Did you hear the one about the American?

So today I finished reading And Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers which, to quote the book here, is fabbity fab fab. But it took me a while to think about how I cou;d relate this to everyday America. Then it hit me. In the book the main charecter, Georgia and her (British) family travel to the US. It sounded like it would be hilarious, and it was. But for all the wrong reasons. I had hoped to enjoy some tasty tidbits about uncle eddy's useless attepts at being american. Instead I found myself cracking up over the hilarity of US!! The Americans sounded so absured that I dismissed as pure humor. And we could just leave it at that.

But what if it's not just fun and games? What if the United States is in actuallity quite laughable over seas? What if we are just a joke to the other nations of the world? We are so proud of our great American blood but what if what makes us "us" is really what makes comical? Have we brought on this? In becoming "the greatest nation in the world" are we actually just digging ourselves deeper ino a hole?

What do you think? Is American doomed as a joke to all? Of is there still a chance for the name United States?

Should tyrants rule, or democracy reign?

This is something new that I'm going to try out. It was suggested to me that I should tie each book I "review"in with the modern world or with a quote. i thought I would start with The Other Boleyn Girl. In the book we see how the rule of King Henry the Eigth is law of the land. But is this really a good thing? When Henry's temper flares, heads roll. Even when things are terrible everyone must pretend to be happy and joyful and support him all thh way. There is no one to stand up to the king because there is only the king. To stand against him is to stand against the church and england.
Though there have been many great rulers through out history are they really better then democracy? Is it better to have one man or woman ruling or to spread power? In today's society there is freedom for everyone. Woman choose who they marry, people are allowed to dislike the president and not get shot, and of course no one gets tried for treason because they voice an opion that is differnt than everyone elses. So what do you think? Is the concept of a king or queen really bad? Or am I totally wrong about the whole thing? Let me know what you think

Keeps Getting Better

I've been reading so other blogs lately and have come to realize how bland and dry my blog is. It needs something to make it more interesting I just don't know what "it" is yet. I'm reading a book right now called seize the story to help me with my writing skills. Hopefully when I'm done with it I'll have some more intriging blog posts. Until then hang in there
Molly

Finished

Finished The Other Boleyn Girl. I wanted to see how it ended, well I knew Anne looses her head but I wanted to see how the author chose to present it. I really liked it and would recommend it to anyone. It has a little something for everyone. Historical fiction, romance, scandal. Everything you need to have a real page turner. And with 735 pages there is plenty of turning to do.

But even though I'm happy I finished it I'm sad too. This was my last book that I have been planning on reading so now I don't have anything to read. If anyone out there has a recommendation I would love to hear it.
thanks so much
ttfn
molly

A post

I just realized how long it had been since I have made a real post that doesn't ahve to do with my polls! That is really scary so I'm gonna make a really real post.

So right now I am reading The Other Boleyn Girl By Philppa Gragory for the kinda second time. The first time I read it I got it as a library book and had to return it before I was done so this will technically be the first time I finish it, but whatever. This is the book that really started me on the Tudor era. I'm a historical fiction nut so this was right up my alley. After I read this one I read tons of other books about King Henry and his six wives and I love it! The best part for me is being able to get all the different perspectives. For example reading about Jane Parker in The Other Boleyn Girl and despising her and then reading about her in The Boleyn Inheritance (also by Gregory) and totally loving her. How else can you really understand history unless you get both sides of the story?

For those of you who have had no idea what I have been dithering on about here now would be an excellent time to use the fabulous world wide web to do a little research. I am off to munch on delicious pepperoni pizza!

Au revoir (if you don't know this either maybe you need to spend a little less time on the computer and a little more time reading)
Molly

Harry Potter kicking some butt

I don't want to choose a winner to early but Harry Potter is dominating. I guess I don't exactly have an audience that swoons at the word Twilight. Oh well if Harry Potter wins I won't be too upset