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Tonight I finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. It was incredibly good. I recommend this book, but must offer a warning: it's a long, rich, epic book. Make sure you're in the mood/able to read such a book whenever you decide to start it. That being said, it's definitely not a drudge to read. It moves quickly and you won't want to put it down for too long.
Michael Chabon is a gifted writer, and makes every page of this book a pleasure to read. His characters come alive and each win your heart in their own way. The subject matter (comic books, among other things) and the period in history (WWII era) work together for incredibly fascinating read. Even for someone like me, whose love for comics only went so far as Archie before picking up this novel.
Now I'm reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I need to pick up the pace if I'm going to accomplish my goal of re-reading the first six Harry Potter books before July 21. I should try to be done with 3 and 4 before the end of April.
In other news, Clinique has something fun going on right now. You can send a happy video to a friend (it's like a e-card) and for every e-card you send, Clinique will donate $1 to Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Plus, just for sending a video, you get a coupon to print out and redeem for a free Clinique Happy purse spray. Pretty fun promotion, I think.
I read the last 15 pages of the book with tears running down my face, overwhelmed because of the way she has conveyed themes every reader can relate to: Love, Family, Change, Life, Adapting.
I love the intimacy of each scene. The story's power is effortless. There are no passages filled with necessary "plot-gobs" of background info to interrupt the power of the narrative, of each scene.
I recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
