Finished "Pretties" today and now starting "Specials." I am finding that I am quite impatient to know story endings. Maybe against my better judgment and taste, I have become addicted to the TV show, "The Nanny." Now that I'm in a place with good internet for a few weeks, I have begun to feed that addiction through discovering its availability on sidereel.com. I have been sick over the past few days and have indulged myself in Miss Nanny Fine's life. Being the kind of person who likes to do things thoroughlly from start to finish, I found myself going against that tendency and skipping more and more episodes just to get to the end of the story.
Similarly, as I neared the end of "Pretties," I began to read faster and faster to get it over with. The only problem is, there is yet another book in the trilogy, so I still don't know how this story ends. That leaves me feeling a little annoyed as I begin the third book, "Specials." I just want to be done already! Yet at the same time, I don't like to be told the ending to a story. Don't want the surprise ruined.
Maybe it's because I'm sick, maybe I just really don't like reading, maybe I really don't like being addicted to TV shows.... Actually, I guess what it boils down to is that I can't stand to leave something incomplete, so I feel as though I'm a slave to something if I start it. That's why I don't like projects with big time commitments--long books, TV series, etc. Not that I don't enjoy them, I just don't like to do other things when something else is left hanging. And I guess I don't like being told what an ending is, because I want to do it the "right" way and experience the story as the author/creator intended. Hmmm.... might have to let go of some of these tendencies if I want to stay sane....
Musings by & insight into SJ, ones I had not considered before I started writing this. It was going to be a one-liner about the Pretties book.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
GREAT piece of literature. Check it out!!! I loved his writing style, the story line, and the way he organized the book. The best read I've had in a long time (ok, ok, I know I'm not an avid reader, don't knock me for that).
Khaled Hosseini is an American novelist and physician originally from Afghanistan. My dad lent me the book and told me I had to read it. We watched "The Kite Runner" together, based on his first book. I would highly recommend that as well.
Khaled Hosseini is an American novelist and physician originally from Afghanistan. My dad lent me the book and told me I had to read it. We watched "The Kite Runner" together, based on his first book. I would highly recommend that as well.
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