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June 14, 2006
Instant Love
Yesterday kind of sucked -- I was cranky, didn't get enough sleep, and just everything was pissing me off. I didn't even shower until 5pm, and as we know, the timing of the shower is a barometer for the shittiness of my day. After I was showered, and dressed, and fed, and still cranky, I remembered that today was the day... after being on pre-order for EIGHT FRIGGIN MONTHS, I'd finally get a copy of Jami Attenberg's Instant Love! So, I went to check the mail, and lucky for the postman, he had not forsaken me.
Having been a loyal reader of Jami's journal Whatever-whenever.net for years, it was almost magical zipping open the brown cardboard Amazon boxypouch and holding an honest-to-God hardcover full-length book by her. I told Richard not to bug me, I was going upstairs to read, damn it. This is one of those books that I'm forcing myself to read slowly. It's broken into a series of short stories, so it's easier for me to tell myself "Okay, that's enough for right now." But wow, it's really good. It did take me a few stories to get into how the structure of the book was all going to play out, but then the light bulb went off and the moment of "ohhhhhh, okay, I get it... how neat!" arrived and all was good. Actually, when I reached the lightbulb moment, I forced myself to stop. I realized I was feeling much better -- the cranky had dissipated -- and I should really savor something I've waited years to read :)
So if anyone actually reads this blog, and is looking for some hot, young, all fiction action, go buy Instant Love now. And no, I don't get any money from the Amazon links :)
Posted by jodikins at June 14, 2006 8:28 AM