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time for another book update


Seriously...I'm Kidding - Ellen DeGeneres
so now i'm up to two of the four lady comedians who all released books around the same time.  tina fey-check.  ellen-check.  now i feel like since i started i should read mindy kaling and jane lynch too.  i liked ellen's book.  very quick read with short chapters, but it was fun dispersed with serious points that were delivered in a funny manner.  very ellen.

Blankets - Craig Thompson
back to my surprise that graphic novels are not actually funny.  this is another one.  it's sort-of an autobiography, graphic novel style, of first love.  a little sad, yes.  graphic novels can be an interesting way to switch things up.  i definitely recommend giving them a try.

Girls in White Dresses - Jennifer Close
this was a chick book (that's what i'm going to call them from here on out.  like chick movies).  i wasn't super impressed to be honest.  it was about a group of girlfriends as they got older (from college graduation-early 30s).  it was very honest and true to life, but i feel like that's what i'm going through right now and it's just life.

jemima j - jane green
another chick book via karen.  that's exactly what it was.  a cute read with a cute love story and self-discovery.  i'll admit it was hard to put down there at the end with all the close encounters and misses.

breakfast at tiffany's- truman capote
i didn't love this book.  i know it's a classic and that's why i read it, but i thought i was just getting into the story when it ended.  i felt like something was coming and end.  i didn't really get it.  there wasn't much of a climax or story, etc.  just wasn't quite for me.  but i hear the movie's actually quite different so maybe i'll put that on my library list.
included in the breakfast at tiffany's book were 3 of capote's short stories:  "House of Flowers," "A diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory."
all these were rather sad and definitely didn't have happy endings.  they usually had death or someone's departure.  The stories did show several varying relationships and while they were together, they were happy.  i think it's a great way to think about enjoying the time you have with people while you have it.

i continue to work my way through the women comedian books that all seemed to come out this year...  more to come.  one i think i'll have to pass on is chelsea handler's book.  i just don't think i'd find it interesting.
-ellen - check
-tina fey - check
-whoopie
-jane lynch
-mindy kaling
ALL this year!  crazy!
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