Mish Mash

Some days, I have nothing to say, others, it's hard to choose. So here's a hodge podge, mish mash blog post.

I'm proud of my friend, Gail, who is a good writer, but doesn't allow herself time to do it as a general rule. She asked me to keep her accountable to at least writing one blog post a week, because writing on her blog is better than no writing at all. (And heck, it's fun, too!)

Anyway, she posted her blog tonight, the eighth day, after I pestered her enough times in the comments of her last one, I guess. :-) Go read her post about one of her movie faves, and leave her a note of encouragment while you're at it!

I read The Kite Runner over the weekend. I've added it to my Feast of Books list. As my mom said earlier today when she was telling me she had just finished reading Pillars of the Earth, I'm missing the characters. I find myself wondering about them. Where are they now? What happened after that? A sign of a great book, huh? Wonder if anyone will miss my characters one day?! This is a moving book, truly, and I will be looking for A Thousand Splendid Suns, soon. Also hoping to catch The Kite Runner movie at the Inwood before it's gone.

Feast of Love, by the way, was poetic, as Amanda Eyre Ward said in her author notes for How to Be Lost. I'm glad I read it. It was closer to the movie than I expected, having read some reviews that indicated otherwise. The multiple first-person POVs in this story are amazing. Having the movie voices in my head probably helped, but still.

Had another weird timing, "coincidence" thing tonight. I'm starting to think my brain is working like Field of Dreams. "If I think it, it will come." Hmm. I think I will lose 30 pounds in the next three days and be able to eat all the chocolate torta and Godiva cheesecake I want to all the time forever without gaining it back. I'll letcha know how that works out.