We did it!

[lunabee34]

We made the offer. We gave the realtor our earnest money. Now we wait.

*pins and needles*

I can't help starting to do some culling; even if something happens and the deal falls through, I won't regret going through my filing cabinet and organizing everything (correct labels on file folders *and* hanging files) and throwing things away or winnowing down the bookshelves.

I read a couple books.



Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I like this. Weirdly, I like the movie better. I feel like the movie gives me a much better sense of all the characters (especially Simon's friends) than the book; the book is a bit spare. I do like that in the book Leah is not in love with Simon as she is in the movie. I also like that Leah and Simon's sister form a band in the book. I wish that had made it into the movie.

Great voices here. Albertalli writes great teen angst and moodiness and humor. Her teens sound like teens and are very preoccupied with teen concerns.

Lots of pop culture and music references that I appreciate.

Solid book with solid writing. Especially recommended for YA readers.



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The Poetics by Aristotle

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This is an important text; all educated people should have some general idea of the principles Aristotle lays out in The Poetics and On Rhetoric. But, boy, is it boring to read. LOL This was also a particularly unwieldy translation. I would give this a hard pass unless you are a classics scholar (or required to read it in school).



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Comments

[the_rck]

You've got the same review twice instead of two reviews.

I expect that the Abertalli book is more interesting than Aristotle, but...

[the_rck]

Oh, and good luck on your offer! Waiting is the worst.

[zulu]

Wow, hooray! Crossing fingers for you! And agreed about Poetics.

[musyc]

Oooh, good luck!

[umadoshi]

Now we wait.

I hope you get an answer quickly! Waiting on that kind of thing is awful. *fingers crossed*

[china_shop]

Good luck! Good luck!

I just saw the movie of Love Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda a couple of days ago, having read the book last year. The two things I felt were missing from the film were, yeah, Leah starting a band with Simon's sister, and also, I'm pretty sure that in the book Simon actually called his dad on the bad jokes and brought home to him that the dad had been being casually homophobic the whole time, rather than the dad having that realisation on his own. Is that right? Because if so, I liked that better.

But overall yes. +1 to your review. :-)

[torachan]

Good luck with the house!

[timespirt]

Good luck hon, fingers crossed for you.

[lyr]

Eeee! Good luck!

Also, on the subject of books, to celebrate World Book Day Amazon is giving away free kindle copies of 9 award-winning books from around the world here: https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world//ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll2&tag=ter000-20&linkId=f4f9f5c1d06155d823cd0e8ecc37c45d. I thought you might be interested.

[independence1776]

Eee, good luck!

[the_emu]

Whooo! House! That's so awesome!

I loved both Simon the book and movie, for different things.

I really loved how joyful the movie was. That's going to be a movie I rewatch to feel good about the world, like The Martian. And I really love how clearly his friends call Simon out for his behaviour, for lying and manipulating them. It sets this movie apart from the John Hughes classics.

otoh the book catches all sorts of details I really like, and does more with that universality of teen years being all about different kinds of coming out.


You might like to know that the sorta-sequel came out today: 'Leah on the Offbeat' is Leah's story - with her band - starting about a year later. I'm about ten pages in. :-) It's going to be awkward if they make this book a film, since her band never rates a mention in Love Simon.

[chelseagirl]

Hurray!

Also, isn't it funny how moving totally makes you realize half of the things you've been hanging onto for ages are not actually necessary? When we moved to a larger apartment we somehow managed to get rid of so much stuff . . .

[spikedluv]

Congrats on finding a house you like and making the offer! I hope you don't have to wait long to hear back, and that it's good news, of course.