Thursday, August 13, 2009

a series of unfortunate books

1. certain girls - j. weiner - aaaaaaagh as per this.
2. short stories - chekhov - a little 2-d characterization for my liking, although they are tiny gems of brevity. also (unfairly) i like hardcovers with classy fonts these days, not recycled paperbacks.
3. the stepford wives - ira levin - i like his style, just not his endings. horror stories should have good-triumphs-over-evil endings, not satirical ones.
4. the interruption to everything - terry mcmillan - black girl (not into black or latino), pregnant at 44 (too close to home), straying husband (the cad), eruptions of profanities (ugh).
5. two totally forgettable harlequin books from the thrift store.
6. and one forgettable debbie macomber.

where's a girl going to get her fix?

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