Happy T-Giving Y'all

To my fellow readers - I am thankful for you and your funny blog comments!

Cheno

House Rules

I just finished reading House Rules by Jodi Picoult.. in 2 days. Which I think lets you know immediately that it's one of those page-turner books that are especially good during the dog days of summer. I'll also preface this by saying that I've always steered clear of Jodi Picoult because her name is so big on the book cover. I mean look at that -->
Bigger than the title! Although I have read the Shopaholic books...

However, I also realize that her huge name means that a lot of people like her writing. I think I'm just a book snob. So, this was lying on the free shelf at work and since MR and Gwennie were listening to it I decided I would give it a go. 2 days later = Done. I have to admit that I really like Jodi Picoult's writing style! It's something that I never thought I would embrace and/or say. The plot moved at the right speed, the characters were well developed (each have their own chapters), and it was somewhat believable. Sure, there were a few issues that could have been resolved more quickly than they actually were, but I'm not going to give examples in case anybody else reads it.

Back to the case of each character having their own chapter/voice - Picoult knocked it out of the park. It really seemed believable and they were obviously well thought out. I also learned a lot more about Asperger's and I appreciated the "Discussion with the Author" at the end where she talks about her research with Asperger's, which included having all of Jacbob's chapters checked over by a girl with Asperger's.

I would recommend it to anyone for a long plane ride, summer beach read or holiday break. Lovely.

Next up for me: Sarah's Key!

Harry (starkid) Potter!

So dear readers... perhaps this is a challenge for someone to make an actual book post EVEN THOUGH I'm re-listening to all HPs in preparation for next weekend, when I plan to re-watch all HPs with some friends as well so that we can go to see HP7: Deathly Hallows, part 1 on Sunday! Who else is excited?!?!

I just wanted to put in an actual plug for all you Team Starkid and Darren Criss fans out there, or wannabes... which is kind of a repeat of my comments to "Gleek out." In any case, I have big respect for a college theatre group that put together a truly funny musical of HP with what seems to be a ton of talented kids who did it for the fun (just check out the outtake youtubes)!

Gleek Out

Hi.

Can we take a quick recess and talk about this week's Glee for a moment?

Was anybody else as impressed by Darren Criss on Glee? And Teenage Dream - loved it! I actually watched it 3 times on hulu. Obsessed much?

Another favorite moment, when Rachel (who is surprisingly not a major character for the past few episodes) yells "SPIES"! I laughed out loud.

I would also like to see less of Santana. I don't know why they focus on her expressions so much. They're always the same... ??

Did anybody else watch it? Did you all like this episode as much as I did?