Life of Pi

Did anyone else see that President Obama wrote a letter to Yann Martel? Apparently, he read it with his daughter. I think that's sweet.

The Help, revisited

I haven't done a post on an actual book in a while, so I think it's about time. My most recent endeavor has been THE HELP, which was previously posted about by Gwennie in April. She also posted that the reader did an excellent job at the accents so I have been trying to make up some great accents in my head while I read (Weird?). It does add to the story! So far, I'm loving it and can't wait to get home to read some more. There are a lot of characters narrating, but I think that the author does an excellent job at the transition.. unlike my awful memories of reading Faulkner's As I Lay Dying in high school. I had to make a map to keep all the characters straight. In fact, maybe I should read that book again. I didn't give Faulkner a fair chance.

My goal is to read more at night since I've recently become addicted to more TV shows. That's no good. My list of books to read currently are:

1. The Help (currently)
2. Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (I've been holding off)
3. Madonnas of Leningrad (mom's fav)

Hopefully I will stick to my reading list and get these finished before October. So many books to read!

Neverwhere and Broadway Nights

I just finished Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman read by the author, in his preferred text.  It was really good.  I also discovered 7/8 of the way through that there's an icon on the iPod app of the iPhone that if you accidentally touch speeds up and/or slows down the audio speed.  Soooo...let's just say it took me a lot longer to listen to Neverwhere than it should have and the audio quality had a reverberation to it that made it sound like it was echoing in a subway station which I thought was intentional (albeit annoying) since so much of the narrative is set underground.  Silly me...

Has anybody read or heard Broadway Nights: A Romp of Life, Love and Musical Theater by Seth Rudetsky?  Our new BFF Kristen Chenoweth is one of the narrators on the audio book?  Should I get it?  It's on sale 1/2 price on audible until 11 a.m. this morning.  Tell me quick!!!!