Shopaholic and Baby- Sophie Kinsella 08/11/07

 
These are a guilty pleasure for me.  I love Becky Brandon.  I think she is hilarious.  On the surface, she’s all fluff but beneath it, she is smart, funny, loving and very loyal.
 
Of course, she is always getting into some sort of trouble.  In this case, she insists that she must go to a [...]

Life is Ridiculous – Valerie Fausone 08/10/07

Valerie is a livejournal friend of mine, so I had some idea that she was funny.  I didn’t realize until I read her book that she is hilarious.  I laughed out loud at this book.  Her sense of humor is dry and vaguely sarcastic.  A lot like mine.  Essentially, this is a book of essays about … [...]

Turtle Moon – Alice Hoffman 08/08/07

I woke up at 3:30 this am and couldn’t go back to sleep, so I finished this book.  I think I read about an hour before I went back to sleep.
Nothing really to say.  It was an interesting book but not among Alice Hoffman’s best.

Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 08/05/07

I only read this book because MPB told me it was among her favorite books.  I ordered it, and a couple of other of her favorites, from ama zon. com.
I’m not a huge fan of books that are full of symbolism.  I like authors to say what they mean, for pity’s sake.
This book captures [...]