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Friday, June 18, 2010

So hot

It's really really hot out today. When it's hot like this, I get tired...so, another Monster for me!

Somewhere east of us, there are 70mph winds; this storm is supposed to reach us between 2pm and 7pm. I hope I'm not driving home then, ugh. People already suck at driving--I don't want to have to deal with people who suck at driving AND a huge storm.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

House Rules House Rules by Jodi Picoult


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book was okay; I liked it better than her previous book Handle with Care. I'm a bit disappointed that her novels seem to be becoming formulaic; a handful of them seem to share:

-main issue--something to do with a kid
-marital strife/divorce/affair
-parent falls in love with detective/lawyer/opposing party
-non-main issue kid has some sort of issue of his/her own that gets ignored
-turn of events at the end for a 'surprising' ending

Based on these observations, it might seem like I don't like her as an author, but that's not right; I do like her, but I think I may need to stick to her older books. Of hers, I have read:

-House Rules
-Handle with Care
-Change of Heart
-Nineteen Minutes
-The Tenth Circle
-My Sister's Keeper
-Keeping Faith
-The Pact


The first book of these that I read was My Sister's Keeper, which I picked up on a whim soon after it came out. My favorite one, however, was The Pact, followed by Change of Heart and The Tenth Circle (although that one had parts that irritated me).

I think it's kind of interesting how she takes a societal issue and makes a story around it; it gives a voice to the 'other side' I suppose.

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Can other people see me?


So, on the way to work today, other drivers kept riding on my ass--and I was going over the speed limit! Having only slept a couple of hours last night for some reason, my mind was/still is going to weird places. I thought, 'Hmmmm, maybe the other drivers can't see me! Why else would so many people be assholes on the road today?'

Then again, maybe I was just surrounded by assholes today, and that's all there is to it. *sigh* It's not even 10:30am yet.