Certain Girls

I finished Certain Girls today. It's a definite Chick Book, and I don't say that in a negative way to bash women, female authors, femininity, or the female perspective. I love Joanne Rowling's books. Mary Karr's novels rock. I Am Charlotte Simmons (written from Charlotte's point of view) was good.

Certain Girls lives by a different formula, though. It's well-written, and there weren't many dull spots (there were some prolonged areas of exposition). Here's the plot rundown:

A wealthy woman is married to a doctor who doesn't care about her appearance and more or less does whatever she tells him to do. That's the dream right there!

Throw in a bittersweet ending and you've got yourself a Chick Book.

I'm giving it three stars on Amazon.

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Book Catch-Up

I really need to buckle down on reading since I got a handful of books for Christmas, plus I haven't even started on the 007 series... and Mel's been attacking her books, too.

I finally finished I Am Charlotte Simmons this morning while sitting in bed drinking coffee.

The writing is very good, but there are bouts of rambling about three quarters of the way through.

I started A Walk in the Woods (the story of the author's journey on the Appalachian Trail) a few days ago. It's holding my attention so far.

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The Lost Symbol

21 Sept 2009

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol came in the mail today. I think I'll start reading it simultaneously with I Am Charlotte Simmons.

I finished Hannibal Rising last week and checked out Cold Mountain for my audio book in the car; I saw the movie a couple of times (once for free while I was in Kuwait at Camp Doha) -- the book seems femme, but worthwhile.

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