tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112983162011-04-21T16:19:12.562-07:0052 books, one year. Stay tuned for more details.Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.comBlogger1301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1168304469311944912007-01-08T16:53:00.000-08:002007-01-08T17:01:09.313-08:00

Oh goodness. I can't believe it took me so long to read this, a whole six months from the publication date. After reading this, I decided that I would like to be Julia when I grow up. Her time in France was a life-altering experience, one that made her and her persona what it is now. I wish that I had the opportunity to see her/meet her/bump into her while we were both living in the same city

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1165253044478381422007-01-08T16:44:00.000-08:002007-01-08T16:53:29.506-08:00

An interesting read passed along to me by one of my culinary school friends. A non-fiction travelogue about a young American woman who moves to Osaka, Japan to learn about the crazy specific foods involved in the Japanses tea ceremony. Very well written. Only problem was that as soon as I picked up the book, intense cravings for Japanese food of the quality I will probably never eat

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Fantastic piece about the art of mourning and recovery. Not the best choice for late night reading though, as it will make you more than a bit teary-eyed. This is my first time reading Didion and now I'm interested in more. Any recommendations?

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1166900038767568822006-12-23T10:50:00.000-08:002006-12-23T10:53:58.780-08:00

I'd like to be Ruth when I grow up. Successful food writer/editor who somehow finds herself as the restaurant critic for the NY Times despite herself. Now she's the editor in chief of Gourmet magazine. I told the partner that I can't wait until she finishes at Gourmet and decides to write a tell-all about that. She's a great author, even if you're not that interested in food.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1166899808848080252006-12-23T10:48:00.000-08:002006-12-23T10:50:08.850-08:00

Can't really remember anything that jumped out at me. Found the last story by Kincaid difficult to wade through.

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Fictional account of the meat processing industry as told by a woman making docu-ads for Japan. Like Fast Food Nation but with more sex. Good read.

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It wasn't as well written as I thought it be. I don't really know what I was expecting either. Maybe the sequel is better?

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Uuh. Don't really remember. Shoot. Yay for Edith Wharton.

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Dramatic irony=reading the author talk about how much she loves her daughter and needs to eat less salt because of it while knowing that she is going to die of breast cancer in a few short years. Regardless, a well written, funny foodie book. Yes, I am still reading a lot of food books. Report me to the 50 Book Challenge authorites. I don't think that this will come to the surprise of anyone

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Oh goodness, this book was depressing. All about how a survivor of a school shooting, never really moves beyond it and how it affects everyone around him too. Thanks be to the heavens that I'm not in high school anymore and that I've moved on.Anyone out there read All Families are Psychotic or jPod? What did you think?

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1163520472951183502006-11-14T08:05:00.000-08:002006-11-14T08:07:53.036-08:00

Food book. Highlight: Chapter about maximizing your ability to produce gas based on your diet.

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I am a bad, bad blogger. I think that it's pretty obvious by now that my interest in this site and the challenge is waning. But I'm making it official now: After this year's completion, this site is dunzo. I started it to keep myself occupied while I worked a dead-end job and thank the goddess I finally figured out that I ought to do what I was telling myself that I couldn't do and now I'm

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Bought this at Heatherow and was fooled by the ridiculous conversion rates into thinking that 3 paperbacks for 18 pounds is a deal (it is most certainly not). I devoured this on the 18 hour flight back to the States whilst listening to Show Your Bones (have you listened to this yet? I highly recommend it) and watching V is for Vendetta in an endless loop. I had issues sleeping, I also had a

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It's been well over a month since I've read this and unfortunately, I don't remember much. I didn't like it as much as Master Butcher's, nor do I think that it was written as well. That's all I got today folks, sorry.

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Good book but a bad choice for a vaction read. By the end, I wanted to sob myself to sleep. Patchett traces the story of herself and her best friend and the trials and tribulations of that relationship.Here's some personal stuff: I have a hard time making and keeping friends. Most of the time, I'm perfectly happy curling up into myself and living the life of a hermit crab. So when I do make

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1155679397652721042006-08-15T15:02:00.000-07:002006-08-15T15:12:58.176-07:00

Another vacation book. I read this on the plane over to Europe. I remember liking it. Unfortunately, I don't remember much else.The narrative follows a group of environmental activist hippies in a VW traveling around and trying to stop genetically engineered plants and animals from entering the food supply by staging somewhat ridiculous guerilla theatre and a distant family that farms potatoes

