I have always been fascinated by the world of The Tudors. In that respect I read what I can on them. I read "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Phillipa Gregory, which I loved, I have spent time on the internet researching them. I bought a biography on Henry VIII and started reading that, it is a tad dry but I think that I will try it again. The point is I find the whole Henry VIII saga intriguing. In that vein I was at a bookstore and I stumbled across a novel, a rather thick one titled, "The Autobiography of Henry VIII" by Margaret George. I had read one other historical novel by her "The Memoirs of Cleopatra," and though it was long and a tad boring towards the end I thought that it was good writing and it seemed to be well researched. So I thought that I would give her Henry VIII a try.
Yes I know that the very definition of autobiography means written by oneself. And how is a modern novel written by a King who has been dead since 1547? The reason Margaret George called it the "Autobiography of Henry VIII" was because she put it as a first person narrative, the book was supposed to be Henry's journal. Hence the title. Anyway I was taken in from the start. To read things from Henry's point of the view was a nice change of pace. Reading about how when he was very young and was going to meet Katharine of Aragon in his brother's stead, how from the moment he saw her he fell in love. He felt that she was indeed the love of his life, that he should be the one to be in his brother Arthur's place.
We see Henry's pain as his mother and father favor the first born son over and above him. We experience his confusion when after his brother dies and then his mother and finally his father he finds himself King of England. And after many years he finds himself the husband of Katharine and truly happy. Then we watch as Henry becomes bewitched by Anne and throws his country into a tailspin trying to change the way the world worked. With each new bride we watch as he falls incredibly in love, sure that this is the one true love. And we experience his pain when he realizes he has been betrayed or that the ones he trusted most turned from him.
The book is well written and well researched, it had poetry and reality that was well mixed. I enjoyed spending time not only in the court of Henry VIII but also in his mind. If anyone enjoys historical novels or finds themselves especially interested in the Tudor court I would reccommend this novel. However it is not for everyone because it is a long novel and gets very involved. I give it a 7 out of 10. A good read, and well written but not for everyone.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
A Couple Of Movie Reviews, As Promised
Alright I promised a movie review tonight and here it is. Actually, honestly it is a couple of them because I watched a couple of movies. The movies were "How Do You Know" and "The Tourist." I must warn you all that I don't have high praise for either of them, they were both simply mediocre. Let me explain.
"How Do You Know," starring Resse Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson and written and directed by James L. Brooks, is a romantic comedy that forgot to bring both the romance and the comedy. Resse Witheespoon plays, Lisa, a baseball player who for most of the years of her life has focused on nothing but baseball. She has dated only jocks, and is pretty hard. She is at a time in her life when she is just past her prime and has found out that she has been cut from her team. She starts dating the ever egotistical Owen Wilson, another baseball player, who isn't so much about quality but rather quantity when it comes to relationships. And because things aren't serious with him she agrees to a blind date with Paul Rudd. Paul Rudd is a man who works in his father's company and who is currently being investigted by the government for...something. I couldn't really tell what was happening there. Anyway they have a great first date, according to George (Paul Rudd), and this is the first good thing to happen to him in awhile. He thinks that this might just lead to something great. She on the other hand pretty much forgets about him and moves in with Owen Wilson, who happens to live in the same building as George's father, played by Jack Nicholson. One day George goes to visit his dad and runs into Lisa. Lisa invites George into her new home and introduces him to her boyfriend Matty (Owen Wilson). Matty gets upset that she invited someone into HIS place, this statement makes Lisa angry and so she gathers her stuff and moves out. George invites her to his place for a drink. They have another great night together. After a few hours Matty calls and Lisa goes back to him.
That is pretty much the movie. There is no real surprise at all, and the comedy is so subtle that it's barely there. Paul Rudd has a few funny moments, he is usually the one to bring the real comedy, but other then that I spent most of the movie bored. Resse Witherspoon's character is supposed to be tough and kind of like a tomboy but she's really just annoying. And as for the romance part of this romantic comedy it was really all one sided until the big end. I found "How Do You Know" to be boring and pretty lame. Sorry to all those out there with high hopes for a Resse Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, James L. Brooks romantic comedy but this is definetly not.
