So, after weeks and weeks of putting it off, I finally finished Confessions of a Pagan Nun. July has been a remarkably unproductive reading month for me, because I just couldn’t get through that book. It was 191 pages, and as I kept saying yesterday, I could normally finish that in a day or a day and a half, but I couldn’t ever bring myself to pick it up. Finally, last night, I plowed through the last 80 pages and went to bed. Hallelujah.
This morning I had a choice between several books I had checked out. I narrowed it down to two: The Moviegoer by Walker Percy and All This Heavenly Glory by Elizabeth Crane. I looked on the inside flap of All This Heavenly Glory and it starts: “Here are the events that make up a life: a junior-high-school fashion crisis, a best friend’s betrayal, substance abuse, recovery, finding a satisfying career, dating fiascos, the perfect relationship, the illness and slow death of a parent.” Yeah, that sounds like something I would like, doesn’t it? I decided that Walker Percy can wait a little longer. (I know his book is important and all, but I need something a little bit easier right now.)
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yay for finishing. good luck with the discussion on tuesday. i’m sure the ladies will really be happy to see you.
More like, “What the *$%@ is wrong with you for choosing this awful awful book?!” hehe.
I’m disappointed, Kari. You should’ve gone with Percy!
Percy’s up next, I promise. I just couldn’t do it today.
Sure, sure.
Just sweep all the good ones under the rug!
i’m with you, save percy for later.
Ah! Savages! Percy is AMAZING!
It’s not under the rug! It’s right next to the bed!