shahira dropped this into my bag thinking it was laura’s. i had adamantly told laura i didn’t want to read this book. it just didn’t sound interesting to me. what a gem. this is the typical summer beach book. the chapters are short, at most 5 pages, the pace is quick, characters like-able, and you just can’t seem to put it down. i found myself thinking, “just one more chapter”, many, many times. when the juror bus blew-up i found myself gasping and calling laura to find out if they all died. i was sure that andie did not because there was some foreshadowing of her and pellisante ending up together; which they did. patterson does his research, which is refreshing. some similarities to the sopranos and to john gotti which i was proud i recognized. i wasn’t particularly happy about the ending, but it was easily overlooked. i even looked online at real estate in haifa, israel.

in jerusalem’s lot i thought it was cool how as the reader, you could see the slow descent into madness. my favorite story by far was the one where all the army people came to life and battled. how clever. king’s imagination is wonderful, and i love that it may help other people feel more “normal” if their imaginations tend to go towards the macabre.

i rented this the same time as michael clayton, and kept putting it off. i was disappointed in clayton, and for some reason i had this movie pegged as a subtitled, mexican drama, and just wasn’t in the mood to watch it. boy, was i wrong. yes, there are mexicans, but nowhere to be found is the subtitles. a gritty, drug cartel type movie with the west as a backdrop. as a character the landscape set the mood. desolate, wide, harsh, sparse. i loved jarvier bardem’s character. he was methodical in his madness. i could listen to him speak for hours. he sends shivers down my spine. the only thing i wasn’t too fond of was the end. it kind of ended abruptly for my taste. looking back, the conversation w/his wife about his dream of his father and how he would always be there when he caught up could be replaced w/bardem’s character. i just wanted the story to go on more, i wasn’t ready for it to end.

laura likes full screen so i full-screened it up. what a great flick! i’m partial to boston movies, being from around there and this one did not let me down. all-star cast. gritty, lots of death-by-gunshots, blood, betrayal, and a good-looking chick. wahlberg’s character was wonderful. i love a good banter session amongst loved ones.

every review i’ve read about this product praises it. i am in the exception. i just didn’t think it worked that well. i am one of those fan-dangled humans that actually enjoys cleaning and i do it often. i’ll blame it on my ocd. i only use organic cleaning products, except when i have to break down and use a magic eraser, or febreeze- love febreeze! i kept seeing this bottle at s+s and thought it was cute. it has a picture of a cow on the label and is a delightful pink color. the bottle also boasts it is usda approved, leaves a pleasant scent, and the only cleaner you will ever need. except if you want to clean glass, then you’ll have to buy their glass cleaner. hmmm…. i have been in a spring cleaning mode and i had decided to wash my walls. this was going to be the cleaner to do it. it does work, although i had to use it multiple,( and by multiple i mean lots), of times. to be fair, there is a smoker in our household, but i was really disappointed. the redeeming factors were: the smell was nice and i found it cleans wood rather well. and apparently at wal-mart it is only $1.97, so the price is good.

it’s not my kind of music, i don’t like the songs, but i love it!

i’m sure the rest of the album is good but i can’t seem to get past blue eyes. i constantly listen to i just don’t think i’ll ever get over you and blue eyes. i like to start with the blue, then skip back to don’t think, and back to blue, over and over again.

it’s not that this movie wasn’t worth consuming, it just wasn’t my cup of tea.

i finally watched this. i thought it was ok. i enjoyed the different view points, and was v. fond of the typing noises throughout. i felt it was powerful and pleasing to my ears. kiera knightly proves once again how well she does in period dramas. she’s just beautiful for these parts. she lights up everything around her. i really enjoyed the end. to me it saved the whole movie. when briony is giving the interview and tells how she embellished the book. how cecelia and robbie never get their moment of happiness until death. her atonement.

i picked this up at the lib. purely for it’s shape and size. it is a small square block. i am by know means a writer, nor do i pretend to be. i did however find this book intriguing. it’s full of ideas for writer’s who may have a case of writer’s block or just want to improve. i found it fun, like a game.