On to "The Tourist." Starring two of the most beautiful and well loved actors in Hollywood Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp and written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, and Julian Fellows and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, this movie was simply okay. I had heard that the critcs weren't in favor of the film, they found that Jolie and Depp had no chemistry and that the whole film was a little awkward. However I also heard from the people that it was a good action/suspense movie. That everyone did a grand old job. And I was personally excited to see it because I have been hoping the two of them would make a movie together for a long time. It turns out that, that should have stayed a dream. The film is about Frank, a math teacher from Wisconsin, and Elise, a mysterious woman being followed by the police. They meet on a train on their way to Italy. Elise invites Frank to spend the evening with her and sleep in her hotel suite. What ensues then is case after case of mistaken identity. Frank is mistaken for a big time theif by Interpol and the gangster this theif stole from. And so begin the chase scenes and shoot outs.
It sounds exciting right? But it was really kind of boring. I disagree with the critics about Depp's and Jolie's on-screen chemistry. I felt that they had some. I don't know if there were sparks between them nor did I believe they made the most interesting couple but there was good acting going on. The chase scenes were typical action scenes, the bad guys easy to spot the good guys in the right. Yes there were a few twists that were supposed to shock but I kind of figured things out before they were revealed. It made for a rather boring film. I know that plenty of people are going to see the film due to it's star cast but I am stating here that I found it lacking.
There you go. On both films I would have to give them a low rating. "How Do You Know" gets a 3 out of 10. I was hoping for laughs and found none. "The Tourist" recieves a 5 out of 10 due to the performances of the actors involved. However I can't give it more then that because it really was rather perdictable. The Venice back drop did make for nice visuals but really nothing too exciting. A shame that this weekend yielded such poor movie results but I guess that happens.
"How Do You Know," starring Resse Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson and written and directed by James L. Brooks, is a romantic comedy that forgot to bring both the romance and the comedy. Resse Witheespoon plays, Lisa, a baseball player who for most of the years of her life has focused on nothing but baseball. She has dated only jocks, and is pretty hard. She is at a time in her life when she is just past her prime and has found out that she has been cut from her team. She starts dating the ever egotistical Owen Wilson, another baseball player, who isn't so much about quality but rather quantity when it comes to relationships. And because things aren't serious with him she agrees to a blind date with Paul Rudd. Paul Rudd is a man who works in his father's company and who is currently being investigted by the government for...something. I couldn't really tell what was happening there. Anyway they have a great first date, according to George (Paul Rudd), and this is the first good thing to happen to him in awhile. He thinks that this might just lead to something great. She on the other hand pretty much forgets about him and moves in with Owen Wilson, who happens to live in the same building as George's father, played by Jack Nicholson. One day George goes to visit his dad and runs into Lisa. Lisa invites George into her new home and introduces him to her boyfriend Matty (Owen Wilson). Matty gets upset that she invited someone into HIS place, this statement makes Lisa angry and so she gathers her stuff and moves out. George invites her to his place for a drink. They have another great night together. After a few hours Matty calls and Lisa goes back to him.
That is pretty much the movie. There is no real surprise at all, and the comedy is so subtle that it's barely there. Paul Rudd has a few funny moments, he is usually the one to bring the real comedy, but other then that I spent most of the movie bored. Resse Witherspoon's character is supposed to be tough and kind of like a tomboy but she's really just annoying. And as for the romance part of this romantic comedy it was really all one sided until the big end. I found "How Do You Know" to be boring and pretty lame. Sorry to all those out there with high hopes for a Resse Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, James L. Brooks romantic comedy but this is definetly not.
On to "The Tourist." Starring two of the most beautiful and well loved actors in Hollywood Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp and written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, and Julian Fellows and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, this movie was simply okay. I had heard that the critcs weren't in favor of the film, they found that Jolie and Depp had no chemistry and that the whole film was a little awkward. However I also heard from the people that it was a good action/suspense movie. That everyone did a grand old job. And I was personally excited to see it because I have been hoping the two of them would make a movie together for a long time. It turns out that, that should have stayed a dream. The film is about Frank, a math teacher from Wisconsin, and Elise, a mysterious woman being followed by the police. They meet on a train on their way to Italy. Elise invites Frank to spend the evening with her and sleep in her hotel suite. What ensues then is case after case of mistaken identity. Frank is mistaken for a big time theif by Interpol and the gangster this theif stole from. And so begin the chase scenes and shoot outs.
