I spent Saturday in (mostly because of my allergies) and finished 3 books in one day. I should note that I only started two the same day. The first one I'd been working on for a week; the other two my mom had gotten from her book clubs. Since I had only brought one book over to their house and was too comfortable to drive back to my apartment, I made do.

1. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - I really liked this book. There isn't a life-changing plot, and I was okay with that. The characters are well-drawn and the imagery of lice was a bit too accurate for me. Eeew. I loved the description of the village and the effects the forbidden books had on the main characters.

2. Maeve Binchy's new book Nights of Rain and Stars - started early afternoon. I think her books are losing something as she keeps putting them out. This one was very short, simple, and sentimental. There were too many characters and not enough development. Her bad guys are so easily bad. She lets them off with no reason for their behavior. Basically - I wouldn't recommend this book. It's much cheesier than her others. Go read "Scarlet Feather". It's cheesy, but at least there's a bit more development.

3. Any Place I Hang My Hat by Susan Isaacs. This is the first book I've read by Susan Isaacs, and I don't really desire to read any more. This is a decent book, and quite funny in parts, but I had to skim a whole lot. I really liked all the characters, but was very unsure about the narrator. I mainly read this book b/c Jennifer Weiner had a blurb on the back recommending it. Well, that and it was there. I finished it at midnight.

Then I started The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which I put down at 12:15am and am still working on (see sidebar). I had to work 4 hours yesterday to make up for my lazy reading the day before.

But you know what? I LOVE lying around and reading on a day off. So my weekend was great!
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