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1155166619900172172006-08-09T16:31:00.000-07:002006-08-09T16:36:59.923-07:00

Oh, poor, sad neglected blog. I read a ton on vacation and then I waited so long to post I forgot what I read. I'll tell you what I do know. This was a collection of very intense short stories about all different sorts of relationships, not really a light, fluffy vacation read. It was, however, fantastic. I definitely want to read more of Munro. I don't know why I haven't picked her up before.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1154636974908261412006-08-03T13:21:00.000-07:002006-08-03T13:29:34.933-07:00

Go here! Endless minutes of entertainment! Pretty danged accurate! A good way to learn about authors that you may not have heard of but may possibly all ready enjoy! (Except for the part about Toni Morrison being similar to Charles Dickens. I loathe him with every fiber of my being, nor do I think they have very much in common.)

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1154447747896439002006-08-01T08:36:00.000-07:002006-08-02T06:34:37.016-07:00

It's been a while since I wrote a compare and contrast essay, please bear with me:The Contenders: Compare:Share the same birthday of August 1, 1981Have similar affinities for one hit wondersBoth are known to get their groove onContrast:One is lame and desperately trying to hold on to its coolness factor, the other is as cool as cool could be.One is still a fresh and young summer chicken, whereas

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1154386343888906442006-07-31T15:52:00.000-07:002006-08-02T06:33:57.186-07:00

I picked this and the next handful of books out from the bargain bin at the book store the day before I left for my trip. I should have paid closer attention to this one because although I do enjoy myself some Modern Irish Lit, I decidedly do not like picking up a series in the middle. I didn't know that this was book #2.Besides all that, this was a fun, easy read but at times a bit trying

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1154108354443744232006-07-28T10:37:00.000-07:002006-07-28T20:04:43.953-07:00

Oh, baby.As much as I don't like Equus, I would love to see this, as would most of the world's population who swings that way, I believe.Hey, he's seventeen now, totally legal in the U.K. I've always wanted to visit England.

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I read this to prepare for our trip. It was okay. I didn't hate it, as much as I did her other book, but after having gone to Prague, I didn't find her book particularly helpful, nor did I think it was interesting while I was reading it. I got to pick up a bit of Czech history, but other than that I didn't get much. I know that Adam thinks that she's fantastic but I just don't see it.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1153336518172798512006-07-19T11:55:00.000-07:002006-07-19T12:21:20.240-07:00

I read this one before I left on vacation so my memory of it is a bit fuzzy, but I do remember being disappointed. It's a thick book and by the time I was half way through it and realized that I had no interest whatsoever in the plot or characters, it was too late to turn back. Very rarely is a book so bad I cannot finish it. It's an illness. Seriously.From what I can recall, a wealthy girl falls

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1153076007034302912006-07-16T11:41:00.000-07:002006-07-17T14:01:47.673-07:00

By popular request, here are some of my favorite photos that we took while on vacation. I was too lazy to prettify them, so what you see is what we caught.The astronomical clock in the Old Town Square in Prague. It's old, very old. The person who built it had his eyes poked out because his employers did not want him to build anything similar for anybody else.The Old Jewish cemetery in Josefov.

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I'm back from my whirlwind European vacation. And as soon as my body remembers what time zone its in, I will give you the full report on the 10(!) books I've read since we last met. Something tells me that this year won't be as down-to-the-wire as last. Also, if you ask nicely, some photos. 'Til then dear readers.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1151363161977436302006-06-26T16:04:00.000-07:002006-06-29T17:05:22.976-07:00

I fell behind on posting, sorry. I quit my job, I registered for culinary school and I leave for Europe tomorrow. I hope you understand. See you in two weeks!P.S. If you would be so kind to leave me a message, letting me know a bit about yourself, I would be most grateful. Thanks!

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1150398436648382972006-06-15T11:43:00.000-07:002006-06-15T12:07:16.666-07:00

Does it say something about me if I told you that I read this the same weekend we went to a friend's wedding party and that I was cranky and miserable for the rest of the day? Or that after reading it, I'm even less interested in getting married? I know that it's fiction and focuses on a specific time period ( first printed in 1969). I cannot imagine acting in a way that is the opposite of how I

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1149889778879738112006-06-09T14:34:00.000-07:002006-06-09T14:49:38.893-07:00

For the folks who are here because of Friendster, sorry for the delay in posting. Blogger blew up and refused to recognize the importance of my being able to post my review in a timely fashion. Stupid Blogger.It's a very good thing that Mr. Pepin is a chef and not a writer, though I do have serious doubts that he wrote this all by himself. He must have read a lot of serials in his youth because

