Tuesday, January 19, 2010

more of the same...

... and i mean that in a good way!

i just was ordering books this morning, and came across this one:
a fortunate age by joanna smith rakoff.

powells.com said, "Like The Group, Mary McCarthy's classic tale about coming of age in New York, Joanna Smith Rakoff 's richly drawn and immensely satisfying first novel details the lives of a group of Oberlin graduates whose ambitions and friendships threaten to unravel as they chase their dreams, shed their youth, and build their lives in Brooklyn during the late 1990s and the turn of the twenty-first century."

i'm excited to get into this one... and all of the sudden, this apres college genre is making me think of st elmo's fire. the person you were in college doesn't always translate into the "real world." and what a slap in the face that is... but you're lucky to have friends to help you thru.

and again, speaking of friends,i just finsihed a year on ladybug farm by donna bell. three friends buy a house and promise to spend at least a year there...which challenges their preconceived ideas, their bodies--but never their friendship.

they are older (than me), they are a widow, divorcee and single gal, who left the comfortable life in baltimore to fulfill their dreams. and just like life out of college never seems to be what one would hope, these gals realize that they didn't lose their dreams, but the dreams they brought with them to ladybug farm, changed and grew with them during the year.

life has a way of doing that. i think my buddy mick said it best when he said, "you can't always get what you want... you get what you need"

happy reading, my friends


*there is a sequel to a year on ladybug farm, called at home on ladybug farm...but it's on the back burner because my reading buddy (can i say your name?) and i are about to jump into drums of autumn!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

um...yes you can say my name. i have less than 100 pages to go. we will be swimming in book 4 this weekend!!!! i feel so guilty b/c i can't put book 3 down and i'm supposed to be reading "the happiness project" because i'm meeting gretchen rubin tomorrow at the TC. i can't wait!!!!

the hentzen house said...

oh, man... i hope that we {meaning: you and me} can go to the TC when we're there in may!!

*three is so good, it made slogging thru two almost worth it! talk to you soon : )