It sounds exciting right? But it was really kind of boring. I disagree with the critics about Depp's and Jolie's on-screen chemistry. I felt that they had some. I don't know if there were sparks between them nor did I believe they made the most interesting couple but there was good acting going on. The chase scenes were typical action scenes, the bad guys easy to spot the good guys in the right. Yes there were a few twists that were supposed to shock but I kind of figured things out before they were revealed. It made for a rather boring film. I know that plenty of people are going to see the film due to it's star cast but I am stating here that I found it lacking.
There you go. On both films I would have to give them a low rating. "How Do You Know" gets a 3 out of 10. I was hoping for laughs and found none. "The Tourist" recieves a 5 out of 10 due to the performances of the actors involved. However I can't give it more then that because it really was rather perdictable. The Venice back drop did make for nice visuals but really nothing too exciting. A shame that this weekend yielded such poor movie results but I guess that happens.
"Every Life Has A Soundtrack, All You Have To Do Is Listen."
I finished the latest Jodi Picoult quite a few days ago but I didn't have internet for unknown reasons and so I am just now posting my review. Right now I will post this book review and then later there will be a movie review about upcoming movies. On to the book review part of the review now.
As I said in my previous post I love almost all of Jodi Picoult's novels. A couple have fallen a little short for me but this one intrigued me from the start. It is titled "Sing You Home," all about Zoe, a music therapist married to Max, a recovering alcholic landscaper, and their wish to have a child. It has been difficult for them due to both of their infertilities. The story begins when Zoe is twenty-eight weeks into an IVF pregnancy. Far enough along that she is actually hopeful that this will end in a baby and not a miscarriage like her first two. She is huge and healthy and happy. Her mom has a baby shower all planned out, gifts and games, and cake is waiting. Half way through the shower Zoe begins to hemorrhage and is rushed to the hospital. Where she delivers a stillborn son.
While at the hospital she discovers that she has a severe blood clotting disorder that could cause serious and permanent damage if she were to get pregnant again. Which is something she is determined to do. However after she gets out of the hospital and Max and her spread the ashes of the son they never knew Max tells her he can no longer go through the uncertainty of trying to have a baby. The pain and the money that goes into it. And so he asks for a divorce. After this Max falls off the wagon big time and almost dies in a car crash. It is this that points Max in the direction of his brother's church and pastor. The Eternal Glory Church with Pastor Clive Lincoln. An extremist church that claims to follow the Bible to it's fullest meaning. Especially the passages that condem homosexuality.
Around this time Zoe runs into Vanessa Shaw. A counselor at the local high school with whom she has worked in her musical therapist capacity. They begin spending time together. Working through Zoe's depression over her dead baby, and her clotting condition, and most recently the knowledge that she has cancer, and has to have a hysterectomy. They do little things together, going shopping, running errands and going to the movies. On one of their movie trips they run into Max and his new church buddies protesting a movie entitled "Juliet & Juliet." This is Zoe's first glimpse at Max's new life. Knowing that Vanessa is gay Zoe gets them out of the situation before it can escalte into anything.
Eventaully after spending all their time together Vanessa and Zoe find themselves in love. A situation that both surprises and delights Zoe. In short order they move in together and get married. Eventually they decide that they want a baby. Now that Zoe no longer has a uterus, Vanessa decides to carry one of Zoe's embryos so that it is a part of both of them. Zoe and Max have three more embryos frozen at the fertility clinic from their last round of IVF. Zoe goes to Max asking for permission to use them. However with Max's new beliefs and the new crowd he runs in, he denys her the use of them and instead wishes to take them so that he can give them to his brother and sister-in-law. And so begins the court case.
It is a battle of church and state. Questions such as "who will provide the best home life for the child?" "Is this a matter of the law being carried out or simply the church trying to push it's own agenda?" Each side believes they know what is best for the "pre-born children" as they are reffered to. Each side tries to trap the other into tripping up. Making a big enough mistake that the judge will rule for their side. It is a tough read at times.
