THE LONG LIST
The list of "to be reviewed" is long and dare i say, arduous. Lying ahead of me like the Everest of my imagination, its a task to be tackled one review at a time. But should you wish to somewhat skip ahead in the Choose Your Own Adventure book that is being friends with Jessica and/or reading her blog, below is the list of the "to be reviewed." I wont reveal the "to be read" pile, for it is quite long as well and I have reasons to read them in a certain order which will be unveiled upon their reading. Aside from the fact that its one I lack, patience is a virtue.
In no particular order, the review-ominees are...
Little Earthquakes & Goodnight Nobody/Jennifer Weiner
The Abortionist Daughter/Elizabeth Hyde
Savannah from Savannah & Savannah Comes Undone/Denise Hildreth
The Lobotomist/Jack El-Hai
The Tattoo Artist/Jill Ciment
A Bride Most Begruding/Deeanne Gist
The Girls/Lori Lansens
Lovely Bones/Alice Sebold
Secret Life of Bees & The Mermaid Chair/ Sue Monk Kidd
Brokeback Mountain/ Annie Proux
Quality of Life Report/ Meghan Daum
Bride Stripped Bare/Anonymous
Portrait of A Killer/Patricia Cornwell
The Harry Potter series(through book 6)/JK Rowling
Monday, September 25, 2006
Sunday, September 24, 2006
SAMMIE'S HILL by Kristen Gore
I am a firm believer in things happening for a reason and karma and what goes around comes around. This book not only came into my life at an appropriate time and gave me a ultra-witty way of observing my current situation but was also a way to get lost in someone else's situation without the cliche "get away from it all" feel.
A 20-something political aide on Capital Hill, Sammie is a reader's "every girl." Easy to relate to, acceptable to laugh at and unavoidable to laugh with, Sammie is a character somewhat typical of chick-lit but with a refreshing difference.
A difference that varies with the reader. Recommended to me by a friend (you know who you are) who recognized my need to read this book, Sammie's Hill was the perfect read for me at the precise moment in my life when I read it and will most likely be the appropriate time for you as well. I could also, within the first chapter, see and understand why my friend read it and how it related to her. It reads so well, circulating seamlessly between instantaneous thoughts and the immediate sitauation at hand.
Sammie advises a Maryland senator in D.C, and though tripping along over life's stumbling blocks, she seems relatively content. She lightheartedly struggles with her career and its effects on her in an all-too-familiar cocktail of passion and politics.
Of course, a man comes into the mix as only the literary staple can and stirs the concoction moreso until readers are pleasantly tipsy on her life events and their outcomes. Sammie's relationships with the man, er, men in her life -her boyfriend, her father, her boss- as well as her friends, adversaries, co-workers and those she meets along the way, allow readers to reflect on their lives, the people within it and one's appreciation and/or unfavorable emotions towards them.
Even Sammie's introspections pop and bubble as everyone's do. From her daily battle to keep her Siamese fighting fish alive, to her review of animal attack defense movements while in the shower ( a true laugh-out-loud moment) Sammie reassures us that we are not crazy after all when we find outselves pondering during the weeklt budget meeting why we can't keep a plant thriving, milk from spoiling or remember to get an oil change.
With a splash of karma and what-was-she-thinking, Sammie's Hill might be chick-lit in flavor but goes down like a delicious glass of relatively-affordable white wine.
OVERALL: Delightfully easy read without feeling patronized; great weekend read!
I am a firm believer in things happening for a reason and karma and what goes around comes around. This book not only came into my life at an appropriate time and gave me a ultra-witty way of observing my current situation but was also a way to get lost in someone else's situation without the cliche "get away from it all" feel.
A 20-something political aide on Capital Hill, Sammie is a reader's "every girl." Easy to relate to, acceptable to laugh at and unavoidable to laugh with, Sammie is a character somewhat typical of chick-lit but with a refreshing difference.
A difference that varies with the reader. Recommended to me by a friend (you know who you are) who recognized my need to read this book, Sammie's Hill was the perfect read for me at the precise moment in my life when I read it and will most likely be the appropriate time for you as well. I could also, within the first chapter, see and understand why my friend read it and how it related to her. It reads so well, circulating seamlessly between instantaneous thoughts and the immediate sitauation at hand.
Sammie advises a Maryland senator in D.C, and though tripping along over life's stumbling blocks, she seems relatively content. She lightheartedly struggles with her career and its effects on her in an all-too-familiar cocktail of passion and politics.
Of course, a man comes into the mix as only the literary staple can and stirs the concoction moreso until readers are pleasantly tipsy on her life events and their outcomes. Sammie's relationships with the man, er, men in her life -her boyfriend, her father, her boss- as well as her friends, adversaries, co-workers and those she meets along the way, allow readers to reflect on their lives, the people within it and one's appreciation and/or unfavorable emotions towards them.
Even Sammie's introspections pop and bubble as everyone's do. From her daily battle to keep her Siamese fighting fish alive, to her review of animal attack defense movements while in the shower ( a true laugh-out-loud moment) Sammie reassures us that we are not crazy after all when we find outselves pondering during the weeklt budget meeting why we can't keep a plant thriving, milk from spoiling or remember to get an oil change.
With a splash of karma and what-was-she-thinking, Sammie's Hill might be chick-lit in flavor but goes down like a delicious glass of relatively-affordable white wine.
OVERALL: Delightfully easy read without feeling patronized; great weekend read!
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