Precious

I was browsing at the largest online bookstore when  the thought struck me. I haven't read a book for pleasure in months! As I sat there feeling completely disconcerted, I tried to remember the last book I read completely for pleasure. A book, not a magazine. I came up dry. I remember a time when I read mysteries, romance, travel, horror, short stories, and other kinds of fiction as well as non-fiction. But now? I'm reading More Sex is Safer Sex by Steven Landsburg, which is an economics book somewhat like Freakonomics. l have Economics for Dummies and Teaching What Really Happened in my to-be-read pile - nothing that isn't related to work in some way.

I was on my way from Northeast HS and heard Oprah talking on the radio about a movie she has a role in creating called Precious. The movie is based on Push, a novel by Sapphire. I got the novel and thought it would be a good diversion when I am tired of doing what I am supposed to do. I was floored! This is very powerful stuff. I can see why Oprah made it into a movie. I even heard that Mo'nique shows us what an actress can really do [there's Oscar buzz]. I highly recommend this small book.