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My personality mirrors Mirabelles way too much to be comfortable. Even though I had read this when it first came out, I fell in love again with Steve Martins storytelling. I love his writing!!! I really do. And I love that he gets it. I also think that what he writes about Mirabelle is a lot of what he see's in himself. And Ray, too. Steve Martin, I heart you.

Einsteins Dreams

In this book, which was more like short stories with a common theme, Einstein dreams about time. Beautiful philosophical dreams that created images in my mind I would never be able to create on my own.
I often wonderered what my dreams what be like if i could narrow it down to a common theme. Unfortunetly, I feel like an outsider in most of my dreams. Like I am walking into someone elses life, or like I am maybe a loner. Hmm...however, if it were a work of fiction and I didnt have to write what my dreams were actually about, then they would all be about love. Like my songs. My songs and poems and short stories are all always about love...always with that twist in the end. They are never "oh woe is I, you're leaving.." the end. Mine are more like "You're leaving, woe is I, but then whats this? Happiness is just around the corner, just make sure you dont miss that left..", or "i dreaming of you while you dream of me..." etc etc.

The Devil and Miss Prym

The Devil and Miss Prym. Re-read. One word, amazing.

The Monsters of Templeton

Ok, let me pose a question: Who doesn't like stories of the lockness monster. Right?
I was hoping that this would be a lot like that. WRONG.
Its about some pregnant chick who goes back home to find herself during her pregancy. And there is a monster in the neighborhood lake that had always been there...but it had died and thats just a back story. Like it'll be on the news or something, no biggie.
And so most of the book is the main character going through her genealogy..and her ancestors are the real monsters, not the one in the lake. I was a little dissapointed...

Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day

Joe Scarborough! Wow. I love this man, and I loved this book. It's mostly about government spending and the ridiculous things we spend money on, and the serious things we don't spend our money on.
I love Scarboroughs writing, I love his personality. He is to me what Jon Stewart is to everyone else. He is as funny, he is smarter, and I love how humble he can sometimes be, and how egotisical he can also sometimes be. Plus I love that he is addicted to Starbucks coffee. :)

Garden Spells

Eh, this one was ok. It was literally about garden spells, which is where it lost me.
Are you witches? Or what? What's going on? Why do you make people fall in love with each other by putting a certain flower in their dish? And who wants to eat something with a whole bunch of flowers in it, anyway?
The storytelling and the characters were likeable but the whole idea of garden spells just threw me a little.

Return of the King

While I was reading the Lord of the Rings, I was also watching the movies. But I made sure I didnt get too far in the movies. I only got as far as I had read. So I got to compare the movies and books pretty closely.
It didnt take me too long to read them and watch all of them. Maybe less than a month...um, by the time the 3rd movie was over, I had read all the books. And by the ending of the 3rd movie, I cannot remember a time when I had cried more. I wasn't just crying. I was a mess. I was sobbing. I dont know what came over me. But I went through a lot with these guys. I would get scared at night when Frodo and Sam were on their way to Mordor. I GOT NIGHTMARES. So yeah...I was pretty emotional. Its sort of embarrasing.
And Strider gets kinged! Can I say "kinged"? Crowned? Well, whatever. He is king and all is well.