Tuesday, September 20, 2011

State of Wonder

When Husband saw me in this outfit, he said, "You look like the jungle." Perfect!
Blue striped shirt - Nordstrom, White tank (underneath) - Target, Skirt - vintage, from Mom, Black wedge boots - Gentle Souls from Kenneth Cole
He didn't even realize I wore this to go along with my review of State of Wonder by Ann Patchett! Which is of course set in the Amazon!
Black purse - Coach
Before I get all into it, though, just wanted to throw in my purse because I switched again. Also to express my sincere belief that Coach is like a gateway drug, except, you know, with purses. This is one of my favorite purses of all time, a surprise at Christmas, which got me hooked on really nice purses. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

Back to books!
And swingy jungle skirts!
I gave State of Wonder a 3/5 rating. This is a solid novel. But I can't pretend like there's anything that jumped out to me that made me feel like, I love this book!

The writing was good, the story interesting, I very much liked the ending (though it wasn't exactly happy or wrapped up in a pretty bow). Set in the Amazon, the book takes us through some hard decisions that our main character Marina must make regarding friendships, love, her career, a pharmaceutical company's wants vs. mankind's needs, as well as a tribe's survival (you know, small things like that). I can't even muster enough energy to write much more of a review other than that, which is super unusual of me. Shrug. I wouldn't mind reading more from Ann Patchett, but I'm not running to the bookstore or anything.

2 comments:

  1. Love the swingy dress pic, been wanting to read this book too

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  2. Thanks, the pic took a couple of tries, so it's nice to hear that it turned out well! I would be curious to hear your thoughts on the book too, whenever you get around to reading it.

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