Apathy and Other Small Victories

Despite a busy weekend and LOTS of hockey on tv, I managed to finish this book by my self-imposed deadline. The verdict - I loved it!

I may have never worked in a cubicle, but I have worked in an office for most of my adult life and could completely relate to a lot of that part of the book. The people, for instance, who pass you in the hallway and greet you with "Is it Friday yet?" - even funnier because I was reading this part last night while half-watching Office Space on tv.

I found bits of it a little Douglas Adams-ish, it was that kind of odd humor that you find in his Hitchhiker series. Maybe it was just the robot voice.

Favorite line in the book is from chapter 10: "If disgust was a shotgun I would've blown my own head off."

I'll pick next week's book tomorrow afternoon...

Catching up today

Not much time for reading the last couple days - too much Olympic hockey on tv! Hoping to do some reading today, in between birthday shopping and crossing things off my to do list...hopefully will post again later.

"Apathy"...day 2

I am thoroughly enjoying Apathy. It is that irreverent, inappropriate, completely non-PC humor that I love.

I'm currently midway through Chapter 4. I read a bit last night but most of what I've read was this afternoon, in the waiting area at my niece's dance class. While Ally was in the other room dancing to a song from The Jungle Book, I sat in my chair giggling quietly to myself over Shane and Marlene signing inappropriate things to each other behind his dentist's back. Over his upstairs neighbor and the neighbor's pet guinea pig. Over Shane, napping in the handicapped stall of the restroom at the insurance company where he temps.

I'm reading this book thinking, "Yeah, I think that's funny too...but I wouldn't admit it in polite company." And really, don't we all feel that way about something?

The first book: Apathy by Paul Neilan

Each Monday I will start a new book. My first choice is Paul Neilan's "Apathy." I know very little about this book, other than that it was loaned to me by my brother Joel. Although we do not always get along, we do have similar taste in books, movies, tv and music. I'm looking forward to this one after reading a very small clip of it that Joel emailed to me a while back.

I only hope I enjoy this as much as he enjoyed the "Kitten Mittens" I gave him for Christmas. (And if you don't know what Kitten Mittens are, you should check out It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.)

My new project

My name is Tara and I'm a book-aholic.

I found myself standing in the book section at Target on Saturday afternoon, enticed by all these books I've never read. They were calling out to me, "Buy me, I'm a good one." I could feel the urge to buy overpowering me. It has been ages since I bought a book for myself. But I resisted...because I have vowed not to buy any new books until I have read all the ones in my house, and decided whether to keep or donate them.

I have piles of books to read all over my house - on the end table in the living room, in boxes in my bedroom, in the office, in my purse, on the coffee table, even some actually in a bookshelf. The bookshelf, though, is generally reserved for my all time favorites...the ones I've read a hundred times but like to have at close hand in case I feel the need to read them again.

So, in an effort to stick to my vow, I've decided to try to read one book per week...and blog about them...