7
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreThe pile of books to review is growing larger and larger and I’m bored and pissed off right now, so I doubt very much this will be my most profound post ever, but it distracts…