We’re having a lazy, lazy weekend. Hamburger is home from Costa Rica, the fog is in with a vengeance (seriously…that Big Rock that I can normally see from my house has disappeared for the weekend, along with pretty much anything else beyond the street below us), and football is back on tv, so we’re hanging out doing pretty much nothing but reading and watching the Raiders suck.
And napping. I took a TWO HOUR nap yesterday. In the middle of the afternoon. That pretty much wiped out any hope of doing anything productive. Today I’m drinking iced coffee in an attempt to ward off the nappies. So far it seems to be working.
A few thoughts on the week:
I knew I was going to fizzle early with the BBAW stuff, and I did (through NO fault of BBAW…it was just a bit harried on the home and work front this week). I am STILL reading BBAW posts and finding some new blogs that I want to spend some more time with. I currently have 13 tabs open in Chrome, and at least half of those are blogs to check out.
This is one of my favorite posts from BBAW. Lu says it all so beautifully.
Also, belated kudos to Amy, the genius behind BBAW. I have to gloat for a moment and say that I’ve been fortunate to meet Amy more than a few times (we share a home state) and she is the sweetest person you could ever imagine. I adore her.
I am currently reading American Psycho. If you want to know why I’m reading American Psycho, make sure you stop back on Tuesday for The Big News (hint: Dueling Monsters!) and details on how you, too, can sign up to read this disturbing book. Because OMG, y’all. This book is whacked! Demented! Also, sick. And not in a good way. Even Stephen King (my new BAA (best author always)), in a short essay he wrote on censorship, stated that this book shouldn’t be in middle school libraries. And I’d have to agree with Uncle Stevie. Wait…this probably isn’t convincing you to read the book, is it?
I am also still reading IT. Well, I’ll be reading IT again soon. I took a bit of a break at the halfway point. But I do plan to pick it back up this week. Now that Hamburger is home at night, I may no longer need to stop reading IT at 6pm (somehow, after 6pm, everything gets creepier when you’re home alone).
And I decided to listen to 11/22/63. I’m about 1/2 hour into it, which mean only 29 1/2 more hours to go!
For someone who doesn’t like horror movies, or scary stuff, I seem to have fallen into a horror pit. Or a pit of horrors. I might need to undergo some intense bookish therapy after the IT-along/Dueling Monsters/R.I.P. is over. Maybe something along the lines of a Barbara Cartland readalong.
On second thought…maybe that’s not such a good idea after all.
11/22/63 isn’t scary – it’s fabulous!
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She needs a nose! Seriously. Check out all that white powder. Wowzers.
Also, I’m about 2/3rds done with Red Dragon and then I’m picking up American Psycho. I already had in my head who would be MY winning psycho of choice but figured I’d go the diplomatic route.
Also, It has had some really horrific scenes as of late. Gag.
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You will LOVE 11/22/63. It is the perfect antidote to IT and American Psycho. And seriously, if Mr. King doesn’t thinks it is messed up, I am very, very frightened to start listening to it. But I will perserve for you, my dear!
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Oh my! That IS a scary picture. Maybe you’re better off sticking with supernatural psychopathic clowns. American Psycho (both the book and movie) are among the things I’m planning to get to in the coming month.
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Pennywhistle’s sister???
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I’m still reading BBAW posts as well. They are all so good!
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Pit of horrors sounds like the way to put it…
heidenkind´s last [type] ..BBAW: You Were There
First glance…I wondered, “did Betty White decided to join the IT-along?”
I’ve been a sicky (blame the hub for 4 days) not much to report other than, tea, soup, used kleenex and lots of napping)…damn work tomorrow too:)
Have a good week Jill.
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You will love 11/22/63 on audio! Its not creepy like Kings other reads so that might give you a little break plus the references to his other books within 11/2263 (yes, IT) is brilliant.
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aw! you are too nice.
and lol I am so tempted to read American Psycho even though I think it will scar me for life.
Amy @ My Friend Amy´s last [type] ..The Sunday Salon: Catching up on Stuff, Like Everything
I read American Psycho a long while ago, and saw the movie, and it really scared me! But then I am a baby about being scared by movies and books. I hope that you have an enjoyable and productive week!
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Oh My Lord … Barbara Cartland is scarier than Pennywise I think! And you’re making quite a case for American Psycho. Maybe … just maybe … I will have to check it out after that sales job.
Jenners´s last [type] ..11/22/63, Oryx & Crake and Await Your Reply Mini Reviews
Re: what you said about Amy–WORD. This year’s lower-key BBAW was just terrific!
I don’t know whether I’d be less likely to read American Psycho or watch the movie–Christian Bale bugs me as it is. In any case, I will not be Dueling Monsters with you, I’m afraid.
Wish we were getting fog–it’s been STUPID hot down toward LA for the last week or so!
Florinda´s last [type] ..Sunday Salon: After BBAW, Picture Reading
Your comments on American Psycho are confirming my thoughts that it is probably not the book for me. I don’t deal well with demented.
I hope you enjoy 11/22/63. I’ve heard some of the Derry characters from IT show up. I’ll have to go back and read those sections after reading IT.
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Ah, nice to end it on a laugh there! I so agree about the post 6pm scary reading, which is funny for me to say because I hardly read any scary books. The worst though is when I’m reading something I think is totally evening safe and then wham, out of no where a supernatural murder scene with crazy demon/zombie/vampires, etc. that I wouldn’t normally read any way, much less at 10pm while at home alone. For the life of me I can’t remember the name of the last book in which that happened… okay, it wasn’t killer zombies, but it was something scary…hmm… can’t remember. You know if I was older I could blame it on senility. Anyway, I think this comment is revealing just how tired I am tonight because I wandered way off track. Suffice it to say, scary books at night = bad idea.
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I remembered the book when I woke up first thing this morning – it was The Forgetting River, a nonfiction book about the author’s search for her Jewish roots/genealogy in Spain. Right in the middle of the book was a section about ghost sightings in the town she was staying at, with some very creepy ghost stories – and they were accompanied by descriptions of torture during the Spanish Inquisition. It was fascinating but a little too intense for late-night reading.
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I do plan on reading 11/22/63 — but I can’t do much King. Lazy weekends are the best.
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