Bridget Jones

Bridget Jone's Diary
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
both by Helen Fielding

(also, I've got this major vendetta about books with their dvd/movie poster as the cover)

I've read both the Bridget Jones books and let me tell you they are both supremely adorable!! The movies were always very cute, but never on my list of favourites, and I'm not quite sure how much I was expecting to like the books. But I was in a very stressed place and the books I had been reading when I picked up each of these were heavy and very dark.
If you've seen the movie(s) then you are fully aware of the book. Especially in the case of Diary, the plot was barely changed. The books are written as if they actually were Jone's diary for the year. Each post (re: chapter) beginning with the time, date, location, caloric intake, and various other fun facts to which the character is currently concerned;such as smoothies drank, cigarettes smoked, days between shagging, etc..
Typically reading about a character with such insecurity problems would normally drive me mad (see any of the Jennifer Weiner books); that sort of incessant complaining about weight, looks, lack of romance should not be published, women do not need any encouragement for this type of behaviour.
But Fielding manages it in such a way to make it quite funny and often hilarious. Jones' problems you see, normally turn out all in her head and once she gets what she wants, she realizes it was better off before. It's got that slightly bizarre English humour that I love so well.
I would recommend these books to anyone looking for a light read and a great laugh.

Lots of stuff currently going down:

1. I haven't blogged in quite awhile. This is mostly due to the fact that I have a partially written blog about our no-longer-with-us family dog, but every time I go to write a paragraph (because, yes it is that long) I start crying for him all over again.

2. My (only) baby sister just moved over 900 miles away from me--it's very strange knowing that she and her sweet dog will not just be dropping by my house ever again.

3. I am just freaking out about my lack of money right now; and yes, at least I have a job in our god-awful economy; and at least I have the sweetest partner who has no problem taking care of me; and yes, I have a huge family that would support me if something really terrible happened and neither I nor SO could handle it...but still, I AM FREAKING OUT.

4. Today marks the day many many years ago when SO and I decided that any other person in the whole wide world would not compare to the happiness we find in each other.

5. Lately I've been in a super-cooking mode (probably due to the fact that I've not been able to for about a week) and I managed to persuade SO to go to a party without me while I stayed home and nursed the migraines of the sinus-headache world. While at home I decided I wanted cookies, and instead of getting in my car to drive to the store (only FOUR minutes away!!), I thought it sounded like a better idea to just make it from scratch--which I did; also, didn't even bother with the oven, because, let's face it, cookie dough is really the goal of a cookie cravings in the first place.

6. My house is a wreck: laundry needs to be done, floors swept and cleaned, dog bathed, rug beat out, bathroom cabinet needs to be reorganized (to prevent the morning spillover resulting in one of the first words of my day being "OH, GOD-DAMN IT!!!"), chairs need to be painted, carpets cleaned, and grocery shopping is greatly needed too.

7. And I've not gotten a haircut since last September--yes, I know it's a long time, but my hair is usually okay with it, but it is really beginning to bug me.