You hear that? Those awful noises? The crash crash bang thud bounce crash thud bounce bounce bounce crash? Yeah. That’s the sound of the juggling balls and spinning plates that I have dropped. I may have gotten an “A” in all the classes I’ve taken this year, but I’m pretty close to being on probation [...]
So I spent the day doing my Chinese homework. The homework that I just stared at as very very little sunk in. Sigh. Later, I got to hang out with Shona and Jen and the rest of my bookclub as we discussed The Thirteenth Tale. Well, to say we discussed the book is perhaps a [...]
I just finished The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book, the first two books in the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. They are fun little books, full of wit and literary humor. They are great books to read quickly, just for plot – and fit well with my preferred escapist reading of [...]
I am very late in my book updates. I read at least one book a month for book group, and quite a few this year have been wonderful. I also added a “Currently Reading” notification on the sidebar. Here are a few recommended books with brief notes. I’ll work on expanding them in subsequent entries [...]
This month, we’re reading The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. Once I discovered it wasn’t actually a left-wing political diatribe, I was eager to read it. (Not that I don’t enjoy my left-wing diatribes, i just was hoping for some good fiction.) It seemed promising enough – New York Times Booklist, etc. I had [...]