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[dampscribbler]

Since Saturday I have been trying to read Eragon, by Christopher Paolini. I give up. It's boring. Snoring boring. I'm about 110 pages in and I just don't really care about anyone or anything in the book. So, here I am, just over a fortnight into the year, and I'm already giving up on a book. But as many great writers (and readers) have said: Life is too short to read books you don't like.

Next up: Hmm. I don't know yet. I'll post something after I've started reading.

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Re: boring?

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

Wow, good list! I'm especially curious about "Who's Who in Hell." Great title. I never could get into "Wellville," but I will try again someday. It may be because I've already seen the movie, which often screws up a book for me. I liked "Red Tent," let me know what you think of it.

I like those prices you got, too. :-) Now that you're an important bookstore executive (ahem) can you do anything to help bring back the mass-market paperback? You know, for books that aren't by Grisham or Ludlum or Collins or....

mass-market

[mousey1013.livejournal.com]

that'd be really nice, wouldn't it? i'm very tired of buying trade paperbacks for $14 - $16. they're still paperbacks, for god's sake! just bigger ones!

i'll use my high-executive pull to get something worked out for you. :-)

i agree, who's who in hell looks really cool -- i've never heard of it, or the author, but... i judged the book by its cover. (and the title.) and i haven't seen "wellville" in ages and ages, so hopefully it'll all seem new again.

have you read girl with a pearl earring? i've been wanting to read it for a while, and now i think i want to get to it before i see the movie. and i definitely want to see the movie -- colin firth? i'm there!

Re: mass-market

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Yes, I read "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and liked it, and I read it right after "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister," which I think I liked even better. They complement each other nicely, and I do recommend reading them close together in time. I'm looking forward to the "Pearl Earring" movie, as I liked Scarlett Johanssen in "Lost in Translation." Except she's so damn young! Blast her!

Tracy Chevalier has a new book out, too, it looks good. Something about those Unicorn tapestries.

They should put Colin Firth and Ewan McGregor in a movie together. They could just sit there scratching their bellies for 90 minutes and I'd probably be entertained. Although some good dialog would help....