My book choice two weeks ago was "Object Lessons" by Anna Quindlen. A good story - focusing mainly on 12 year old Maria Goretti Scanlan, whose Irish grandfather nicknames Maggie...defying her Italian mother. The time frame is the late 60s...when a girl still had to get married if she found herself "in trouble" and an Irish family might still disown a son for marrying an Italian girl. I enjoyed it...a good summer time read for the pool!
Last week was "The Anxiety of Everyday Objects" by Aurelie Sheehan. It may be that I have read too much chick-lit recently...but this book didn't do it for me. Main character Winona is a self-described "non-filmmaking filmmaker" who pays the bills by working as a secretary at a law firm. I couldn't get myself at all interested in Winona...or any of the other characters in the book. Sort of disappointing...but when you pick random books from the library, you take your chances!
This week I'm reading "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson - because everyone I know has either read it, is reading it, or has it on their list to read...hope it lives up to the hype!
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