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1149275175966695852006-06-02T11:39:00.000-07:002006-06-02T12:06:15.993-07:00

I'm having a pretty good track record this year with fantastic books and this one is no exception. I won't go in again about how much I love rich, lush prose but that is definitely one of the reasons why I love this book so much. Castillo wrote this to describe the end of a love affair:"a love dried up like a persimmon left in the fruit bowl toolong and both of us too lazy to throw it out."When I

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I got my first troll this weekend. Someone thinking that I should "grow up" and "shut up". Well, dear reader, what do you think?

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I know that I said I was tired of food writing, but I lied. My haul at the library a few weeks ago was half literature, half foodie non-fiction. I've been trying to alternate the two, and I have only one more food book after this one left for you, my dear reader, to suffer through. Yes, I have a one track mind lately and this experiment was supposed to help me push my reading material interests.

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I really enjoyed this novel. The narration follows a family of divorce. The matriarch falls for her film studies professor, Dana, only to find that he will soon begin the process gender reassignment. It throws into question how she feels about her sexuality, what people in their small community think about gender and how her ex-husband and daughter react to the situation as well. It reminded a

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1147889101302145282006-05-17T10:51:00.000-07:002006-05-17T11:05:01.316-07:00

I was talking about Pollan's Botany of Desire, which I highly recommend, with my friend and neighbor, C, and she handed me this. It was interesting. Divided up into 7 sections each one, naturally, corresponding with the 7 Deadly Sins, all of which I still cannot remember, it follows how certain foods are made into "good" or "bad" in societies, usually through the influence of religions. He talks

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1147793226986293272006-05-16T08:24:00.000-07:002006-05-16T09:14:47.623-07:00

Telecommunications companies want to limit access to the internet in the U.S. Don't let them. Save the Internet!

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1147720442887361862006-05-15T11:57:00.000-07:002006-05-15T12:14:02.906-07:00

Oh, this novel is so beautiful. The prose is fantastic, it almost had me wishing that I, too, were in the middle of the country during the fin de sicle. Notice I said almost. It seemed realistic enough that I felt like I was there, in the bitterly cold winter and on Antonia's farm with her children. Oh my goodness, I loved reading this. When I was a child my favorite books were The Little House

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1147128517392856342006-05-08T15:23:00.000-07:002006-05-08T15:48:37.413-07:00

I'm sure that y'all will be pleased to know that I spent a good deal of time yesterday at the library and came home with a ridiculous amount of books. Some are about our travel plans for the summer, but most are about my favorite topic or fiction.I've heard that Trillin is a great food writer, funny, wry, not too stuffy, so I picked this up. It made me super jealous that he and his family had

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I know that this is a modern classic, the beginning of a whole genre, and made into a movie starring Humphrey Bogart but... eh. I didn't find it particularly interesting, I just read it to finish it. The "twist" was lost on me (DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHO DID IT) and the fact that *gasp* it was the woman, wasn't really that shocking. So what? What did upset me was how

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1145398483029135072006-04-18T15:04:00.000-07:002006-04-18T15:14:43.056-07:00

A friend, C, loaned me this last week when I was desperate for something to read in the waiting room. It was a pretty quick, easy read. Slightly ridiculous and sounding like bad p0rn at times (touched her button... please) but just right for what it was. Which is a giant radioactive lizard, a former B-Movie queen, a pot-head sheriff and a whole town addicted to anti-depressants. I don't know if

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This novel is ridiculously gorgeous. The prose is so finely crafted, it made me stop and re-read a few passages. Such a pleasure to read. I was sad to finish it.Master follows the story of two families, one made from German immigrants and the other a daughter, her alcoholic father and her pseudo-husband, all living in the same small town in North Dakota. Their relationships feel real, and had me

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Any recommendations for an eight hour hospital wait? I need some light, fluffy things for Thursday.

