Masterpiece
*****
Excellent
**** 1/2
Very good
****
Good
**** 1/2
Just okay
***
Not for me
**
Definitely not for me
*

I like to move it move it

Okay, for the past 2-3 weeks I have been watching Dancing with the Stars. Why? I have never watched it before this season. I have always loved dancing, but the real reason is because someone in my household actually went to high school with (and knew fairly well) one of the contestants. Strange, but true. The first time this famous person was seen on TV by said member of this household, was a lay down on the floor, gut busting laugh at the familiar. Anyone want to guess? Not sure I’d even tell you if did guess, but it’s fun messing with people!

Orange Shortlist

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
The Observations by Jane Harris
Digging to America by Anne Tyler

The official announcement is here.

Southern Reading Challenge


Maggie at Maggie Reads has proposed a 3 month Southern Reading Challenge. The challenge runs June 1st through August 31st.

I really was going to resist this challenge, but I realized (once again) that I had books already on my TBR list that would very nicely fit.

5/20/07 Update: I read The Color Purple in May, so I am changing my list.

My 3 choices are (I may add alternates later):

1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. The Known World by Edward P. Jones
3. A Death in the Family by James Agee

Original List:
1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
3. A Death in the Family by James Agee
3. The Known World by Edward P. Jones

Bonus/Alternate:
4. A Death in the Family by James Agee

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