"It's raining and I've grown to hate this town"

or something like that. I can't remember the exact quote. It's from a song that someone put on a mix tape for me back in college. Archers of Loaf maybe. No, that's not the band. I'll have to dig up the tape to find out, I can't remember. Anyways. I finished The Ring on Saturday. It's a good book, a little creepy. Not as terrifying as I thought it was going to be. A good read, for sure. I enjoyed it. I decided I didn't really want to read Cold Mountain or The English Patient just yet and went to the library to find a new book. Of course, I didn't have my booklist on me and I could only remember a few authors off the top of my head. I couldn't find anything and came across "The Kitchen God's Wife" by Amy Tan. I remember reading a bit of her in high school and liking it, so I picked this one up. Well, that and I was sick of looking around for a book in the library. I kept thinking "Just pick one, there are so many books here and there's got to be a few you'd like, just grab one!". But, I couldn't just grab one. I looked at a few covers, but nothing jumped out at me. Anyways, I started this one and am enjoying it. I'm going to have to print out another copy of my booklist and find one to put on hold at my library, when I'm about halway through this one. I've got about another week or so to decide what book or books should be next. I think I'll request 2, so that I have a back-up.

I suppose I should type a little about The Ring. Well, let's see. I like the idea a lot. Getting even with society and unleashing a sort of virus that you can infect people with. Intriguing idea, especially since it's not really a sickness. And there is an out, but you have to infect someone else to get your out. Or you can live life to the fullest for the week you have and die a terrifying death. I liked all the red herrings. Since I'd already seen the Japanese movie, I kinda knew what was going to happen, but the book was a bit different so things weren't exactly the same. I guess that's why it wasn't as scary for me. Although, there were a few things that were definitely Not in the movie. Lots of twists.

So far, I'm enjoying The Kitchen God's Wife. It's coming together as a nice story set in the Bay Area, which I really like. All the street names are nice and familiar to me! :)

Well, work is calling to me...