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Decided to go for some chick lit. Read "Thin, Rich and Pretty" by Beth Kendrick. It was OK. A pretty fast read, the characters were somewhat interesting, but no real surprises (though I think there were supposed to be a couple).
Currently reading "Where we Belong" by Emily Giffen. She writes some fairly heavy stuff for chick-lit. Not quite as engaging as her Something Blue (which I enjoyed more than Something Borrowed). I feel like I already know where this one is going and I can never decide if I really like or dislike the fact that all of her character's exist in one another's (each other's ?) universe. But it was cool for some St. Louis shoutouts and details!
I think next up I'm going to choose between "The Big Sort: Why Clustering of Like-Minded America is Driving Us Apart" by Bill Bishop, "Hungry" by Crystal Renn, "Sweeter than Birdsong" by Rosslyn Elliot and "Son" by Lois Lowry.
I'm reading two. "A Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer (child abuse).
I read that several years ago! Heartbreaking. You might want to read his two other books that are continuations of his autobiography, one covers later childhood and his teens (Lost Boy) and one in adulthood (A Man Named Dave), and how being a survivor of severe abuse affected him later in life. It shows that even a person who has done work and worked on recovery can still be haunted by a past that makes relationships difficult and still impairs his judgment.
I've been meaning to post this one that I finished: The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison. It's about a middle-aged guy dealing with limited job prospects, his child's death, and breakup of his marriage. To keep his head above water financially he takes a nurses' aide training course and gets a job taking care of a young adult male with muscular dystrophy. It's never maudlin. Funny. Real. And the kid with MD isn't portrayed as a saint. Even has a road trip in it.
I'm tempted to call it quirky, but maybe that's not the right word for it. It's not your average book, but it's no more quirky than real human nature is.
Peter Carey's "The Chemistry of Tears". A few chapters in, and so far I'm disappointed, I expect more from Carey, and I wlll push on, optimistic that I will get it.
Peter Carey's "The Chemistry of Tears". A few chapters in, and so far I'm disappointed, I expect more from Carey, and I wlll push on, optimistic that I will get it.
I haven't heard about this author before, so I looked him up on Goodreads. It seems he's been prolific. Could you recommend any particularly good works of his that you can recommend? Thanks!
I haven't heard about this author before, so I looked him up on Goodreads. It seems he's been prolific. Could you recommend any particularly good works of his that you can recommend? Thanks!
I'm about half way through Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright.
I've read a lot on this subject and this book is extremely well researched.
I've just ordered this book and have also read some articles on Scientology. Paul Haggis was interviewed on Rock Central the other night. He was also interviewed on 60 Minutes awhile ago. This so-called church does not deserve a federal tax exemption.
I haven't heard about this author before, so I looked him up on Goodreads. It seems he's been prolific. Could you recommend any particularly good works of his that you can recommend? Thanks!
The Peter Carey books I've read are "Parrot and Olivier in America" (which takes place in the late 1700s) and "Oscar and Lucinda" (early settlement of Australia). Both about highly eccentric protagonists, and are rich in background historical information, which has a strong appeal to me. O&L was made into a film, by all accounts not a very good one (I haven't seen it) but with a wonderful cast of Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett.
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