::The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie - Am feeling intellectually superior. Have read an entire Rushdie. It's a very beautiful book - like reading an extraordinarily detailed, magical, colorful painting. I recommend picking this up ONLY if you have long stretches of time in which to read it. Its not for dipping.
:: The Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer - To balance out the Rushdie, I've now read two in this series of four monster vampire teen chick lit books. They're complete rubbish actually, but very compelling. My friends have been scouring them ostensibly to vet their daughters' reading matter which, of course, doesn't really explain why they've had to read the entire series. No matter how old you are, it seems, nothing beats a good vampire love story, in spite of the Palin-ian viewpoint on sexual relations. Yes, in these books even the vampires believe in saving themselves until marriage.....
:: Foreign Girls, Joseph Arthur - Another brilliant EP from the original Ugly Sexy guy. I love Joseph Arthur. 'Nuff said.
:: "The Worst Financial Crisis Since The Great Depression," today's NYT - Bloody hell fire. The pundits are saying this morning that we've not even begun to experience the full impact of this fiasco. The repercussions will last at least two years. Interesting that its completely marginalized both presidential campaigns this week. All eyes are on the incumbent and Secretary Paulson. Time to move to some remote Pacific island, I think...
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I'm glad to get the recomendation on the Salman Rushdie -- I have only read Haroun and the Sea of Stories, but I loved it.
I'd like to say that I pre-read the Twilight series for my daughter, but she's only five. Wait til you get to the last one, it's GREAT. And if you like Twilight, you should check out TrueBlood on HBO (start at the first one -- third one is on tonight) -- gory but I think going to be good.
Will check out the other two, will be a nice break from Bravo tv and CNN.
Just so you know, I'm up on your blog. I just don't always comment. Just started the Enchantress of Florence--very good read. You were right about having time to spend with it.
xxoo
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