I'm almost exactly halfway through Hemingway's True at First Light. Frankly, the book makes me want to shoot myself. Hemingway just talks in circles, but never actually goes anywhere. So far, Ernest has been left in charge of an African village, has a wife named Mary who must kill a lion for reasons that are never explained but apparently is a life or death situation, and has nightmares about hanging a man from a neighboring village referred to as The Informer.
Predictions for the second half of the book? Mary kills the lion, The Informer gets hanged (hung? I think it's hanged...both look wrong).
Because I hate this book, I have been reading very little and instead using my time on the train to play my favorite iPhone game: Jetball. If you haven't downloaded it, you should. Or not, because actually it's kind of addicting. Sorry.
I have also been cheating on this blog with my other lower maintenance blog where I post whatever I'm currently coveting. Shameless plug: covetit.blogspot.com
BUT, everything is about to change.Today, my shipment from Amazon.com arrived.
Items included:
Snoop: What your stuff says about you - Sam Gosling, Ph.D. (I'm fascinated by our fascination with stuff)
Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay (NY Times bestseller that seems to be getting lots of positive press)
Little Bee - Chris Cleave (#1 NY Times bestseller. The Washington Post says it will blow me away. I should know better than to trust these by now, but I just couldn't resist)
Inside the Mind of the Shopper Herb Sorensen, Ph.D. (Yup, I'm a nerd and I'm totally fine with it)
Freakonomics - Levitt & Dubner (Also a New York Times bestseller, but more importantly, EVERY guy I know lists this book as a favorite. Conversation material for my otherwise super awkward dates? Hello.)
And finally, the highly anticipated Marry Him. I'm already on page 40 post lunch break.
These books sponsored by: my cousin Greg and my company who both generously provided me Amazon gift cards for Christmas. Thanks!
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