tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post5783593374685412127..comments2023-11-03T08:37:49.690-07:00Comments on Notthedaddy: On Crazy ParentsShellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10252114894311470243noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-65707902377717211302007-12-19T06:23:00.000-08:002007-12-19T06:23:00.000-08:00Oh, now I can't decide if I should read this or no...Oh, now I can't decide if I should read this or not. The subject sounds fascinating, yet I've not really heard anything good about it. To put in the pile of books to read, or not to put in the pile of books to read, THAT is the question.emailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653316423608779303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-7673563400851829492007-12-10T13:07:00.000-08:002007-12-10T13:07:00.000-08:00mrsgrumpy - I wish we could, too, babe. I swear, ...mrsgrumpy - I wish we could, too, babe. I swear, our mothers sound so alike sometimes. My hubby started off the same way, too. And the extra compassionate, "I've had trouble with my parents, too, be nice to her." Now he totally supports me in not speaking to her.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252114894311470243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-21988276287270731802007-12-10T12:47:00.000-08:002007-12-10T12:47:00.000-08:00I wish we could have coffee sometime because my mo...I wish we could have coffee sometime because my mother is also certifiable. When I was dating my husband I told him, simply,"My mother's a fruit loop..." He didn't believe me stating,'She's always really nice to me..." About a year later he said to me,"Your mother is not a fruit loop, she's f*cking nuts..."Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242720787149022301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-85256639202249597652007-12-07T06:39:00.000-08:002007-12-07T06:39:00.000-08:00Welcome la&bd! Yep, I'm around the Raleigh area. ...Welcome la&bd! Yep, I'm around the Raleigh area. I'm glad to find someone else who didn't think The Lovely Bones was all that; you're certainly right that we're the minority. And I love to read about screwed up families, too. I usually compare my family to the ones I read about. "oops, we were worse than them. Oh, good, we weren't as bad as them." - that type of thing.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252114894311470243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-63292180660689100402007-12-06T09:48:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:48:00.000-08:00Hi Shelly! I *think* I linked to your site from Pi...Hi Shelly! I *think* I linked to your site from Pickles & Dimes via Messing with Texas. Anyway, you made a comment about a Raleigh hair salon and it caught my attention b/c I am in the Triangle area of NC as well, so I just wanted to drop in and say HI. Also: I read The Lovely Bones and didn't think it lived up to the hype either, which doesn't seem to be a popular opinion. I had been considering The Almost Moon, b/c although I love my mom, I love to read about how much people mess up their kids. You know...b/c I don't actually have any kids yet. After I DO have them, I'm sure I'll be too busy messing them up myself to read. ;) <BR/>~LALA and BDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380037465527798595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-47850170783152086892007-12-06T05:46:00.000-08:002007-12-06T05:46:00.000-08:00pickles & dimes - I hope you like it. Thanks for ...pickles & dimes - I hope you like it. Thanks for visiting!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252114894311470243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-81471147097194218972007-12-05T14:57:00.000-08:002007-12-05T14:57:00.000-08:00Hmmm...I'll have to check this one out, thanks for...Hmmm...I'll have to check this one out, thanks for the review!Pickles and Dimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552386798256895855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-69318149005037284472007-12-05T10:06:00.000-08:002007-12-05T10:06:00.000-08:00Alice - teehee! My mother is a sociopath. She ha...Alice - teehee! My mother is a sociopath. She has no moral compass and no positive human emotions. She's highly manipulative and conniving. All in all, a real treat to have around. So, while I wouldn't say that I want to kill her, I would say that in reading about someone who kills her mother, I would like to see that person get away with it. I mean, I can empathize. In theory. Y'know, just as a literary exercise.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252114894311470243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-79576345296357781602007-12-05T09:23:00.000-08:002007-12-05T09:23:00.000-08:00am i missing something?? a woman who kills her mot...am i missing something?? a woman who kills her mother is a subject near and dear to your heart..? :-)Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287792370490363047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-7084297497804224572007-12-05T06:57:00.000-08:002007-12-05T06:57:00.000-08:00Shelly - It's clearly Christmas, because people ar...Shelly - It's clearly Christmas, because people are asking the book nerd to do more book reviews. I have been wishing for this my whole life. I certainly will and you and Mona are angels for asking.<BR/><BR/>And the thing is, I didn't really like The Lovely Bones. But I liked Lucky, her memoir about being raped. It was very honest and brutal and heartfelt. And a woman who had a difficult relationship with her mother and ended up killing her clearly spoke to me, so I thought she might handle it well, based on Lucky. But it was too much like Lovely Bones, unfinished and unsatisfying.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252114894311470243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-2468131214334225082007-12-05T06:52:00.000-08:002007-12-05T06:52:00.000-08:00Mona - Your wish is my command.Mona - Your wish is my command.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252114894311470243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-61505852552026921102007-12-04T16:32:00.000-08:002007-12-04T16:32:00.000-08:00I agree with Hello Insomnia!I read reviews of this...I agree with Hello Insomnia!<BR/><BR/>I read reviews of this book and none were favorable. Maybe it was too hard to come back after the greatness of The Lovely Bones, but I think I'll be skipping this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602153461120930259.post-74564794770352858282007-12-04T15:26:00.000-08:002007-12-04T15:26:00.000-08:00Shelly, please do more book reviews. I BEG OF YOU...Shelly, please do more book reviews. I BEG OF YOU.kiridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124659092594167420noreply@blogger.com