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I discovered this when I browsing through the library's shelves a few weeks ago. I hadn't heard of the author or the work before but it looked interesting so I picked it up. Divided up into 9 short stories, each chapter focuses on a woman who has ties in both the States or England and India. Most of the stories made me sad. A lot of them were about women who never reached their full potential

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1144773117066184762006-04-11T09:30:00.000-07:002006-04-11T09:31:57.083-07:00

This was really hit or miss. The first half of it was mostly junk. Some of the essays were written so poorly, I was appalled that they could be considered the best of anything. When I was mentioning it to the boy, he said that this means it will be that much easier to enter into the food writing biz myself if those were examples of my competitors. It picked up by the end though. I genuinely

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After reading this I can safely say that I don't ever need to eat a still beating cobra's heart, a deep fried tree slug, a hotel's pet iguana or natto. Bourdain has done it all for me so (thankfully) I don't have to.I liked this much more than the other book if his I read, Kitchen Confidential. I enjoyed reading about his travels around the world looking for a perfect meal instead of stupid crap

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I really love The Hours. I made sure to read the book before I saw the movie and both are brilliant. I think that it is one of the few examples when the movie is as good or almost as good the book. Home is not as good as Hours, not even close. It was also made into a movie, which I was vaguely interested in, but after reading the book, I don't think I am anymore. I thought that I knew what the

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1143500959869385262006-03-27T14:59:00.000-08:002006-07-17T14:03:57.890-07:00

Julie Powell decided to challenge herself in a pretty crazy way, likes Buffy the Vampire Slayer, plays Civilization and loves to cook... Sound like anyone you know?I read, swallowed in great greedy gulps really, Powell's site after she completed her challenge. Which is why I resisted reading the book. While I recognized most of the stories, the book had more details about some things but

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1143043899538201292006-03-22T08:09:00.000-08:002006-03-23T09:35:49.266-08:00

Here is a list of the things that I have forgotten at home this morning:a) breakfastb) lunchc) my bookd) my walletHere is a list of the things that I need from said wallet:a) my library cardb) any sort of picture ID, in case I get hit by a car on myway homec) my bus passd) my magical money card that would allow me toget breakfast/lunch freeAt least I haven't forgotten:a) moneyb) pantsOn a lighter

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1142618778861784322006-03-17T09:58:00.000-08:002006-03-17T10:06:18.893-08:00

I know that I've been content-less lately. I'm also super far behind on this 52 books thing. *sigh*This brightened my day considerably. I'm sure that about 750 of them are me, checking to see how the page looks but it's pretty exciting to me at least. I swear there will be some real content soon.

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I don't think that I know nearly enough about either the New or Old Testaments for this novel have very much meaning for me. It was well written, but I was obviously missing something. I am interested in reading more Baldwin, because I've heard such good things about him, but I don't think that this was the best choice for me.Has anyone out there read it? What did you think of it? Have you read

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1141760580988884212006-03-07T11:40:00.000-08:002006-03-07T11:43:01.003-08:00

I see that my desperate trolling for comments got me nowhere. Alas. While I'm organizing my thoughts on Go Tell It on the Mountain, here's a little something to entertain yourself with (stolen from here). I've read twelve. I'm pretty certain that no matter how long I live, I will never pick up Copperfield, the Pullman trilogy, or Clockwork. And I've never even heard of Birdsong.My thoughts:

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1141408172092831922006-03-03T09:48:00.000-08:002006-03-03T09:49:32.116-08:00

Today marks a year of this site's existence. To celebrate, why don't you leave a book recommendation, disagree about something I wrote about, talk about the last book you read, or just drop me a line. Leave a little love, eh?

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1140736302413251582006-02-23T15:05:00.000-08:002006-02-24T12:10:27.016-08:00

I just wrote the most brilliant post in the history of blogging and then stupid LaunchCast crashed my 'puter. Y'all missed out.This is kind of a cheat but I didn't mean for it to be. About half of it was recipes, which I figured if I read in their entirety, would be less of a bamboozle. Hey, you try not eating beef for 12 years and then having to read, in detail, how the muscle ages, breaks down

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1140205711109981772006-02-17T11:45:00.000-08:002006-02-17T11:48:31.123-08:00

I thought that I loved this whole series but I noticed of late that the "guest" editors make a huge difference. I've never read any Keillor, but the themes that he is interested in, rural America, sadness and woe with not one marginally cheerful story in the lot, make for an uninteresting collection and don't make me want to pick him up. Has anyone read his stuff? What did you think about it?

