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Jul. 16th, 2005 03:45 pmI'm not doing my marathon fundraising page the way I'm supposed to. Oh well.
Books finished: A Long Way Down, by Nick Horby. I enjoyed it, though kept being distracted by trying and failing to remember which character Nick Hornby said Johnny Depp was interested in playing when he bought the right. This is little help.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0458413/
The casting of Jess will be interesting. She's so pivotal and so mercurial. Most of the time I couldn't stand her, then, she'd melt me. NH *is* such a cinematic writer and hooray, so far, his books have made excellent movies.
What to Keep, by Rachel Cline. The book is in 3 parts, each one a time in the life of Denny. The first section is marvelous, engrossing, moving, and all superlatives. The story of the people making up Denny's family includes Maureen of Maureen, Inc., an agorophobic who schedules her physician parents' professional and, increasingly, personal lives. I liked the second part less, and the third even less. The third act reminded me of the third act of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (or was it Little Altars, I always get those mixed up) and I wanted it to be as original as the first act. Still, a fun read.
That brings me to 29 and 30 read for the year.
Books finished: A Long Way Down, by Nick Horby. I enjoyed it, though kept being distracted by trying and failing to remember which character Nick Hornby said Johnny Depp was interested in playing when he bought the right. This is little help.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0458413/
The casting of Jess will be interesting. She's so pivotal and so mercurial. Most of the time I couldn't stand her, then, she'd melt me. NH *is* such a cinematic writer and hooray, so far, his books have made excellent movies.
What to Keep, by Rachel Cline. The book is in 3 parts, each one a time in the life of Denny. The first section is marvelous, engrossing, moving, and all superlatives. The story of the people making up Denny's family includes Maureen of Maureen, Inc., an agorophobic who schedules her physician parents' professional and, increasingly, personal lives. I liked the second part less, and the third even less. The third act reminded me of the third act of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (or was it Little Altars, I always get those mixed up) and I wanted it to be as original as the first act. Still, a fun read.
That brings me to 29 and 30 read for the year.