On a happier note, I'm excited for the Fall. I'm sad to see the little bit of Summer we had go, but looking forward to crisp Autumn days spent sipping tea and wearing sweaters. Fall also brings with it one of my favorite pastimes, football. If you didn't know this already, I'm an obsessed Seattle Seahawks fan. This year I've also started playing Fantasy Football. As the only girl in the league, I'm hoping to hold my own.
I need to save some time for reading, so this post is going to be a quick one. Uninspired reading=uninspired book updates.
Update Book 67: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Young Adult novels either hook me immediately and never let go or they bore me half to death. Sadly for everyone involved, this book was the latter. I never cared about the characters and the plot was weak. While reading this book, I came the closest to declaring my Readers Independence by quitting 200 pages in. I struggled through, but lost several days that could have been spent reading anything else. This is a series (is anyone surprised?) and for the first time, I will not be picking up #2.
Update Book 68: Heartburn by Nora Ephron
This book is about a woman who is seven months pregnant and discovers her husband is having an affair. "Heartburn," is based on events from Ephron's life. This really happened to her. Her ex-husband ended up suing her for defamation after it was published. You might think it would be the saddest book you've ever read, but its not. Ephron is witty and sarcastic. I think I literally chuckled at least three times while reading. This is a decent novel to pick up, there is not a lot of closure at the end but I think this was done on purpose. I believe Ephron wrote it as a form of therapy .
