The Good Girl Gone Blog

My mysterious post April 06, 2010

Why the heck am I sharing with you this photo of an adorable Ethiopian boy in bunny ears? Click here to find out! (There may be a giveaway in it for you!)

Rebecca Revisited September 09, 2009

My new cousin...REBECCA, with Lauren (who turns 11 today!) and Donna

I don't know if I've told you about my new obsession with last.fm. When I found out that Pandora started limiting the amount of music I could enjoy to 40 hours a month (which is ridiculous, because there are 40 hours in a work week alone...), I made the switch.

I'm absolutely loving the music selection that the system chooses for me- my favorite stations currently are "Eric Hutchinson" and "Marie Digby."

It's because of last.fm that I discovered the song Rebecca, by Meg and Dia. As I sat at work, editing blog posts, the song lyrics caught my attention. I immediately clicked over to my last.fm window, and noticed the title of the song.

And then I had a thought- this "Rebecca" song was totally about a book I read in middle school called...Rebecca! I then wikipedia-ed "Meg and Dia" and found that many of their songs are based off of books, which I think is pretty fabulous.

So, not only do I now have a new girl group to check out, I also really want to re-read Rebecca. I'm DEFINITELY adding it to my reading list!

What book from your childhood do you want to revisit?

Some light reading January 13, 2009

In keeping with the theme of alcohol and my upcoming birthday, I bring you a very fun book called Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. Name sound familiar? That's because Ms. Fisher is actually Princess Leia, among many other things.

I remember reading a review of her book (which is also a one-woman show) in a magazine and wanting to check it out at B&N. Somehow, it came up in conversation with my step mom who also wanted to read the book. Well, she surprised me and bought it!

The book is a quick read with lots of photos from throughout Fisher's life. She's a hysterical writer who's been through a ton- divorce, alcoholism, mental illness, losing her husband to a man... While this sounds like a book filled with deep, serious subject matter, which essentially, it is, Fisher puts a comedic spin on all of her problems, making them more laugh worthy than depressing. You bet your own problems will seem pretty petty after reading about her train wreck of a life.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes to laugh at other people's problems. Plus, it's currently 30% off at Barnes and Noble and would make a great coffee table book.

(via Entertainment Weekly)

I love chick lit. Don't make fun of me. December 16, 2008

Ok, so  a few days ago I went to Barnes and Noble on campus to take advantage of the 20% student holiday discount. I bought some presents for the familia and made an impulse buy for myself. I haven't had a chance to do much reading recently, and actually haven't completed the book I started at the beginning of the semester- it's good, but clearly not as exciting as it should be, otherwise I would have finished it already.

So, I picked up this book called Milkrun by Sarah Mlynowski. I think it was the tagline that got me:

 "A novel about breakups, boyfriends and BFFs."