Recent Reading

So, Annelise lent me "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See. Quite a satisfying read. When I read a book like this, I realise how enclosed my life is. I enjoy myself immensely in the life that I lead and am aware how good we've got it. However, it is extraordinary to me what other times and cultures will accept/defend as normal. Certainly, the big flippers that I refer to as my feet could never be smooshed so small and that would just be the beginning of my failures!
Dad has been sending a few books. So, of course, I hone in on the junky fiction first: "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris. I really enjoyed "the Silence of the Lambs." Saw it first as a movie, so never made up my own images when reading that book though. I did read "Red Dragon" before seeing either of the films & found that to be a very absorbing story.
The book "Hannibal" was soooo lacking. I felt like everything that could have been interesting was sucked out to make more room for anxious chases and grotesque, graphic scenes. I won't even go into the boredom that was the film.
"Hannibal Rising" was very appealing to me though. I particularly enjoyed the way that it wove history with fiction in the first part. The last half was a little pointless, but will probably make the movie more jumpy.
Anyhow, I think that Anthony Hopkins will forever be type-cast in my mind. I've seen a lot of films he's been in. But, the other night we were watching "the Fastest Indian" and when they showed him turning on a light at the beginning, all I could think of was the line about fava beans.