Monday, July 23, 2007

no spoilers, promise . . .

. . . but I simply have to say that the seventh Harry Potter book was damn good. Yes, that's right. Damn good. Apparently I am a fan of magical realism. Kid books too. The His Dark Materials trilogy (coming soon to theater near you with Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman) were great also. So what else should I read?

I did have to finish the Pessl book first before committing to Harry. And it was worth it, because after the first three hundred pages or so, the book gets good. Not just, oh, yeah, well I guess it was worth reading it, but more like, holy crap, didn't see that coming, or that, uh huh, oooo, it all makes sense now. But you have to delve through 300 pages to get there! Longest book foreplay ever.

Taking Yummy to the vet. I think he may have a scent gland tumor. Male gerbils have scent glands on their tummies, and they are susceptible to cancer. So, hopefully, Yummy will be a good candidate for surgery. Fingers crossed. He really is the cutest little shit.

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