Joyce ,'Chosen'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Instead of being middle aged, Lord & Lady Macbeth are an ambitious young couple on the make.
ooh have you seen the Shakespeare Re-Told Macbeth??? [link]
James MacAvoy as a hot young chef and Keely Hawes as his hot young ambitious wife/hostess of their restaurant.
It was pretty amazing.
ooh have you seen the Shakespeare Re-Told Macbeth?
Oh Lordy yes. I was a little disturbed by some of the meat stuff but JM shirtless in leather pants made up for it.
I read Oscar Wao recently (I think on Jesse's rec, even!) and really enjoyed it, but it did also take me a long time to finish. My favorite part was early on, when Lola is telling the story of her adolescence, running away from her family, her relationship with her mother, etc. Lola was definitely my favorite character. I found Beli's story the hardest to appreciate, and that's when I put the book down for a few weeks. But I really liked how, in the end (not terribly spoilery), it turned out to be largely Lola's story after all.
I'm glad to hear that other people found it slow-going, or took breaks, or whatever, because I assume that most people here read more "good" or at least hard stuff than I do.
I was glad to see that as well, actually! I read so little adult fiction these days that I assumed the problem lay with me when I didn't pick it up for days or weeks at a time.
I assumed I was just being a slacker. Glad other people paused and restarted it.
Just finished Oscar Wao. I think I wanted to like it much more than I did. Which is a bummer. I'm glad I'm done so I can be DONE with it (I have wicked completest issues). I need something light and fluffy and then it's off to Jane Smiley.
Kat, you could always go with Moo and take care of light and fluffy and Jane Smiley with one book.
Fred, I was thinking the exact same thing!
HA. I could. But I have to read A Thousand Acres instead. So in the interim, i'm reading Whacked by Jules Asner, which was one of the freebies I got at BEA.
Jilli, I missed the Gaiman ARC that they were giving out. So that makes me even more jealous of your preread!