Sorry for the blogging interruption today. My blogging host had a complete meltdown for most of the day, and I couldn’t access the blog. I wanted to link to this nice article in the New Yorker about Sex in the City and this fun version of “Blurred Lines.”
After doing a million loads of laundry to prep for the vacation, I’m not functioning well enough to blog properly tonight. I may drop in a few times next week, but if that’s not possible, then I’ll see you all on August 12th. Enjoy the week!
Oh wait. One more thing. I need a recommendation for a trashy book to download tonight. Help!
Apt. 11d 
Feel free to just e-mail me directly in times like these. 🙂
Buzzworthy romance novels:
The Story Guy, Mary Ann Rivers (novella, actually). Contemporary setting
Anything by Ruthie Knox, though my favorite is Ride With Me (2 bicyclists ride cross-country and have sex/fall in love). Her Camelot series begins with Along Came Trouble. Contemporary setting
Untamed, Anna Cowan. Interesting because the main male character cross-dresses for most of the book. Historical setting
Cecilia Grant, A Lady Awakened (there are 2 books after this one, but I think the first should be read first). Historical setting
If you’re a traditionalist in your romance novels, go for Courtney Milan, Duchess Wars and Heiress Effect. Historical setting
LikeLike
Have fun on vacation.
LikeLike
Best book I have read in a long time:
Also stumbled across the article about Sex and the City last week. Would be interested in your thoughts about it.
LikeLike
Though I agreed with Ellen Degeneres that watching Sex in the City was like watching Animal Planet, so far was it from my own experiences, both I (serial monogamist with looooong breaks between men, very unlike the “girls” for whom a month was a huge dry spell) and my sister (lesbian life-partnered for 20+ years) refer back to it with surprising regularity. Carrie and Miranda’s friendship, the handling of the affair with Big and the heartbreak it causes, and a variety of other things were quite true to life. But I disagreed with the article that Petrovsky (the Barishnikov character) was so bad, at least until the last episode or two. Having him was a great way of exploring cultural differences for a while. I loved the bit where he reads poetry to her and does other dramatical Russian things – quite sincerely – until eventually she tells him, “I’m an American – you gotta take it down a notch.”
Reading a good non-fiction work about food in Iraq called Day of Honey – it’s about a couple of journalists living in the Middle East, but focusing on ordinary life rather than politics. Just 50 pages in, but it’s interesting. Have a good vacation!
LikeLike