The book was really well written and very well researched. Jodi Picoult nevers leaves a fact unreasearched, which should show just how dedicated she is to getting things right. And the poetry of her writing is absolutely beautiful. Because this story had so much to do with music and it's healing properties Jodi Picoult and her friend Ellen Wilber put together a companion soundtrack. Jodi wrote the lyrics and Ellen wrote the music and sang the songs. I think that it was a nice idea to have. The lyrics and music were beautiful although didn't really seem to go along with the chapters each track was selected for, but they should have hired a professional singer. Ellen just didn't have the range needed in order to make these songs beautiful. I was a little disappointed in that. I love to read and listen to music. And a lot of times I enjoy trying to find music to go along with the mood of the book and so I was excited that this book came with music already picked out. But I was disappointed in the outcome. I ended up using my own mix to go with it, using a lot of the artists that are mentioned in the book.
Despite the poor quality of the CD the book is a great read. It is a tough story to read, especially if you are thinking about having a baby or know what it's like to go through having a baby, but for me this makes it even better. The rawness, and the pain that come through make the story darkly beautiful in the way only Jodi can do. The story is told through the eyes of Zoe, Max and Vanessa. And so we get different perspectives on each person's life and how they see what is going on around them. We feel the power of music every time Zoe brings it up, and we feel the pain of everything she goes through. We understand Max's inability to cope and his need to keep drinking after every promise not to, and we feel his heart being torn in two during the trial. We watch Vanessa fall head over heels in love with Zoe and promise hersef that she will make sure that Zoe is always happy. It's a great way to storytell. I love it.
If you are at all a fan of Jodi's go out and get "Sing You Home." It's worth the money. And if you are looking to dive into a new author this may very well be a good first for Jodi Picoult. I recommend this novel highly and I can't wait to see what else Jodi has in store.
As I said in my previous post I love almost all of Jodi Picoult's novels. A couple have fallen a little short for me but this one intrigued me from the start. It is titled "Sing You Home," all about Zoe, a music therapist married to Max, a recovering alcholic landscaper, and their wish to have a child. It has been difficult for them due to both of their infertilities. The story begins when Zoe is twenty-eight weeks into an IVF pregnancy. Far enough along that she is actually hopeful that this will end in a baby and not a miscarriage like her first two. She is huge and healthy and happy. Her mom has a baby shower all planned out, gifts and games, and cake is waiting. Half way through the shower Zoe begins to hemorrhage and is rushed to the hospital. Where she delivers a stillborn son.
While at the hospital she discovers that she has a severe blood clotting disorder that could cause serious and permanent damage if she were to get pregnant again. Which is something she is determined to do. However after she gets out of the hospital and Max and her spread the ashes of the son they never knew Max tells her he can no longer go through the uncertainty of trying to have a baby. The pain and the money that goes into it. And so he asks for a divorce. After this Max falls off the wagon big time and almost dies in a car crash. It is this that points Max in the direction of his brother's church and pastor. The Eternal Glory Church with Pastor Clive Lincoln. An extremist church that claims to follow the Bible to it's fullest meaning. Especially the passages that condem homosexuality.
Around this time Zoe runs into Vanessa Shaw. A counselor at the local high school with whom she has worked in her musical therapist capacity. They begin spending time together. Working through Zoe's depression over her dead baby, and her clotting condition, and most recently the knowledge that she has cancer, and has to have a hysterectomy. They do little things together, going shopping, running errands and going to the movies. On one of their movie trips they run into Max and his new church buddies protesting a movie entitled "Juliet & Juliet." This is Zoe's first glimpse at Max's new life. Knowing that Vanessa is gay Zoe gets them out of the situation before it can escalte into anything.
Eventaully after spending all their time together Vanessa and Zoe find themselves in love. A situation that both surprises and delights Zoe. In short order they move in together and get married. Eventually they decide that they want a baby. Now that Zoe no longer has a uterus, Vanessa decides to carry one of Zoe's embryos so that it is a part of both of them. Zoe and Max have three more embryos frozen at the fertility clinic from their last round of IVF. Zoe goes to Max asking for permission to use them. However with Max's new beliefs and the new crowd he runs in, he denys her the use of them and instead wishes to take them so that he can give them to his brother and sister-in-law. And so begins the court case.
