Okay. I'm a little cranky. I haven't gotten a lot of sleep recently, and that makes me grouchy. But I just have a beef I'd like to discuss.
You know when you go to a restaurant, order something, LOVE it, devour it, and it becomes your go-to meal when you're at that restaurant? And you have other friends that also love that dish, and you have a great time eating it and talking about how much you love that food? And then you go out to eat with a friend, you recommend it because you love it so much, and they order it, and then tell you it's disgusting? And then you start to question your own taste, because what if it is gross, and you've been eating something nasty over and over again, and there's something wrong with you for loving it. And then the friend that thinks it's gross joins with different friends in telling you your very favorite meal is disgusting and they would never recommend it to anyone. Then, when you're at the restaurant the next time, you want to order that meal, because it's just what you're in the mood for, and all you can think about is those friends that thought it was awful, and maybe you should just stop eating that meal, even though it's one of the few things you can count on to cheer you up and make you happy.
And this is why you should never, EVER recommend a book you absolutely and positively adore for book group.
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- Rach
- Everyone needs a place to vent, right? And just because my 5-year-old doesn't care what I thought of the latest book or movie doesn't mean I can't discuss it somewhere. Here you go.
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Books I've Enjoyed Lately
- The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- The Rent Collector, by Camron Wright
- Juliet, by Anne Fortier
- What Alice Forgot, by Liane Moriarty
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison (the whole series)
What I'm Watching and Shows Worth Streaming
- House (I've turned into a hypochondriac)
- Parks and Recreation (It makes me laugh out loud, and hard)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (they are best to watch together)
- Being Human (OMHeck. So good.)
- Modern Family
- Bones
- Castle
- Psych
My Fave Flicks, which is a list that could fill up the blog, but there's not room
- Austenland
- Moonstruck (Italians and Cher AND opera? Win win win!)
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy (but know the special features are why we own the DVDs, right?)
- North and South (not the Civil War one, the British one)
- Cold Comfort Farm (I saw something nasty in the woodshed!)
- Strictly Ballroom (Feel the rhythm, don't be scared!)
- Raising Arizona
- A&E Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth version)
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
- Napoleon Dynamite
- While You Were Sleeping
- Return to Me
9 comments:
Hold up. HOLD. UP! Are you talking about Georgia? I know you read it for book club and now I'm questioning whether or not I should immediately DRIVE UP THERE AND WRAP YOU IN A WARM BLANKET AND BRING YOU TO CALIFORNIA TO FEED YOU ICE CREAM BECAUSE CLEARLY YOU HAVE TASTELESS LUNATICS AS FRIENDS! I'm sorry. Probably some of your friends are reading this right now. I should reach out. Hi, Rac's tastesless friends!
Listen to your dear old pal Rachel, who knows you and loves you, Georgia is funny and wonderful no matter what anyone says. Your taste is just fine. Keep ordering it.
I eat lots of things other people think are disgusting. I consider myself adventurous and those other people boring. Maybe your fellow book clubbers just aren't as adventurous and exciting as you are. Consider yourself lucky that you are open minded enough to like something outside of the box.
Thanks. Not all my friends here thought it was disgusting, or I'd be completely depressed. My closest ones have eaten the same dish multiple times and also enjoy it.
I know. I got my feelings hurt the time I did it and I've been gun shy ever since. When you fall hard for a book, it's like a kid, and can't no one talk about my kid like that!
That's so awful! I just never read, so I am a looser. hahaha. I try and try to read and then I just get bored everytime, or I think of something crafty to make and I forget about the book. Thanks to you though I actually read my first book last year besides the Book of Mormon (which I read over and over). I wish I could have read the Angus Tongs and Frontal Snogging book...it looked so funny but I couldn't find it on my iPad store...and then I was too lazy to take a trip to the library. I am a horrible person. And I know how it feels when no one likes what I like. Food is a sore subject for me when I talk to my mom. Hahaha.
Oh and I feel ya on the no sleep thing. Cole has decided to have yet another growth spurt...I swear it's numnber 5-0. I think I about fainted again yesterday at the gym, so I came home all grouchy. Aaron probably wished I would have stayed at the gym. ;-)
I am 100% with rachel k. Who are these crazies???!!!! Georgia is genius and there can be no dispute, unless you have no hilariousity in your soul or you are Slim or even worse Wet Lindsay...Devour away dear friend! I will be at the table next to you with sauce all over my face!
There are people in life who only like buttered noodles and then there are people who like Pad Thai. You, my dear, are a Pad Thai eater. Be grateful that you're not in company with the boring old buttered noodle people. Unless of course you hate Thai food and then just insert your favorite Italian dish in my handy metaphor.
By the way, I only ever read the first Georgia book and loved it, then mentally noted to read the rest. Haven't done it yet, but hopping onto my library website right now...
There are some books I love that I wouldn't ever suggest for book club because of a few issues I KNOW would come up and everyone would say what a bad book it is even though its one of the best YA books to come out in the last 5 years. But thats a rant for my blog, not yours. Hugs sweetheart, and know they will never be as happy with out your books as they would be with them.
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