Current book: The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington
The past few days have been really busy, so I haven't had time to post, but I have been reading, I promise!
I'm about a quarter of the way through the book now, and there's really not much action yet. George is really into Lucy Morgan, but she's playing coy, which makes him mad. George Amberson is so arrogant; I really don't like reading about him. I wish the book was written from Lucy's point-of-view. I think it would be more interesting. Along this line, George actually does say one thing that I agree with: "he did not care to read a book...about people he would not care to meet at his own dinner table." So true! This is why I don't like reading about you George! I would pretty much constantly be rolling my eyes if I had the displeasure of dining with George Amberson. This line made me think about characters that I do enjoy reading about. They're mostly fun, frivolous, and intelligent; such as Becky Bloomwood (of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series), Georgia Nicolson (of Louise Rennison's Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series), and Harry Potter (and Ron, and Hermione, and Neville, and Luna, etc).
Okay, back to the book. Apparently George's Aunt Fanny likes Lucy's father, Eugene Morgan (who is a widower). However, he keeps giving his attention to Isabel (George's mother, and Fanny's sister-in-law), which of course, makes Fanny mad. Chapter nine ends with her eyes narrowed at Isabel "as if her mind engaged in a hopeful calculation". So it looks like she's planning some sort of revenge. Finally! Some action!
So far in the book, we haven't learned much about George's father; just that he's plain, and quiet, and George is embarrassed by him, cause he's a Minafer, not an Amberson. George's name is technically George Minafer, but he introduces himself as George Amberson, because he wants to be associated with his mother's family. There was one thing about George's father (I can't even remember his name) that stuck out for me, cause it reminds me of my boyfriend, Ben. "Minafer doesn't believe in money being spent. He believes God made it to be invested and saved." Ben and I were actually talking about money and saving yesterday. He will do anything to save a buck, however, I will only go so far. I'll research big purchases online, but clipping coupons and driving around to compare prices aren't worth it to me. Mr. Minafer would not approve of my spend-thrift life. Now I'm going to go use the rest of the gas in my car to drive to Whole Foods and find something for dinner, even though there's food in the house, and I have associate certificates for Bread Co, which means I could eat there for free.
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