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The Moviegoer, Walker Percy. Novel. One of my Dad's favorite books. I think it may be sort of a "dude" book, as I didn't much "get" it. Driftless young man in the throes of an existential stumbling block, etc. etc. I didn't feel like I got to know the protagonist very much, oddly enough.
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer. Wildly-popular young-adult novel. I bought this for my 14-year-old cousin for Christmas, so was hella relieved when there weren't any sex scenes. I loved it at first then liked it progressively less as the chapters increased. I thought the main character, Bella, was kind of dreamy and dumb, and I get that she's 16, but please. Also didn't like the liberties taken and not explained with the vampire mythology. As for the next books in the trilogy, I'm content to read what happens on Wikipedia.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 1: The Long Way Home, Joss Whedon. Okay, so this is a "graphic" novel and I read it in one sitting, but I count it as a book since it is bound like one and available on Amazon.com. I miss my BtVS, but am glad that Whedon is continuing the series in some form. To hell with Sarah Michelle Gellar! Lots of creativity, of course, some tertiary characters returning in most surprising ways. Can't wait for volume two ... and Angel's volume one!
Atonement, Ian McEwan. Novel. Bandwagon .. on it, I jump! At least my version doesn't have the movie tie-in cover. Dad told me to pay close attention to each and every word of this one, and so I did. And I loved nearly every word, though there were some slow spots in the second section. Really, really great. Beautifully told story that gets exponentially better in the last 15 or so pages. Gives a lot to think about. Good choice for the inaugural meeting of my book club.
This month, I have trips to Cleveland (Mom's birthday) and Colorado (friends' bachelor/bachelorette getaway weekend), so hopefully I'll reduce my nightstand stack even further.
Sidebar: Ok, the Coca-Cola commercial with Stewie and Charlie motherf*ckin Brown was pretty good.
The Moviegoer, Walker Percy. Novel. One of my Dad's favorite books. I think it may be sort of a "dude" book, as I didn't much "get" it. Driftless young man in the throes of an existential stumbling block, etc. etc. I didn't feel like I got to know the protagonist very much, oddly enough.
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer. Wildly-popular young-adult novel. I bought this for my 14-year-old cousin for Christmas, so was hella relieved when there weren't any sex scenes. I loved it at first then liked it progressively less as the chapters increased. I thought the main character, Bella, was kind of dreamy and dumb, and I get that she's 16, but please. Also didn't like the liberties taken and not explained with the vampire mythology. As for the next books in the trilogy, I'm content to read what happens on Wikipedia.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 1: The Long Way Home, Joss Whedon. Okay, so this is a "graphic" novel and I read it in one sitting, but I count it as a book since it is bound like one and available on Amazon.com. I miss my BtVS, but am glad that Whedon is continuing the series in some form. To hell with Sarah Michelle Gellar! Lots of creativity, of course, some tertiary characters returning in most surprising ways. Can't wait for volume two ... and Angel's volume one!
Atonement, Ian McEwan. Novel. Bandwagon .. on it, I jump! At least my version doesn't have the movie tie-in cover. Dad told me to pay close attention to each and every word of this one, and so I did. And I loved nearly every word, though there were some slow spots in the second section. Really, really great. Beautifully told story that gets exponentially better in the last 15 or so pages. Gives a lot to think about. Good choice for the inaugural meeting of my book club.
This month, I have trips to Cleveland (Mom's birthday) and Colorado (friends' bachelor/bachelorette getaway weekend), so hopefully I'll reduce my nightstand stack even further.
Sidebar: Ok, the Coca-Cola commercial with Stewie and Charlie motherf*ckin Brown was pretty good.
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