The Good and the Bad

The good:

I made it to the century mark yesterday.

#99 is A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve(June/07). I've never read Shreve and just picked this one up while working at the booksale. She takes a familiar premise (high school friends who suffered a tragedy come together years later for a social event) and makes it thoroughly engrossing. There's also a digression in which one of the characters is working on a novel set during the Halifax harbor explosion during the First World War of which I was totally unaware. *Looks to my Canadian friends* I'll bet you're much more familiar with this tragedy. At any rate, I really liked this one. She doesn't wrap everything up neatly in a bow at the end and a little ambiguity is good every once in a while.

#100 is Summer Sisters by Judy Blume(June/07). I had considered trying to read something weighty for the 100th, but in some ways it's fitting that the author of one of my childhood faves, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret, should get the honor. A great beach book that also uses the childhood friends trope to drive the narrative.

The bad:

For the first time in five seasons, the Piranhas lost a dual meet. We were missing 5 of our top swimmers and just couldn't pull it out. I know that losing teaches character, but it's a bummer nonetheless. Now the goal is to win at the championships next weekend.

Tonight it's Summer Swim League night at the Durham Bulls. See Anne, I like baseball too! And it's not just because of the fireworks after the game, the food, and all the silly games they play between innings. Sumo anyone? ;)

The Good and the Bad

The good:

I made it to the century mark yesterday.

#99 is A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve(June/07). I've never read Shreve and just picked this one up while working at the booksale. She takes a familiar premise (high school friends who suffered a tragedy come together years later for a social event) and makes it thoroughly engrossing. There's also a digression in which one of the characters is working on a novel set during the Halifax harbor explosion during the First World War of which I was totally unaware. *Looks to my Canadian friends* I'll bet you're much more familiar with this tragedy. At any rate, I really liked this one. She doesn't wrap everything up neatly in a bow at the end and a little ambiguity is good every once in a while.

#100 is Summer Sisters by Judy Blume(June/07). I had considered trying to read something weighty for the 100th, but in some ways it's fitting that the author of one of my childhood faves, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret, should get the honor. A great beach book that also uses the childhood friends trope to drive the narrative.

The bad:

For the first time in five seasons, the Piranhas lost a dual meet. We were missing 5 of our top swimmers and just couldn't pull it out. I know that losing teaches character, but it's a bummer nonetheless. Now the goal is to win at the championships next weekend.

Tonight it's Summer Swim League night at the Durham Bulls. See Anne, I like baseball too! And it's not just because of the fireworks after the game, the food, and all the silly games they play between innings. Sumo anyone? ;)