So I am not impressed with Curious Incident...

Everytime I started to get into the story he would go off on this insane and at times boring launch into stuff that just did not matter. I guess I can say that I thought it was interesting to read the thought process of an Autistic person but it was just not enough to really keep me engaged in the book.

I think it was also a slight let down after I read Running With Scissors which I thought was absolutely fantastic. I cannot wait for the movie to some out, although I am sure there will be a long debate about the changes made for the movie. After just seeing the previews I am already upset that the girl Augusten hangs out with (whats her name) is not overweight in the movie. I also can tell already that the house will not be as disgusting as it was described in the book.

I really have to get on it with the reading thing becuase I have just begun Tall Pine Polka and it seems a little slow at first. Housewives eating bonbons was the same way though and I loved it!

I have started reading the book "Little Children" by Tom Perrotta. I am about half way through and it is okay. I wouldn't highly recommend the book to people, but I wouldn't call it a complete waste of time. Tom Perrotta is the author of "Election" and "Joe College" so I expected this book to be funny like "Election" - it's not! I loved "Election" the movie, I never read the book and I am slightly disappointed because that was so witty and fun, and this is totally not like that at all. This book is being made into a movie, don't know release date or anything, but I'm not sure how great of a movie it will be. I think that Kate Winslet may be in it?

I finished Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner and loved it. It was a great book and I loved the way that it was written and set up. The book was basically about four women and their lives during the period surrounding the birth of their first born children and how they bonded together to get through rocky parts of their marriage, family, raising children and other conflicts. It was really enjoyable. I would almost rather talk with Jennifer Weiner than Lorna Landvik. I think that Jennifer is more our style and would mesh well with our little group.

This book also made me kind of sad because I so wish that my friends were having babies so that we could share our experiences of motherhood together. I know that I could join a play group and make friends there, but it just wouldn't be the same. I feel so alienated from my friends sometimes because none of them have kids and I am sure that they get sick of me talking about Donovan all the time.

I changed my mind...I am going to read Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner next and then read Me Talk Pretty One Day. I haven't been able to find Me Talk Pretty One Day at Target since the first time I saw it...I knew I should have just bought it then! Damn it! I hate buying books at Borders because they are so much more expensive. I love Target's book prices, but there selection is limited. The paperbacks at target are $5 and it is a sweet deal. Don asked me if Little Earthquakes is an erotic novel - I said, "No, I don't think so...why?" He said that orgasms are sometimes called "little earthquakes." See, you do learn something new everyday!

I have finished reading The Tall Pine Polka and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. They were both good books, I enjoyed them, but didn't love love love them. The Tall Pine Polka was definitely not as good as AHEB, but had a pretty good story line to keep you interested. I did like The Curious Incident because it was different from anything else I've read. It was a really fast read, I finished it in less than two days and gave myself a headache because of my internal voice being "slow". I can't wait for the meeting though because we are going to have a Tastefully Simple party hosted by Judy before. I love Tastefully Simple's food...it is fantastic! I was looking forward to painting pot, but we can always do that another time.