It is a battle of church and state. Questions such as "who will provide the best home life for the child?" "Is this a matter of the law being carried out or simply the church trying to push it's own agenda?" Each side believes they know what is best for the "pre-born children" as they are reffered to. Each side tries to trap the other into tripping up. Making a big enough mistake that the judge will rule for their side. It is a tough read at times.
The book was really well written and very well researched. Jodi Picoult nevers leaves a fact unreasearched, which should show just how dedicated she is to getting things right. And the poetry of her writing is absolutely beautiful. Because this story had so much to do with music and it's healing properties Jodi Picoult and her friend Ellen Wilber put together a companion soundtrack. Jodi wrote the lyrics and Ellen wrote the music and sang the songs. I think that it was a nice idea to have. The lyrics and music were beautiful although didn't really seem to go along with the chapters each track was selected for, but they should have hired a professional singer. Ellen just didn't have the range needed in order to make these songs beautiful. I was a little disappointed in that. I love to read and listen to music. And a lot of times I enjoy trying to find music to go along with the mood of the book and so I was excited that this book came with music already picked out. But I was disappointed in the outcome. I ended up using my own mix to go with it, using a lot of the artists that are mentioned in the book.
Despite the poor quality of the CD the book is a great read. It is a tough story to read, especially if you are thinking about having a baby or know what it's like to go through having a baby, but for me this makes it even better. The rawness, and the pain that come through make the story darkly beautiful in the way only Jodi can do. The story is told through the eyes of Zoe, Max and Vanessa. And so we get different perspectives on each person's life and how they see what is going on around them. We feel the power of music every time Zoe brings it up, and we feel the pain of everything she goes through. We understand Max's inability to cope and his need to keep drinking after every promise not to, and we feel his heart being torn in two during the trial. We watch Vanessa fall head over heels in love with Zoe and promise hersef that she will make sure that Zoe is always happy. It's a great way to storytell. I love it.
If you are at all a fan of Jodi's go out and get "Sing You Home." It's worth the money. And if you are looking to dive into a new author this may very well be a good first for Jodi Picoult. I recommend this novel highly and I can't wait to see what else Jodi has in store.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Books Once More
Well I know that it has been a long time since there was a book post but there was the Academy Award project to complete so I guess I kind of have a small amount of an excuse. But it is here, the time to put up a post about the books. I have been deabating for quite some time about exactly what books to talk about. I could talk about Jane Austen, I love her and I just finished re-reading "Sense & Sensibility" but I think that I want to read more of her before putting up a "how cool is Jane Austen" post. Then I was thinking that since I recently just read the first three of the MaryJanice Davidson "Undead" series for the second time, maybe I would talk about that. But that is something that I would like to write about as a whole. I could write about one of the books I am currently in the middle of but I would feel like that is a half hearted post. So what to write about? Obviously it has to be something that I really love. Something that will be worth the wait. And then I got to thinking about one of my favorite authors, Jodi Picoult. With that thought in my mind, I have decided to write about her.
She now has 18 novels out. I own 17 of them, the newest just came out a few days ago. I can't wait to go get it! I didn't think that it was coming out until May otherwise I would have gotten it right away. Anyway minus her first couple of novels, which I still own, all of her work is pretty amazing. Granted I haven't read the Wonder Woman comics that she wrote or the play she wrote with her son but other then that I think I have read all of her fiction. I love it. Her style of fiction is really something that I enjoy reading. Hence the owning of all her fiction novels and the springing for the hardbacks of her newest novels. I bought two of the Sookie Stackhouse novels in hardback, and I don't think that I will be doing that again seeing as the series is declining, other then that I rarely buy an author's latest novel as a hardback. I'm rambling a tiny bit. I'm a tad distracted. Anyway when it comes to Jodi Picoult I don't mind spending the extra dough.
