Crazy Sweet
Nov. 5th, 2006 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jmc_bksI should have controlled my book-buying impulse when it came to Crazy Sweet. Couldn't get past the first 100 pages. DNF. Did Janzen even have a plot in mind when she sat down to type? Angsty, woe is me, I have betrayed him and he'll never forgive me, why won't she let me in and share with me, blah, blah, blah. Gah. I'm sorry I spent a couple of hours even trying to read the book.
Normally, I'd add a book that I couldn't finish to the TBR mountain, because I might come back to it at some point and find it more readable. And generally, I assume that if I buy a book and wind up not liking it, it is my own fault and it's a risk of discovering new authors. But CS irritated me so much that I couldn't keep it. So yesterday I did something I never do: I returned the book. Borders took it back without a problem, but I still feel a bit guilty. It's not like I read it and then returned it, which would feel like cheating. But still...
While I was at Borders, I looked for the latest copy of Rolling Stone, which has Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on the cover. Nope, still had the last issue out, which wasn't bad -- I particularly liked the article on how the last Congress was the worst, laziest Congress ever. Like that's a shock to anyone.
My disassembled kitchen needs to be reassembled. But I think I'm going to ignore it, and walk up to the harbor instead. It's game day and the Ravens are in town, so the people-watching should be fabulous.
I'm still looking for kitchen curtains, by the way. I just want plain, tan, tab-topped valances for the kitchen window and the back door. Can't find them anywhere in real life, so I'll probably have to resort to the Internet for them.
Normally, I'd add a book that I couldn't finish to the TBR mountain, because I might come back to it at some point and find it more readable. And generally, I assume that if I buy a book and wind up not liking it, it is my own fault and it's a risk of discovering new authors. But CS irritated me so much that I couldn't keep it. So yesterday I did something I never do: I returned the book. Borders took it back without a problem, but I still feel a bit guilty. It's not like I read it and then returned it, which would feel like cheating. But still...
While I was at Borders, I looked for the latest copy of Rolling Stone, which has Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on the cover. Nope, still had the last issue out, which wasn't bad -- I particularly liked the article on how the last Congress was the worst, laziest Congress ever. Like that's a shock to anyone.
My disassembled kitchen needs to be reassembled. But I think I'm going to ignore it, and walk up to the harbor instead. It's game day and the Ravens are in town, so the people-watching should be fabulous.
I'm still looking for kitchen curtains, by the way. I just want plain, tan, tab-topped valances for the kitchen window and the back door. Can't find them anywhere in real life, so I'll probably have to resort to the Internet for them.
Curtains
Date: 2006-11-05 07:11 pm (UTC)cw (cranky)
Re: Curtains
Date: 2006-11-05 11:05 pm (UTC)Thanks for the suggestion. I had checked out Linens & Things, Target, etc., but hadn't braved BB&B -- the only one near me is at a huge mall that I don't dare attempt to visit on the weekend. But I'll be off on Friday, so maybe I'll try then.
Cheers,
jmc
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Date: 2006-11-05 07:47 pm (UTC)Jane
Crazy Sweet
Date: 2006-11-05 11:07 pm (UTC)Passing on it was a wise choice. But I have to admit that there was a small, malicious part of me hoping that you would read and review CS...I can only imagine the snark ;)
jmc
Re: Crazy Sweet
Date: 2006-11-06 04:03 pm (UTC)