Next Door to Normal: Happy Birthday Jim!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Happy Birthday Jim!

Happy Birthday to my big brother who was nice to me at least once during our childhood (see photo above).

Although who knows? He might have been secretly pinching me.

Jim and I have argued over the years as to who has the suckiest birthday. And I have to give it to him, being born on Christmas Eve sort of steals your birthday thunder.

But Jimmy was never one to shy away from the limelight...even when competing with Jesus! So here is wishing you a very Happy Birthday and may not one of your birthday gifts be wrapped in Christmas paper. Love you brother!

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My Bedside Table

The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jamie Ford Reading this one for book club and so far enjoying it.
Every Last One - Anna Quindlen Generally I love AQ, she's a wonderful writer but this novel is killing me. I've been having nightmares. Thanks Patti.
The Kings of the Earth - Jon Clinch So, so good. I loved Finn and I'm loving this one as well. He's an amazing writer.
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service-Blaine, Hill & McCubbin Fascinating and tragic account of the assasination
Nothing Daunted-Dorothy Wickenden Not as good as I'd hoped or as big a deal as the hype but enjoyable
The House at Riverton-Kate Morton Another delicious novel from KM
Drinking Life-Pete Hamill As always, wonderful stuff from Mr. Hamill. I love the way he writes.
Weird Sisters-Eleanor Brown The story of 3 sisters and their Shakespeare scholar father, Really liked it!
Ireland-Frank Delaney Another Irish history novel but this one all about the tradition of story telling.
Bossypants-Tina Fey What can I say? I'm loving it.
Ghosts of Belfast-Stuart Neville Still on the Irish kick but this one is grittier.
The Forgotten Garden-Kate Morton LOVED it! My favorite novel in a long time.
1916 A Novel of the Irish Rebellion-Morgan Llywelyn I'm kind of obsessed with Irish history at the moment
Snow in August-Pete Hamill Loved this novel and want to read more by PH
Sin in the Second City-Karen Abott The true story of the most famous brothel in early 20th century Chicago
House Rules-Jodi Picoult Her books are always interesting and enjoyable
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake-Aimee Bender Really different and I liked it a lot. My new book club meets in April and I'm looking forward to the discussion
Galway Bay-Mary Pat Kelly An interesting story of Irish diaspora with an Illinois connection
American Wife-Curtis Sittenfeld One of the best novels I read in 2010. At the end of it, I kind of liked W but really liked Laura. Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, is worth a look too.
The Happiness Project-Gretchen Rubin Reading her book is a great way to start off the new year!
Loving Frank-Nancy Horan We just visited Frank Lloyd Wright's studio in Oak Park a few months ago. He was a genius but such a jerk! Fascinating read.
Fly Away Home-Jennifer Weiner Her novels are like a delicious treat. I eat them up quickly so enjoy them.
Scout, Atticus & Boo-Mary McDonagh Murphy This is a nice little collection of essays about the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It's interesting to read famous folk's take on this iconic novel. and timely too since we read it this semester in Soph English.
Twenty Poems to Nourish Your Soul-Judith Valente & Charles Reynard I just keep revisiting this little book, written by a local judge.
Finn - Jon Clinch I love novels that take an existing piece of literature but look at it from a different angle. This novel presents the backstory of Pap, Huck Finn's nasty character of a father. The author manages to echo Twain's style without going overboard. Loving it!
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert For some reason I was reluctant to read this but I loved every minute of it. I'm both excited and hesitant to see the movie.
Hellraisers - Robert Sellers This is one of those books you pick up and read a chapter at a time. It's about Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed and all their crazy, drunken exploits. Whew!