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1140037657613306072006-02-15T13:07:00.000-08:002006-02-15T13:07:37.633-08:00

This is my new favorite comic strip.Happy Valenteen (belated) Day!Update coming soon about actual books.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1139615421712144252006-02-10T15:43:00.000-08:002006-02-27T10:50:47.823-08:00

This book was wildly popular in Japan. Like crazy nuts, everybody and their mother read it. I know, I know, that means absolutely nothing, right? And just in case, you didn't know, I am a literary snob. However, this did win the author multiple book prizes which is pretty impressive. But, I think that once again, I have been sucker punched by the book prize gods. Or it could be that the

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1139260996557735222006-02-06T13:22:00.000-08:002006-02-06T13:23:16.570-08:00

So this is what happens when you are reading three books at once. You don't finish any of them, ever. I'm working on it, I swear.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1138901544644121022006-02-02T09:32:00.000-08:002006-02-02T09:32:24.656-08:00

Belated but very, very happy birthday wishes for the bestest, smartest, nicest, cleverest, funniest, prettiest little sister ever whose birthday was yesterday. For those in the know, tell her that her sister is a big jerk and doesn't deserve such a fantastic sibling. Maybe to make her feel better, you can tell that even though yesterday was my half birthday, I didn't get any presents like I

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1138736696729462442006-01-31T11:43:00.000-08:002006-01-31T11:44:56.756-08:00

Before I was a surly teenager, my family would spend a week in Mammoth Lakes every other summer. We would drive there and in the six hour journey we went by Manzanar, one of the internment camps during World War II. My father was a school teacher and he told us about what happened to the people of Japanese descent. I was young and stupid and didn't really think about what "internment camp"

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1138234831159315432006-01-25T16:19:00.000-08:002006-01-25T16:23:25.713-08:00

Another Pulitzer Prize loser. Yes, I know the author committed suicide and his mom published this posthumously and it's sad. However that does not excuse the fact that this novel has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I mean it. This is supposed to be a satire of... um... er... honestly, I don't know of what. Can someone else out there can enlighten me because I feel like I'm missing

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1137792759399250812006-01-20T13:32:00.000-08:002006-01-20T13:50:05.726-08:00

What I'm currently entertaining myself with:>PET SEALIt's not that kind of seal.Also: Don't forget this Sunday (January 22nd) is the 33rd Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Check your local (ha!) SB News-Piss for my name in print! Look here too for more info.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1137523527100534412006-01-17T10:43:00.000-08:002006-01-17T10:46:14.536-08:00

Throughout reading House, I became more and more upset with myself for seeing House of Mirth before reading it. In my defense, Gillian Anderson is in it and so are pretty dresses! Nonetheless, I hated knowing exactly what was going to happen in end. That didn't stop me from sobbing uncontrollably though when Lily realizes what exactly is going to happen.Since it is Wharton, of course it is

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1136836979918866132006-01-09T12:02:00.000-08:002006-01-13T16:51:03.693-08:00

So my goal was a book a week with a post every week because I would really and truly finish each and every book within seven days' time. Clearly this is all working out very well.I'm about halfway through House. Be back soon.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1136236850189724722006-01-02T13:15:00.000-08:002006-01-11T09:17:06.730-08:00

First off, let's pretend that all my posts from today are really from December 31st. Kay? Kay.Number of posts (including this one): 69Number of totally unnecessary posts (including this one): 19Top 5 books: Reefer Madness, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Kite Runner, and The Time Traveller's WifeBottom 5 books: A Suitable Boy, Bee Season, Mirror,

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1136236543690821092006-01-02T13:14:00.000-08:002006-01-02T13:15:43.690-08:00

Definitely a cheat because I wasn't willing to end my year with House of Mirth (I'm beginning it with Wharton though), and I found this on my bookshelf at my parents'. I read this for a class, I think, but I don't remember which one. Anyhoo, I like it. It's a pretty nifty concept, lots of computer-geek speak and Coupland is a playful author.My brain is clearly mush and this review is crap as are

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1136236475974605852006-01-02T13:13:00.000-08:002006-01-02T13:14:36.000-08:00

The boy's mommy gave me this to read when we were visiting for Christmakah. One of her colleagues is the author. A murder mystery, usually not my forte, but it was a fun, easy read. I never guessed correctly who the murderer was and like all murder mysteries I've read, things wrap up super quickly after the perp is caught. Hey, a first edition copy signed by the author! Maybe in 150 years, my

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1136224259007830822006-01-02T09:49:00.000-08:002006-01-02T12:44:20.356-08:00

I read this, oh, about a week and a half ago and have completely forgotten almost everything about it. Collection of short stories, mostly about unhappy people, all of them well written. I like Russo. Empire Falls is excellent and he won the Pullitzer Prize. The end.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1135789244219979252005-12-28T09:00:00.000-08:002005-12-28T09:01:07.563-08:00

