Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I'm at 11% and although there might be a good story here -- one that could make me cry -- I'm having a hard time.
First off, the author is all over the place: her mother, the bridge ladies, her grandparents, and -- from what I saw in the reviews -- she will soon talk a lot about herself. (Okay, it is a memoir, after all.)
The other thing -- and most people will laugh at me for hating on this so hard but I can't stand it -- she uses a lot of exclamation points. Hey, I'm fine with it in dialogue. That shows how emphatic the person was when they said [whatever they said]. But this author -- sigh... -- uses exclamation points in the narrative itself, in the telling of the story. Nisht gut (as the bridge ladies and my own bubby would say).
Okay, stop! Don't torture yourself! I guess I know now. My SIL was sure emotional about it but I can see you are too!
*off topic* All the chat about Nurse Jackie so I just had to find it on Netflix. I'm enjoying it Has anyone else watched Grace and Frankie (I love, love, love Lily Tomlin) and I thought it was much better than Golden Girls
**back**
Really enjoying the Elizabeth Haydon Rhapsody book, glad I forced myself past that sex scene
I have been reading this forum, but books not so much. Was in the midst of moving and all so reading was just not happening. We are settling in, and I am here to update:
I read HEIDI which I had on my kindle for quite a while and finally decided to read. I had never read it other than the little Golden Books I read to my kids way back. It was such a sweet story. No wonder it's a classic.
Then I found Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl as a freebie kindle book. autobiography -- decent but not earth shattering.
Now I am reading The Blue Castle (Lucy Montgomery) ; just started it but I really like it!
I'm re-reading "The mote in god's eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Loved that book! It has stuck with me for years. I think I read a sequel - Yes had to go search so from Wikiepedia:
Quote:
Pournelle and Niven followed up with the sequel The Gripping Hand and in 2010 Pournelle's daughter, Jennifer, published an authorized sequel entitled Outies.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Has anyone else watched Grace and Frankie (I love, love, love Lily Tomlin) and I thought it was much better than Golden Girls 
