At long last I have finished Steve Martin's Shopgirl. I wonder if this reader's block I'm suffering from will ever end? I used to read 7-8 books a week. While I now think that's too much, even one book a week would be a vast improvement from where I'm at now. I've barely read anything -relatively speaking- in the past year. Which is crazy when you realize I have had nothing but time this year to read. Hmph.
Anyway, I read this book and enjoyed it very much. It started slowly for me; it was bleaker than I expected initially, especially with Martin as its author. It picked up though and I was happy with the way things fell out in the end. It was a good book.
I was reading the New York Times today and came across an interesting article. A New Screen Test for Imax: It's the Bible vs. the Volcano chronicles how some Imax theaters are refusing to show movies that mention evolution- even in passing- because religious fundamentalists might not like it. I thought and felt a lot of things while reading this article, but if I boil it down and put it as nicely as I possibly can, my response is:
What nonsense. If they don't like it, they don't have to go and see it.