I finished “Skylight Confessions” by Alice Hoffman this evening and almost set a record for leaving a book unfinished when there were only a few chapters left. Usually I can make that determination early into a book but this one was pretty sly – it managed to grab my attention just when I was ready to abandon it so I kept on. It wasn’t a long book but in the end I wish I’d followed my gut instinct and just given it up earlier. Live and learn. My vacation reading is packed – “Marley and Me” by John Grogan. I bought it several months ago and have been saving it for when I could read it at leisure. My only angst is that I know it will be sad and it will also make me miss Mulligan while we’re gone.
Had a productive day at work even though I did spend 4 hours in meetings this morning. We are implementing a new budget software package so my assistant and I will be diligently working on that until late May when we then plunge full-force into “budget season” – no rest for the wicked until late September. I’m still in the throes of initial excitement with this project – but my nature is for boredom to set in about 3/4 of the way through something and then be ready for the next challenge. Can you tell I’ve lived with my mind long enough to finally have an inkling of how it works?
Apparently you’ve never read anything by Alice Hoffman before. I have, and that’s warning enough to never start one of her books (!).
By: Cindy on February 16, 2007
at 9:19 am
Obviously I’d never read her stuff – I’m thinking she was the author of some of the books in Oprah’s book club and I had a true love/hate relationship with her choices. I’m now forewarned on good old Alice!
BTW – I never throught you were an idiot in your youth! I always got such a kick out of the adventures of Tammy and Cindy and I still do. I read your blog faithfully – you are bookmarked as is Tammy and I think you both would make Jean Stinson proud with your written creativity. Of course that whole reading blog thing can work both ways – now I can confirm what a nerd I really am instead of you just remembering me that way! Or perhaps I don’t want to know how I’m remembered…..ignorance is bliss!
By: keckeley on February 16, 2007
at 9:48 am