I just read Confessions and Manhattan. What did you think of them?
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Aims - Oct 07, 2004 8:18:56 pm PDT #6098 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2004 8:20:59 pm PDT #6099 of 10002
brillig
I flipped through that Shopaholic book and felt like I was reading an "I Love Lucy" episode. I hate "I Love Lucy." The infantalized woman who insists on lying to everyone so she doesn't get yelled at for doing dumb things. "Oh, I can't confess that all my credit cards are maxed out and I agreed to have Hubby do something without asking him first."
I lack the chicklit gene. And compulsive shopping sounds as boring as Dan Quayle.
hun_e - Oct 07, 2004 8:56:13 pm PDT #6100 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
I enjoyed them Aimee. Have you read Ties the Knot?
Personally I relate to the character in her overspending ways (though I'm not nearly as bad)...
Are they fluff? Absolutely.
But sometimes that's nice...
plus I like the ways that Becky gets out of her scrapes.
She's like Bridget Jones, except obsessed with money instead of weight...
What about you?
Aims - Oct 07, 2004 9:07:47 pm PDT #6101 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Have you read Ties the Knot?
I've "knot" yet.
t slaps knee and guffaws mightily
I loved the first one but Manhattan irritated me until she finally got a clue. I overspend as well. I am lucky in that I only have one $400 credit card. I have been finding that I am enjoying British novels more and more than their American counterparts. Jane Green is a new favorite.
Alicia K - Oct 08, 2004 8:55:53 am PDT #6102 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I enjoyed the Shopaholic books despite the fact that I almost always wanted to slap Becky. Hard.
I did, however, enjoy Kinsella's Can You Keep a Secret, without the urge for slapping.
Lyra Jane - Oct 08, 2004 9:22:41 am PDT #6103 of 10002
Up with the sun
I'm with Alicia on the shopaholic books, though I couldn't read Ties the Knot because the plot description on the back sounded entirely too painful to read. Can you Keep a Secret is still quite fluffy, but all-around better.
hun_e - Oct 08, 2004 9:30:24 pm PDT #6104 of 10002
Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
Yeah... I get the urge to slap her too... that's the only part of the books that I'm not that keen on... BTW I finished & Sister today... it was cute, as expected
Topic!Cindy - Oct 09, 2004 9:36:17 am PDT #6105 of 10002
What is even happening?
Deconstructionistas, Jaques Derrida has died.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2004 5:39:14 am PDT #6106 of 10002
brillig
According to radio news, J.K. Rowling says someone's gonna die in the new book.
Lilty Cash - Oct 11, 2004 5:40:07 am PDT #6107 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Bwah! Connie, I was just about to post that.