Miss Thompson Recommends a Board Book !

My great-niece is turning one. 

I bought her Charley Harper ABCs.

It caught my eye on Amazon and I really like

the artwork.

I'm hoping it will be a hit.

Miss Thompson Recommends

MISS THOMPSON IS PRESCIENT:

January 09 OLIVE KITTERIDGE IS A FINALIST FOR THE 

2008 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

Finished Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout last night.

The last essay, called River, is about Olive falling in love again,

in her seventies, with a man she initially didn't care for.

Her courtship behavior is typically Olive: straightforward, blunt.

She's always using expressions I love. 

In the final sentences, Olive ponders "what young people 

don't know... that love was not to be tossed away carelessly, 

as if it were a tart on a platter with others that got passed 

around again." Read this one. Don't miss it.

Yesterday was one of those

crystal-blue days that appear end-of-August, early

September. At the shore, I asked my friend, who

is a Mary Kay lady, what the new colors were for fall.

 She said something wise:

"Take care of your skin." That's more important

than the latest look.

Miss Thompson's Reading Room & Lipgloss Hut

Miss Thompson recommends:

Not sure if this one is even in print anymore, but I can't

stop recommending Susan Parker's hilarious and true story

of how she continued her life after her husband's devastating bike

accident and subsequent paralysis.  It's called 

Tumbling After: Pedaling Like Crazy After Life

Goes Downhill (Crown, April 2002 

ISBN 0609608568) There is love, sex, 

and neighborhood support. I guarantee you'll laugh and cry. 

This is a wonderful book--one of my all-time favorites.

Be open minded. Last I knew, 

Parker was a columnist at the Berkeley Daily Planet

and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Get your hands on this book at the library or a used

book store. It's the best. (Must be open minded.)

Miss Thompson heads down the shore tomorrow,

wearing sunscreen and CoverGirl's new WetSlicks

AmazeMint lip gloss (tastes/smells Crest minty),

shade 640 Freedom of Peach. Similar to Nars'

Chelsea Girls lip lacquer pot gloss, but a little sparkly. 

In sponge-wand form, so it's easy to put on in the car. 

Miss Thompson paid for her lip gloss using her

debit card. $4.69 at Harmon Face Values.

Miss Thompson's Reading Room

Today Miss Thompson recommends:

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.

Thirteen stories, each including the character of Olive Kitteridge, 

a large outspoken wife.

Dialogue wonderful.

Clearly, Elizabeth Strout is a close observer of human

nature and interaction.

I read the first story before falling asleep. Laughed out loud

several times.  So far, I give this book 5 bookmarks--my highest 

rating.

Miss Thompson