Jessica's review
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
by Sidney W. Mintz
HAH. Nicely done -- "This slender volume slipped to me by gardener, after our third tryst behind the gazebo that languid sensuous summer, while my husband was away at War" and "Am running out of vodka, must remember to buy more at store along with pregnancy test and US Weekly, plus Moby Dick comic book/NYT book review if they have so as to keep up appearances."
Hilarious
"Cannot attempt own review as Bookster Z's simultaneously more amusing and erudite than own capacity allows." - sadly, this often occurs to me.
I like how Jessica pretends she hides her secret diary in the back of her sock drawer. When I lived with her, she didn't even have a sock drawer and she kept her secret diary tucked between her mattress and boxspring. I only know because I read it a whole bunch of times when she was at work.
i believe she was making a general case. why would she, obliquely, reveal the location of her own diary? last i looked, it was in her closet. i was somewhat annoyed by the infrequency of entries relating to myself.
That's funny. I remember reading lots about you, Matthew.
do tell.
really. do. i must've gotten the decoy diary.
Jessica's review
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sidney W. Mintz
Jessica's review
rating:
recommended for: ginnie!
A great history book in the wonderful myopic vein Ginnie mentioned. I am also planning to read Rats at some point, which seems like one too.
I am baffled by some changes since the last time I was on here. "Private notes??" What the heck is that supposed to be for??? I honestly can't even begin to imagine. I'm just baffled in general by the concept of writing something that's just for your own private information on the Internet. Shouldn't you keep that written in a real life notebook stuffed to the back of your sock drawer, or better yet, not write it down at all?
"This slender volume slipped to me by gardener, after our third tryst behind the gazebo that languid sensuous summer, while my husband was away at War."
"Did not actually manage to read past p 38 but Wikipedia notes main character struck by train towards end, so can prob scrape by with droll ref."
"Likely read at some point, see most reviewers do not like so grant five...more
I am baffled by some changes since the last time I was on here. "Private notes??" What the heck is that supposed to be for??? I honestly can't even begin to imagine. I'm just baffled in general by the concept of writing something that's just for your own private information on the Internet. Shouldn't you keep that written in a real life notebook stuffed to the back of your sock drawer, or better yet, not write it down at all?
"This slender volume slipped to me by gardener, after our third tryst behind the gazebo that languid sensuous summer, while my husband was away at War."
"Did not actually manage to read past p 38 but Wikipedia notes main character struck by train towards end, so can prob scrape by with droll ref."
"Likely read at some point, see most reviewers do not like so grant five...more
HAH. Nicely done -- "This slender volume slipped to me by gardener, after our third tryst behind the gazebo that languid sensuous summer, while my husband was away at War" and "Am running out of vodka, must remember to buy more at store along with pregnancy test and US Weekly, plus Moby Dick comic book/NYT book review if they have so as to keep up appearances."
Hilarious
"Cannot attempt own review as Bookster Z's simultaneously more amusing and erudite than own capacity allows." - sadly, this often occurs to me.
I like how Jessica pretends she hides her secret diary in the back of her sock drawer. When I lived with her, she didn't even have a sock drawer and she kept her secret diary tucked between her mattress and boxspring. I only know because I read it a whole bunch of times when she was at work.
i believe she was making a general case. why would she, obliquely, reveal the location of her own diary? last i looked, it was in her closet. i was somewhat annoyed by the infrequency of entries relating to myself.
That's funny. I remember reading lots about you, Matthew.
do tell.really. do. i must've gotten the decoy diary.