On December 26 2005, I completed the fifty-book challenge STOP On vacation STOP Updates coming STOP

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1135107506597052522005-12-20T11:37:00.000-08:002005-12-20T11:38:26.610-08:00

I heart Barbara Kingsolver. She is a brilliant, fantastic author and Homeland is a great example why (so are Poisonwood Bible and Prodigal Summer). A collection of short stories, each plot is fascinating, engaging and very different from the one before. I wanted to know what happened to the each of the characters after the story ended. I love how each story is its own little universe and how

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1134513566077060662005-12-13T14:37:00.000-08:002005-12-16T09:01:38.426-08:00

I finally took Adam's excellent advice and picked this up. It's a quick read (yay!) and good too. I generally like Chabon and this is no exception.It's not what I thought it would be, which is why I resisted. I assumed that it would a light-hearted romp through the Holocaust, (which, um, yay?) but it's not. Final is "a story of detection", about a boy, his parrot, and WWII. In typical Chabon

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Frankly, I've been disappointed with my recent award-winning choices. This covers England from 1984 to 1987, Thatcher's first term as prime minister. If I knew more about British politics, I might find fascinating, as it stands not so much.I didn't get too invested into Nick's, the narrator, story until pretty close to the end, when everything blows up. Until then, things move really slowly and

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1133982561528900072005-12-07T11:06:00.000-08:002005-12-07T11:09:21.540-08:00

I got a surprise bonus at work, ($75 to spend as a I see fit at the campus bookstore, wheee!!!) so I picked this up. Hardcover, deep discount, really liked Girl's Guide.As much I liked Guide, I did not want to re-read it again, which is essentially what Wonder Spot is. Same character, albeit with a different name, same clever dialogue, and glimpses into a young woman's life, same tight focus

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1133924262795671932005-12-06T18:55:00.000-08:002005-12-06T18:57:42.816-08:00

I picked this up because it won the Pulitzer and I've been mostly impressed with the new-ish winners. Also a reviewer compared it favorably to Beloved, which I now hold to be a great example of why I shouldn't trust reviews printed directly on the book that I am thinking about reading. Maybe it's my fault, I never got really engrossed in the story but went through the motions of reading because

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1133545494910824032005-12-02T09:44:00.000-08:002005-12-02T09:44:54.920-08:00

Why I love to cook. This individual says it so much better than I ever could. Wonderful writing, gorgeous prose. Happy December indeed.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1133411217830827582005-11-30T20:21:00.000-08:002005-11-30T20:26:57.846-08:00

Drum roll please.... Introducing Orion, the Wonder Rabbit.Give me all your carrots, or else!Want another?We found this cutie-pie here. He gets whatever he wants. I'm a sucker for a cute face.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1133380897575799962005-11-30T11:59:00.000-08:002005-11-30T12:01:37.590-08:00

See here for my theory on pretty much all of Maguire's novels, beacuse at this point, I have read all but one. Miss S keeps giving them to me to read and I can't help myself. No mas, S, no mas. I'm done.Wicked could have been a brilliant book. It wasn't. Son is like all the bad parts of Wicked thrown together and the "surprise" ending isn't really a surprise for anyone, besides Liir, the main

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1132637021490647822005-11-21T21:21:00.000-08:002005-11-21T21:23:41.506-08:00

I love the crazy narration style of Snicket (which I hope you realize is a pen name for Daniel Handler, and not someone's given name), the strange asides he makes, the glimpses into his mysterious identity, the laugh-out-loud definitions he gives for the readers who may not know the "big" words he uses. My sister thinks that it's condescending but I think that it's just part of the bizarre charm

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1132339562772891282005-11-18T10:45:00.000-08:002005-11-19T08:53:25.753-08:00

Enough with the murder and mayhem, eh?What's your LQ? I'm at 13 (nope, 14) and feeling ig'nant because I haven't heard of two of the awards and a good amount of the books. Let me know how y'all fared.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1132255884518516162005-11-17T11:29:00.000-08:002006-05-28T10:35:22.270-07:00

I hear that sleep is nice. So is not dreaming about long-dead serial killers who get off on torturing their unknown but very large number of victims and then dissecting them and selling their skeletons. I also am under the impression that wandering around your house in a state of disgust, fear and more disgust is not desirable. I did figure out though why I was feeling so crappy last night; it

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1132081609613945392005-11-15T11:05:00.000-08:002005-11-15T11:08:24.846-08:00

