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The Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale - Thanks to my cousin Shea for mentioning this book on Facebook! I love the title and I love reading the book. The first half is sort of annoying with story after story about people who practiced the Attractor Factor and found huge life success. but then in the second half of the book, Joe starts talking about what it is, and basically, what you put out into the world is what you will get back from the world. It's The Secret light, and I'm a believer and am always striving to practice the concept.
"THE ENERGY YOU GIVE OUT IS THE RESULTS YOU GET. That's the Attractor Factor."
Danny Collins - Just go see this movie tomorrow. If you go to the Evanston, it'll be $5.75 Tuesday which makes an excellent movie a real bargain! Al Pacino is an old rock star who's lost his mojo and travels to New Jersey to stay in a small Hilton Hotel in order to get it back. Right at the last minute as you're wondering how it's all going to end, you'll be holding your breath. Happy, sad, funny, charming, human. And I love his 70s song.
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters - Remind me not to read anything else by Sarah. This story could have been told in half the pages. It features a character named Frances who is constantly cleaning her large Victorian home. One of my pet peeves is when authors have their characters cleaning. These characters spend days cleaning! It's not the cleaning, it's more the character who cleans so much you wonder why you need to be reading about the rest of their life, and about an author who can't think of another thing for the character to do but clean all the time. There's my rant. The first half is overwritten and basically says nothing, then in the second half the action heats up. It's got murder, forbidden love and a trial. Frances doesn't clean as much in the second half. Obviously.
Invisible Ellen
by Shari Shattuck - This is a sweet story about friendship and a person
living a quiet invisible life who evolves with the storyline into a
person with a "real" life. People generally don't notice her until one
day when she gets noticed by an unlikely person. Joyful and inspiring.
Sometimes all you have to do is reach out in a small way to make a big
difference.
An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips From 35 Great Writers
- These mini memoirs take the reader around the world and evoke the
times when we were young and traveled without cares. Some of the stories
are good, but the book caused me to think about travel and
wanderlust. I used to have a desire to see the world, but after years
of marriage to someone who likes home better than travel, the lust to wander is gone.
I tried to maintain it and pass it on to my son, but in the middle of a
great trip, he'll comment that here we are "walking around another
random city". Really? I've decided that pretty much any trip I take will have a time to live up to the places and experiences I had when I was young. I'm
not totally hopeless - there are a few places still in my dreams: The
Prado in Madrid, Bora Bora, more Greece, maybe the UK again, Andorra for
some reason, the rest of the US Capitals, more California, maybe more
Florida. And if I don't get there, it will be fine. That's how life
goes.
Inherent Vice - My friend Kim disliked this movie so intensely that it took me awhile to watch it. I finally started it and fell asleep - three times. The fourth time was the charm, and for some reason I liked it! It's a 70's thing about a Private Investigator named Doc who's usually stoned and who keeps hours at a Dr.'s office. The story is narrated by one of his friends, a girl with an amazing childlike voice. Doc is a mumbler, which is what Joaquin Phoenix always is to me, but Owen Wilson is in there and he always gives a great performance. So, yeah, if you like a convoluted strange plot with 70s characters who mumble a lot, this could also be a movie for you! I always thought it was Jo-a-quin, but it turns out is Wakeen.
Official Book Club Selection A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by Kathy Griffin - Delightful. I was never a big Kathy fan - she's too loud and in your face and then there's something about the voice. Until now. Her story has an honest charm that I found appealing. It's funny but not over the top, and she dishes about her family and various celebrities and her tv shows. And I love the title!
