When Harry Met Sally (Screenplay)

Also this week, I read the screenplay of When Harry Met Sally, which was, not surprisingly, literally just the movie in writing with stage notes.  It's one of my favorite movies, so, also not surprisingly, I loved it.  I thought this one deserved to be documented too, so here it is!

Holes

I was looking for something a little easier to read so that I could read and watch the Olympics at the same time, and I came across Holes.  I had read it a few years ago and loved it, and seen the movie and enjoyed that as well.  I reread it the other day and it was just as good.  It wasn't as exciting since I knew what was coming, but as a first grader told me a few years ago, "A good book is like an old friend," (which to her meant you could read it over and over and still find enjoyment.

I had to put it in here, since I finished it.  Fantastic read, especially for upper elementary/middle school readers.

I also have begun reading The Kite Runner.  So far I am enjoying that too.  It's reminding me a little bit of Life of Pi, probably because it's about a boy who is growing up somewhere else in the world.  I thought that since it takes place in a place and culture with which I am not too familiar that it would be hard to access, but so far it is very easy to understand, and the words that the author writes from other languages he explains almost immediately.  So far I'm about 15% done, which equates to chapter 6 and page 51 of 391.  I'm anxious to keep reading, but I have so many other things to do this weekend that I'm not sure I will get to much more of it.  Oh well.  It will get done eventually.

The Amber Spyglass: Check!

Well, here we are, mid-February and I've finished the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.  It started out pretty good and went downhill from there.  Bummer.

I just finished The Amber Spyglass, and was pretty disappointed.  Not only was it entirely too long, but it also wandered from the main point and tried to do too much.  I loved The Golden Compass because there was a clear goal in mind (Lyra tries to save Roger) but this one had too many things going on and I was pretty uninterested throughout.

Anyway, I am glad this series is done even though I enjoyed the first book.  Yesterday, in anticipation of finishing this book, I downloaded Emma for free.  I think I will read that next.  As soon as The Return of the King is back in the online library, I will download that to read as well.

Well, this was disappointing.  Hopefully Emma will be more enjoyable.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

I recently finished reading Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?  Every once in a while it's fun to read a goofy book like that.  While I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Bossypants, it was enjoyable and I liked reading about someone else's life.

I guess I don't really have any commentary on this one.  I just wanted to document that I had read it and that it was good.  There were a lot of funny quotes that I highlighted and will remain in my kindle forever.  (Creepily, as I was typing that, I heard Harry Potter quoting in my head "her body will lie in the chamber forever".....weird)

I'm still working on The Amber Spyglass.  So far I'm about 75-80% done with that book.  Really the only one of those books I've enjoyed so far was The Golden Compass.  The 2nd one was kind of boring, and the 3rd one is dragging on and on and on, seemingly without purpose.  Any symbolism or foreshadowing from book 1 has been lost or forced in.  Honestly, I'm just kind of waiting for it to be over.  The good news is that I have less than 2 hours left, according to my Kindle.