I took a Modern Irish Lit class a few years ago and I really liked it. My final paper was about the history of queer identity in Ireland and if I read this book then, it would have fit in very well. I also could have asked my very Irish professor for help with the history. True story, one of the funniest things I've ever heard was this professor, who had a bit of a brogue talk to his wife in

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131055677330476852005-11-03T14:04:00.000-08:002005-11-07T10:58:39.443-08:00

Hi. Still alive. Maybe. I very foolishly started two big books at once. One is about a boy growing up gay in Ireland which is good but hard because Irish people use a lot of words I don't know and the other is about a grad student studying an 18th century poet. Why am I reading this book? I don't like 18th century poetry or literature studies at a grad student level or, um, cold weather(?).

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131055460821084312005-10-25T14:03:00.000-07:002005-11-06T21:54:05.446-08:00

So sorry it's been so long. There was this monster of a collection to get through, Halloween costume planning (can't tell it's a secret, but it's fantastic), house decorating, I Want a Truce-ing and a Weezer concert. Whew! And it's almost the end of the month and I am way behind.First off: I heart Jeeves! And I totally and completely blame the boy for this. He insisted that we watch the BBC

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131055373556216772005-10-22T14:02:00.000-07:002005-11-15T16:04:18.733-08:00

Here are the top 100 books published since 1923, according to Time. I know I've been doing a lot of this stuff lately, but I can't help it, I'm fascinated by lists. Below are the ones that I've read (or tried to)Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy BlumeBeloved Toni Morrison (yay!)The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood (huzzah!)Brideshead Revisited Evelyn WaughThe Catcher in the Rye J.D.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131053898908611322005-10-11T13:36:00.000-07:002005-11-12T18:10:37.506-08:00

I'd heard good things about Bookseller, then there was the controversy about the family's patriarch being angry at Seierstad for portraying the family in a negative light, apparently I now have a thing for books about Afghanistan, which I was debating with myself if it was about Afghanistan or Iran, berating myself for being so ignorant as to not know which the book was about and this is a

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131053397708709722005-10-10T13:26:00.000-07:002005-11-03T13:29:57.713-08:00

So, last week was Banned Books week. I missed it! Here is a list of the top 100 banned books from 1990-2000, list taken from the ALA. How many have you read?Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin SchwartzDaddy’s Roommate by Michael WillhoiteI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Chocolate War by Robert CormierThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOf Mice and Men by John

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131053564092917652005-10-07T13:30:00.000-07:002005-11-03T13:32:44.093-08:00

I know this one doesn't count but I just devoured all of Clotilde's blog Chocolate and Zucchini. I added it to my links list and I highly recommend it. Don't read it if you're hungry though. It'll make you want all sorts of Parisian food, that I'm sure will be very difficult if not impossible to find anywhere else. Bon appetit!

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131053088782512032005-09-29T13:23:00.000-07:002005-11-06T21:56:10.993-08:00

I read this during my convalescence this week. It was... eh. The book was divided up into 3 main parts, 2 were narrated by Alice, a public school nurse accused of sexual abuse and one by her husband Howard, a dairy farmer. It wasn't that interesting really. The novel's narration felt like it was part of a marriage counseling session and I didn't really feel anything for the characters, except for

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131047196337868952005-09-26T11:44:00.000-07:002005-11-06T21:57:53.763-08:00

Just so y'all know I'm sick and excusing myself from cheating (again) and re-reading this instead of something exciting and new. Also I am writing this from home and the boy's computer is driving me up the wall crazy. Why won't the mouse pad obey me? Whyyyyy?First Edition Copy, Planned Parenthood Book Sale, $6, how could I resist? I also got The Prisoner of Azkaban, so, I am only 2 short of the

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046989327391342005-09-22T11:41:00.000-07:002005-11-22T15:18:28.856-08:00

Stop whatever you are doing, go out immediately, find this book, get comfortable, and start reading. Do not stop until you have finished. Keep a box of Kleenex handy.This novel is amazing. I spent this whole morning trying to figure out all of the time travel and how it makes sense and doesn't totally screw with the future but I haven't come up with any good reasons, nor do I think it matters.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046900165229282005-09-20T11:39:00.000-07:002005-11-06T21:59:32.506-08:00

Did I tell you how much I loved Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? So much love. So much that I hope to find a copy of it at the Planned Parenthood book sale this weekend so I can keep it with me always. So much that I decided I need to read everything Safran Foer has ever written . . . . which would be these two books.I was sort of disappointed with this until I got to the last twenty pages,

