Title: Sellevision
Author: Augusten Burroughs
Pages: 240
(NON-SPOILER INFO)
An inside look at 4 hosts of the home retail channel Sellevision that might be a little to close for comfort.
(SPOILER INFO)
Max: Gay Sellevision host who loses his job after his penis is accidentally exposed while on air. Max must now figure out what he is going to do for a living.
Peggy Jean: One day Peggy Jean receives an e-mail from a viewer complaining about how hairy Peggy Jean is. So, she waxes but the torment continues and Peggy Jean starts to stuff her emotions with bills and booze instead.
Bebe: Sellevision’s top host who finds love when she meets Eliot. But can she overcome her shopping addiction? And what will she do, when she finds out Eliot may be “closer” to her than she realized?
Leigh: The youngest and newest Sellevision host who is also having an affair with her older married executive producer Howard.
(VERDICT)
4 out of 5 stars. Sarcastic, painfully honest, and down right hilarious and awkward.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Rebecca
Title: Rebecca
Author: Daphne du Maurier
Pages: 416
NON-SPOILER INFO:
The ghost of the first Mrs. de Winter, the ghost of Rebecca, haunts her husband Max’s new marriage, his home, and his servants like Mrs. Danvers.
MY THOUGHTS:
Many years ago, I saw the Hitchcock film version of this story, so I sort of remembered a lot of the story going into the book. As a result this book started very slowly for me and I nearly gave it up. But I stuck with it and 100 pages in met the mysterious Jack Favell. And this for me was the real start of the book. Once the mystery set in, I couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t wait to find out the truth about Favell, Mrs. Danvers, and Rebecca. And the conclusion didn’t disappoint. It was shocking and yet it brought all the little clues from the story together to make a complete account of the infamous Rebecca.
MY VERDICT:
4 out of 5 stars. I want to find the movie and own it now!
Author: Daphne du Maurier
Pages: 416
NON-SPOILER INFO:
The ghost of the first Mrs. de Winter, the ghost of Rebecca, haunts her husband Max’s new marriage, his home, and his servants like Mrs. Danvers.
MY THOUGHTS:
Many years ago, I saw the Hitchcock film version of this story, so I sort of remembered a lot of the story going into the book. As a result this book started very slowly for me and I nearly gave it up. But I stuck with it and 100 pages in met the mysterious Jack Favell. And this for me was the real start of the book. Once the mystery set in, I couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t wait to find out the truth about Favell, Mrs. Danvers, and Rebecca. And the conclusion didn’t disappoint. It was shocking and yet it brought all the little clues from the story together to make a complete account of the infamous Rebecca.
MY VERDICT:
4 out of 5 stars. I want to find the movie and own it now!
Recommended Reading
Title: Inkheart
Author: Cornelia Funke
Pages: 576
Welcome to the month of mothers, anniversaries, and spring. Or should I just say welcome to May. It is getting harder and harder to recommend a book everyone each month. At first it was easy and I told you all about my most favorite reads. But now it’s getting harder. So I just try to picture you dear read as my friend and if I knew you in real life, what book would recommend for you to read? Well, after much thought, this month I want to tell you all to read Inkheart. It is the story of Mo a bookbinder and his daughter Meggie. One day Meggie discovers Mo’s hidden secret, he has the ability to read literary characters into being. And so there adventure begins. I just love the idea of the story and the relationship Meggie forms with the other characters along the way. But a side note, Inkheart is the first book in a trilogy but I wouldn’t recommend the other two at all. I pretty much hated book two and three and book one ends well enough, so that a second and third book is not required. So my suggestion would be to read Inkheart and stop the story there. Enjoy!
Author: Cornelia Funke
Pages: 576
Welcome to the month of mothers, anniversaries, and spring. Or should I just say welcome to May. It is getting harder and harder to recommend a book everyone each month. At first it was easy and I told you all about my most favorite reads. But now it’s getting harder. So I just try to picture you dear read as my friend and if I knew you in real life, what book would recommend for you to read? Well, after much thought, this month I want to tell you all to read Inkheart. It is the story of Mo a bookbinder and his daughter Meggie. One day Meggie discovers Mo’s hidden secret, he has the ability to read literary characters into being. And so there adventure begins. I just love the idea of the story and the relationship Meggie forms with the other characters along the way. But a side note, Inkheart is the first book in a trilogy but I wouldn’t recommend the other two at all. I pretty much hated book two and three and book one ends well enough, so that a second and third book is not required. So my suggestion would be to read Inkheart and stop the story there. Enjoy!
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