Last week I finished reading “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” by Michael Chabon. It seems like a lot of people who read this compared it to “Kavalier and Clay”, which is a waste of time since K&C was a masterpiece. On its own merit, I thought YPU was a good read, though it did start slowly […]
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reading time
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on June 4, 2009 | Comments Off on reading time
humbow
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, food on January 27, 2009 | Comments Off on humbow
I kind of want to have or go to a superbowl party this weekend. I like the ridiculous spectacle of this uniquely American holiday, and I like chips and dip. In order for this to happen I think we’d either have to be invited by our neighbors, or do something ourselves. We’ve entertained quite a […]
new thing to read
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on October 10, 2008 | Comments Off on new thing to read
This week I started and finished a cute little novel called “The New Yorkers.” It was an incredibly swift and pleasant read. Well-written, good story, interesting and vivid characters. I guess some people might find fault; that it’s not “deep” or “literary” or full of “magical realism” or “whatever”, but I liked it, and as […]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, homeownership, shopping on October 5, 2008 | Enter your password to view comments.
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pea soup
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, food, kona on September 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A fun activity to do when hungry: Grab a couple of good cookbooks and slowly read them cover to cover, marking the recipes you’d like to make, even if they sound a bit adventurous. I just did this with “Bold Italian” and “Barefoot Contessa at Home.” My surgery was two months ago today… and today […]
over the top
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So I’m reading “Valley of the Dolls.” It’s mostly dialogue and exposition, so I’m flying right through it. I can see how it was such a scandal and a bestseller — for its time (the mid-60s) it has a ton of swearing and sex and drug use. Though for 2008, it’s rather tame and quaint. […]
lit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on June 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I finished the $3.97 paperback romance by the way. Holy hot damn it was bad. I wish I still had it with me so I could quote a few passages. But here are a few notes off the top of my head. + So the first time the Girl and the Guy meet, they have […]
love, indubitably
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I found a book at my bus stop a couple days ago. It is a “Harlequin Super Romance”, and cost $3.97 at Wal-Mart. Brian picked me up seconds later so I showed him the book and we laughed. On the ride home, I read him a few random passages from within, then tossed it into […]
saturday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, work on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
+ Mountain Goats show tonight!!! *becited* + It’s very sunny today and we even have a window open. That hasn’t happened for months. + We close on our house this Tuesday. Good-bye, all my money! Hello, equity! Or something. + I haven’t updated much lately because work has been so busy. I’m still enjoying my […]
cookery-bookery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on February 2, 2008 | Comments Off on cookery-bookery
I finished reading two biographies of American female writers this week. One thing I found interesting was that, in a way, Julia Child and Nelle Harper Lee were living somewhat parallel lives at the time they were each working on their first (and in Lee’s case, only) book: each worked throughout the 1950s on their […]