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maribouJudith Viorst is really neat, and her book Necessary Losses was really helpful to me a few years ago. This one was interesting enough to read, but I didn't, um, need it. I already know all this stuff! Jay and I have gotten good at this being married thing! I ended up feeling a bit smug, really. Coulda probably benefited a lot more from reading this 3+ years ago. That said, she remains one of the few self-help writers that I don't end up wanting to throw across the room within 20 pages, so thumbs up.
(87/200)
Fool on the Hill is a Romance in the grand old sense of the word, and also a charming jumble of all sorts of antiquated, modern, and post-modern allusions. Normally, anything this allusion-heavy would get on my nerves, but Ruff manages to make it seem that he is tossing the reader these allusions as part of a really fun game he wants to share, rather than showing off how clever he is. Plus the story is good, the one-liners are funny, and the characters are loveable. After reading 3 of his books, Ruff is now very near the top of my "Trust this person to write something I will love" list.
(88/200)
(87/200)
Fool on the Hill is a Romance in the grand old sense of the word, and also a charming jumble of all sorts of antiquated, modern, and post-modern allusions. Normally, anything this allusion-heavy would get on my nerves, but Ruff manages to make it seem that he is tossing the reader these allusions as part of a really fun game he wants to share, rather than showing off how clever he is. Plus the story is good, the one-liners are funny, and the characters are loveable. After reading 3 of his books, Ruff is now very near the top of my "Trust this person to write something I will love" list.
(88/200)
