going back on promises and other miscellaneous lies

I've changed my mind on reviewing Unaccostomed Earth and -- though I hate to say it -- On Chesil Beach.

I don't have much to say on either other than fan-girl gushiness and there are plenty of places you can read more insightful reviews of these than mine.

I will say though: On Chesil Beach = ridiculously awesome. I lovah my McEwan. And now I lovah my Jhumpa Lahiri.

Just imagine what a Lahiri/McEwan lovechild could accomplish....

I am currently making my way through The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter (swoon! I didn't even know she wrote kick-ass feminist theory! Sometimes I feel like such a literature n00b.), which is a surprisingly good companion to the terrifying girls. I don't regret dredging my way through it anymore.

Excitingly though! I did snag my first LibraryThing Early Reviewers book! From the group discussions it looks like it's pretty hit or miss whether the book will actually arrive, though, so I'm trying to temper my hopes. I'm not even going to say what book it is in hopes of not jinxing it.

Also, I read about something in today's paper that really revved me up. It's a pre-blog story made new by a lawsuit (what else?) and involves my high school past! Literary censorship! Teenagers overcoming adult parameters and coming-of-age in the process!

In other words: it's the best kind of story.

So I'm hoping to write about it soon. We'll see if actually I do. I give myself 7-2 odds.