Happy 2007, everyone! As you may remember, I had a goal of reading 25 books in 2006. I’m happy to say that I did hit that goal, and finished 2006 halfway through Book 26. Let me wrap up the books not covered in this post below:
Book 23: Bee Season by Mya Goldberg
LOVED this book. Absolutely fantastic, I recommend it highly. Haven’t decided if I will see the movie adaptation, though.
Book 24: Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
ALSO loved it. I was wary of it at first because I’m such a fan of the movie, and when I see the movie first the book is bound to disappoint. But it didn’t – it was different enough to not bore or disappoint me while staying true to the spirit of the movie.
Book 25: A Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken
Totally loved this book. It is so beautifully written, it breaks your heart.
Now I am reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and IT’S AWESOME. My friend Megan gave it to me because we’re both Da Vinci Code dorks. This book has the history and suspense like Da Vinci Code, but is about vampires instead of Jesus. SCORE!
Off to work now… slowly. I did a workout class last night that was basically an hour of football drills. It was my first time in the class, and when the instructor announced that “We’ll be throwing and catching the football today throughout the obstacle course”, I almost walked out. But I stayed – and dropped the ball each time. Oh well.
Woo hoo! Now update the book blog!
I would love to, but I don’t wanna.
Damn it, I’ve had that Historian book on my “to read” pile for the past year, suppose time to wipe off the dust and give it a shot.
I’m currently about halfway through “Next”, Michael Crichton’s new book. I hated his last one (Swarm, maybe?) but thought I’d give this one a chance. He’s such a fearmonger, but I guess he always has been.
The only reason I still give him a chance is because of “Travels”, his memoirs, which is one of my favorites. “Andromeda Strain” and “Jurassic Park” were awesome too (JP when it was new, AS still) but I gave him the finger when he wrote a sequel to JP. Boo to you, sellout!
MY BOOK REPORT
If you’re interested in reading “Next” by Crichton, do yourself a favor:
Skip to the Author’s Note at the end and read that. It pretty much encapsulates what he’s trying to say with the book, but much more succinctly (to the tune of several hundred pages). He even re-uses dialog from the novel in it. Sigh.
Rating: 2/5
Save yourself the money.
For Karen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by5_8SpGX-E&eurl=
(hopefully, the link above shows up)
Did your guys’ fingers fall off? It’s been a week! Don’t make me put you on notice!
OK, now I KNOW you’re gonna blog, since the sluts were back on TV last night.
So, are you saving yourself for a 24 review after tonight? Are you trapped under something heavy?