{"id":189,"date":"2005-06-19T23:56:46","date_gmt":"2005-06-20T07:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/test\/2005\/06\/19\/june-books\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T00:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T07:56:49","slug":"june-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2005\/06\/19\/june-books\/","title":{"rendered":"june books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Didn’t do much this weekend but I have finished some books…<\/p>\n

June<\/b>
\n17. Memoirs of a Geisha<\/i> by Arthur Golden, 448 p
\nI ended up really loving this book when I didn’t think I would at the beginning. It took me quite awhile to really get going — after about 3 days, I was only 50 pages in. But I happened to be reading it at lunch one day at work and about 5 people commented and told me how much they loved it. That inspired me to get moving! After the initial description of time\/place\/setting, etc. the story really picked up. I became really invested in Chiyo and her childhood and her journey to become a geisha that the pages finally seemed to fly by. I do have to admit that there were a few parts that screamed “trashy romance novel” to me but overall, I highly recommend this book. Thanks for the rec, Barry<\/a>! \ud83d\ude42
\n18. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood<\/i> by Ann Brashares, 416 p
\nCouldn’t resist picking this up after learning that the girls’ stories from the first book continue on (thanks Sarah<\/a>!). I enjoyed this installment much better than the first — maybe because I already “knew” the characters? But the funny thing is, I loved Lena and Tibby far more than Carmen and Bridget, which is the total opposite from my feelings at the end of the first book. I especially found myself wanting Lena to be happy so this book was torture. \ud83d\ude41 Anyone know when the third book is going to be released in paperback? I’m too cheap to spring for the hardcover. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

I really need to find a nearby library. Books are pretty darn pricey! Not to mention that I don’t have anymore space on my bookshelf.<\/p>\n

Next up: The Bourne Identity<\/i> and then a re-read of the Harry Potter<\/i> books to get ready for Book 6. SQUEE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Didn’t do much this weekend but I have finished some books… June 17. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, 448 p I ended up really loving this book when I didn’t think I would at the beginning. It took … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9643,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/9643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}