Friday, September 21, 2012
Cocktail Hour: Grape Crush
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Gone Girl and Frito Casserole (yes, really)
Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl is another good e-reader choice. I kept reading about this book all spring and summer - a breakout hit that occupied the best seller lists and was generally considered the "it" book of the summer. Rather than wait for the paperback as is my normal practice, I downloaded the book late in the summer and read it, feverishly, over a couple of days. Since it was such a hot book, there is a lot of talk on the internet about the book and to some extent a bit of a mixed bag review-wise - some people really liked it and other thought it was a bit of a letdown. I was surprised by the negativity - I really liked the book - it was a great addictive summer read (though I admit the ending was not as stellar as the rest of the book) - though nothing more than that. One thing is for certain - this book, which paints the picture of a truly horrible, scary marriage of two truly horrible, scary people, made me wonder - what is underneath the surface in all the seemingly normal and happy marriages out there?