For Some reason.. my formatting today seems to be for the birds. I am not sure if I am willing to spend a lot of time on this post to correct why the spacing turned out so bizarre. Slightly ironic I must say, given how I felt about this book. It isn't often that I start a book and don't finish it. What started off as a lovely morning in bed today, ended up with me pretty much tossing this book. Since it was endorsed by a funny political author (Terry Fallis), I had high hopes for some guffaws.
Not so much. I did read some reviews of this book and other people find it funny. Yes, I get that it is a satire on the state of Canadian politics in 2008 but it just did not do it for me. It is a fast read, and would not have taken up a lot of my time.. but I got to page 112, scanned through the rest of the book, and felt like I given the book more than ample time to get better, and it didn't.
Adios terrible book, you just are not funny.
Since I spent the morning returning a few odds and sods, I returned one of my two copies of the coolest astronaut ever's book (soon to be reviewed I am sure) for some new books. I won't say what else I snuck in to return but I walked out with three new books - Olive Kitteridge, The Weird Sisters, and The Peach Keeper. A good decision in my mind, as I walked out of the bookstore, smelling the books and running my hand down the pages. Without a doubt, reading is one of my favourite past times. I don't think I am destined to own an e-reader. It just isn't the same.
Speaking of which - today I am watching the first Harry Potter movie with my oldest. We finished reading the book, and now it is time to watch the movie. To say he is excited, is an understatement. He has always enjoyed reading, but watching him engage with this book has been literally - magic. Yes, those novels get dark soon, but I can see us reading the first three this year... and we will see about the final 4.
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