Her novels usually end up as a courtroom mystery. I think that the most recognized name is going to be "My Sister's Keeper." It has been turned into a movie starring Cameron Diaz and so it has become a pretty recognizable title. The novel is about a family who has a daughter named Kate who has leukemia. Because her life was going to be filled with waiting for donors and surgeries the family decides to genetically engineer another daughter they name Anna. She was born so that Kate will always have someone around who is a perfect match for bone marrow donation, blood transfusions, and any other surgery that may be needed. This is how life goes on for quite a few years. It goes on until Anna hires a lawyer and sues her family for the rights to her body. This is where it turns to the courtroom. The novel is told through the eyes of Anna, Campbell (her lawyer), Sara (the mom), Brian (the dad), Jesse (the brother), and Julia (Anna's guardian ad litam). The novel is told from all these points of view, each chapter a different person, a different font. It makes it iteresting. The reader gets to experience what almost everyone is thinking. Anyway I enjoy it. The writing is beautiful, the story heartfelt and real. It's a great place to start if you are just beginning to find your way through Jodi's work.
Her writing, even in the few that I didn't enjoy as much, is always thought out. Each sentence, each phrase is put together with care and finesse. She's a master at taking dark subjects, "designer babies", rape, autism,school shootings, abusive realationships, and putting them in words that make the reader WANT to read about it, WANT to look at it, face it head on. It's a brilliant ability. I just love her work, her poetry, her talent. I highly reccomend her novels. Maybe skip ahead to her third novel "Picture Perfect" and go from there. Her first two are really not as great. They are her still trying to find her style. They are only something that a real fan of hers will want to read. But I say give a lot of the others a chance. They are worth the time. I know that I can't wait until I can get to a bookstore and buy her latest novel "Sing You Home."
Jodi Picoult is an author that rarely disappoints, rarely lets me down. An author that I can see myself reading as long as she is writing. So go out, give her a try, see if maybe you become devoted to her as I am!
She now has 18 novels out. I own 17 of them, the newest just came out a few days ago. I can't wait to go get it! I didn't think that it was coming out until May otherwise I would have gotten it right away. Anyway minus her first couple of novels, which I still own, all of her work is pretty amazing. Granted I haven't read the Wonder Woman comics that she wrote or the play she wrote with her son but other then that I think I have read all of her fiction. I love it. Her style of fiction is really something that I enjoy reading. Hence the owning of all her fiction novels and the springing for the hardbacks of her newest novels. I bought two of the Sookie Stackhouse novels in hardback, and I don't think that I will be doing that again seeing as the series is declining, other then that I rarely buy an author's latest novel as a hardback. I'm rambling a tiny bit. I'm a tad distracted. Anyway when it comes to Jodi Picoult I don't mind spending the extra dough.
Her novels usually end up as a courtroom mystery. I think that the most recognized name is going to be "My Sister's Keeper." It has been turned into a movie starring Cameron Diaz and so it has become a pretty recognizable title. The novel is about a family who has a daughter named Kate who has leukemia. Because her life was going to be filled with waiting for donors and surgeries the family decides to genetically engineer another daughter they name Anna. She was born so that Kate will always have someone around who is a perfect match for bone marrow donation, blood transfusions, and any other surgery that may be needed. This is how life goes on for quite a few years. It goes on until Anna hires a lawyer and sues her family for the rights to her body. This is where it turns to the courtroom. The novel is told through the eyes of Anna, Campbell (her lawyer), Sara (the mom), Brian (the dad), Jesse (the brother), and Julia (Anna's guardian ad litam). The novel is told from all these points of view, each chapter a different person, a different font. It makes it iteresting. The reader gets to experience what almost everyone is thinking. Anyway I enjoy it. The writing is beautiful, the story heartfelt and real. It's a great place to start if you are just beginning to find your way through Jodi's work.
Her writing, even in the few that I didn't enjoy as much, is always thought out. Each sentence, each phrase is put together with care and finesse. She's a master at taking dark subjects, "designer babies", rape, autism,school shootings, abusive realationships, and putting them in words that make the reader WANT to read about it, WANT to look at it, face it head on. It's a brilliant ability. I just love her work, her poetry, her talent. I highly reccomend her novels. Maybe skip ahead to her third novel "Picture Perfect" and go from there. Her first two are really not as great. They are her still trying to find her style. They are only something that a real fan of hers will want to read. But I say give a lot of the others a chance. They are worth the time. I know that I can't wait until I can get to a bookstore and buy her latest novel "Sing You Home."
Jodi Picoult is an author that rarely disappoints, rarely lets me down. An author that I can see myself reading as long as she is writing. So go out, give her a try, see if maybe you become devoted to her as I am!
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