EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES: THE ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH TO PUNCTUATION by Lynne Truss

Genre: Nonfiction/ReferenceISBN: 1592400876How Acquired: library loanReading Began: September 13, 2004Completed Reading: still haven’t, will begin anew on p. 72
Overall rating: loving it so far
Recommendation to others: It’s hysterical, but maybe only to the grammar geeks like me.
Why I chose to read this book: Like I said… grammar geek.
Favorite passages:
Part of one’s despair, of course, is [...]

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC by Sophie Kinsella

Genre: FictionISBN: 0385335482How Acquired: Book RelayReading Began: September 17, 2004Completed Reading: September 22, 2004
Overall rating: Six out of ten
Recommendation to others: Just delightful! It’s definitely ChickLit, but the protagonist is so appealing and so EveryWoman that I couldn’t help loving her. And wanting only the best for her, despite being shocked by some of her [...]

JEMIMA J: A NOVEL ABOUT UGLY DUCKLINGS AND SWANS by Jane Green

Genre: Fiction (ChickLit)ISBN: 0767905180How Acquired: BookRelayReading Began: September 10, 2004Completed Reading: September 16, 2004
Overall rating: Five out of ten
Recommendation to others: This is a standard bit of ChickLit, I suppose, and easy enough to read. Be forewarned that it loses something when the story takes Jemima from frumpy duckling to shrinking-in-size swan. And the book’s [...]

IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY by Bill Bryson

Genre: TravelISBN: 0767903854How Acquired: I’ve had this so many years that I can’t even recall. Probably Amazon or BN.comReading Began: August 16, 2004Completed Reading: September 10, 2004
Overall rating: Seven out of ten
Recommendation to others: This is a wonderfully irreverent book written by an author who adores its subject. A delightful travel book that reads as [...]

Summer Film Series: Vol. 2, No. 12: COLLATERAL

September 6, 2004, at Cinemark Town Center, Sherman, TexasLet me say first off that I believe this to be the best film I saw this summer. It was not my favorite, mind you, but on sheer film-making merits, Collateral was the best.
I expected dark, even gritty, visuals, but more of the “gimmick” that Tom Cruise [...]