What fun it was to see Wicked with 60 of my closest friends yesterday! Ha. But it was fun. There was a lot I didn't remember from the summer of 06. I couldn't remember the shoes. I didn't remember that Fiyero is the Scarecrow of that Boq was the Tin Man. Couldn't remember, or blocked it out because it was so disturbingly different than the book. It was painful to see it so soon after reading it. So this time I had forgotten the book, memorized the music, and just enjoyed the show. Galinda was hilarious. Very SNL "Superstar" ish. Same motions. Hilarious. And Fiyero was very very hunky.
The day was great. I'll have to plan another...
Monday, November 24, 2008
"Naked"
What a hoot book club was with the Rochester girls on Nov 14. Half of the group hadn't read the book. Didn't have time, couldn't get into it, just didn't like it. But we all laughed hysterically during the read-aloud parts. What fun to read those sad, disturbing slices of his life. How much is truth and how much is fiction? Living in the Naked Trailer Court was a hit - what would it be like to live in a nudist colony with retirees in trailers? His trips across country hitch-hiking... his job opportunities... his mom!
It was fun.
It was fun.
Patty Jane's House of Curl
Just finished reading "Patty Jane's House of Curl." I might have read it before - but it was written in 1995 so it could have been long ago and my memory is TERRIBLE! Hence, the book blog. This isn't really for book club, but the FC gals are going to read and discuss anything Lorna on Dec 11 and watch the DVD she created to introduce her books and talk to book clubs.
Lorna is such a hoot. Last October Beth and I took a road trip (with kitschy side stops) to Pierre, SD. Beth's sister Mary works at a book store and Lorna was going to be there, mid-week. So we took off on a Tuesday morning and had so much fun visiting with her. We told her about the flood in Rushford, learned about her book writing process, and then took her to see the Flaming Fountain at the war memorial in Pierre - the capitol of SD. It was so fun. We hoped to get to her one-woman show at the Bryant Lake Bowl in January but tickets sold out!
And then she came to Rushford. She was in town doing a fundraiser for the library - a book reading of her new Christmas book, a book signing, and then a silent auction for dinner in the library with Lorna. No one was bidding! So Beth and I put our contributions towards dinner and we got to eat homemade bread and white chicken chili in the library! With red wine! And crepes for dessert! Wow. It was a delicious meal with great conversation. She's so witty and fun to listen to, and just like us. So Beth says I have to wait to read the Christmas book until after Thanksgiving - it's our next book club pick - so I've been reading a couple other Lorna's in the meantime. Finished Patty Jane and now working on "Oh My Stars!" I know I read that one, but it was on audiobook so I just don't remember them as well. Oh my mind.
Patty Jane's House of Curl is about women in the 60s who overcome their alcoholic parents and live mostly happy lives, even through their other losses. Patty Jane has Nora, and Thor bumps his head and doesn't return to her for 15 years. Harriet has Avel who dies in a plane crash, the day of their wedding, and after sinking to her depths she meets the man who pulls her out - Reese. It was a sad story, but funny too. Just like life.
Lorna is such a hoot. Last October Beth and I took a road trip (with kitschy side stops) to Pierre, SD. Beth's sister Mary works at a book store and Lorna was going to be there, mid-week. So we took off on a Tuesday morning and had so much fun visiting with her. We told her about the flood in Rushford, learned about her book writing process, and then took her to see the Flaming Fountain at the war memorial in Pierre - the capitol of SD. It was so fun. We hoped to get to her one-woman show at the Bryant Lake Bowl in January but tickets sold out!
And then she came to Rushford. She was in town doing a fundraiser for the library - a book reading of her new Christmas book, a book signing, and then a silent auction for dinner in the library with Lorna. No one was bidding! So Beth and I put our contributions towards dinner and we got to eat homemade bread and white chicken chili in the library! With red wine! And crepes for dessert! Wow. It was a delicious meal with great conversation. She's so witty and fun to listen to, and just like us. So Beth says I have to wait to read the Christmas book until after Thanksgiving - it's our next book club pick - so I've been reading a couple other Lorna's in the meantime. Finished Patty Jane and now working on "Oh My Stars!" I know I read that one, but it was on audiobook so I just don't remember them as well. Oh my mind.
Patty Jane's House of Curl is about women in the 60s who overcome their alcoholic parents and live mostly happy lives, even through their other losses. Patty Jane has Nora, and Thor bumps his head and doesn't return to her for 15 years. Harriet has Avel who dies in a plane crash, the day of their wedding, and after sinking to her depths she meets the man who pulls her out - Reese. It was a sad story, but funny too. Just like life.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Funny in Farsi
The reason for starting my blog was to write about the books I've been reading. So because my memory is short I'd better write about them soon!
I'll start with the book-club book #1. We're going to meet Friday after the workshop day to discuss this book. It was a light little book about growing up in America as an Iranian in the 70s and 80s. The writer was very funny in her descriptions of her family and their quirks. Her family's love of America, her mother's unwillingness to learn English, the relatives who were never far away. It was a great book and I'll write more after I have it in my hands. My copy is at work.
Go RP!
I'll start with the book-club book #1. We're going to meet Friday after the workshop day to discuss this book. It was a light little book about growing up in America as an Iranian in the 70s and 80s. The writer was very funny in her descriptions of her family and their quirks. Her family's love of America, her mother's unwillingness to learn English, the relatives who were never far away. It was a great book and I'll write more after I have it in my hands. My copy is at work.
Go RP!
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