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046781396875732005-09-14T11:38:00.000-07:002005-11-07T10:33:56.610-08:00

I am a s-u-c-k-e-r for these collections. I think that I have all of them from 1994 on. It certainly helps my collection that they are sold at a deep discount at the uni book store.Given that, being the connoiseur that I am, I was kind of disappointed by this collection. Usually, there are a few really haunting and/or beautiful stories, but not in this one. The collection this year was kind of

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046711834583232005-09-09T11:38:00.000-07:002005-11-07T10:35:43.706-08:00

This isn't really a deep engrossing novel, nor does it have any sort of plot, but I was fascinated, enthralled, even. It was about food, had strange facts to fill my sponge-like memory so I can win at Trivial Pursuit, and is British. Whee! I learned all about weird Scandanavian rotting fish delicacies, idioms involving food and what Monty Burns has for lunch. Riveting. And about all my low-energy

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046425648406872005-09-07T11:33:00.000-07:002005-11-07T10:37:30.956-08:00

I've read this before so its kind of cheating but I needed something easy, yet entertaining and rediscovered this on my book shelf. This is by far the best book I've read in the *shudder* chick-lit genre, the name the publishing industry gives books written by young women about young women to cutify them. Blah.I really like how Girl's is a novel made up of short stories following the life of Jane

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046391537451682005-08-31T11:32:00.000-07:002005-11-03T11:33:11.536-08:00

So I've heard that today is International Blog Day, whatever that means, and as a way to celebrate, people are posting their 5 favorite sites on their own blogs. So without further ado here are my 5 most interesting sites on my blog roll:Go Fug YourselfAmalahWaiter RantDooceMiss ZootHappy web surfing!

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046351015871632005-08-29T11:31:00.000-07:002005-11-07T10:37:57.346-08:00

I've been lackadaisical with my posting this month. Like the spoiled brat I am, my birthday got stretched out for a bit, which I highly recommend, there was vacationing, and to top it off some inner turmoil. So it's been an interesting month. And there are still two more days left! What'll happen next? Wish me strength.This book is fantastic. Y'all should read it. It tells a powerful story of

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I need to satisfy my curiosity; I'm dying over here. Is there anyone out there who's reading who I don't know? and how did y'all get here? For instance, the people from Texas, Alberta and Virgina Falls? Thanks for visiting, by the way. Please out yourselves! I won't bite, I promise. On to your regularly scheduled program.

Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11806181587147255296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11298316.post-1131046278785234662005-08-15T11:30:00.000-07:002005-11-07T10:38:30.470-08:00

Right after I finished the last page, the boy turned to me and with impeccable timing, asked me if I wanted a drink. "No! Never again will I ingest the evil waters of Satan!" I replied. Or rather, I inwardly shuddered and politely demurred. I can only hope that my genes, which are only slightly alcoholic (how far back in my family tree can it go in order to affect me?), never assert themselves.

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I got suckered big time into ________'s (fill in the blank of a major bookseller here) big 4 books for 3 summer deal. I meant to save them for my road trip but instead I buzzed thorugh almost all of them before we even hit the road. Oops.This is more like a series of novellas than a cohesive novel. It focuses on the stories of three women who unknowingly, all marry the same man (at different

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Hey folks,Today is my birthday! I'm on vacation until August 9th! Have a fantastic week! Exclamation point!

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Fun Fact: I bought this for $1 at a library book sale and I'm pretty certain that it is a first edition copy. It's a little beat up and doesn't have that nifty dust jacket either. So, it's probably not worth much, but still cool. It's amazing how well constructed it is compared to books that are being printed now. I have the feeling that my first edition copy of Half-Blood Prince will have long

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The only problem I had with this book was that I wanted to eat chocolate the whole time I was reading it. Good chocolate too, none of this Hershey/Nestle/Mars crap either. I finished it a few days ago and I still want chocolate, despite the two large (yes, two) brownies I inhaled yesterday. Just thinking about it makes me want more chocolate. Psst, my birthday is coming up if anyone needs some

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Until I read this book, I loved every thing I'd ever read by Atwood. Hell, she won the Booker prize! The sticker on the book said this was short-listed for it, but I think it's lying to me.I'm not really into the science fiction genre and a book about a distopia caused by scientific advances (say it ain't so!) wasn't that interesting. Even with a "twist" at the end, I wasn't that impressed. A

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