I read Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil several years ago, when it first came out and loved it then. I promptly loaned it to someone and didn't see it again. In Borders last week, it was on sale so I picked up the paperback copy and fell into the lure of Savannah yet again.
Since my dad was from Georgia, I've actually been to Savannah a few times and I absolutely love it. The pace of life, the history and the beautiful homes. Oh my, the homes. Midnight details some of the city's history and colorful characters and satisfies the death hag in me by recounting a murder case that was tried several times.
Reading Midnight made me want to drink sweet tea and eat cornbread and led me to my bookshelf to find Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, which makes me wish I had girlfriends who lived so close we were in each others pockets all the time. Hear that, Darr and Sarah and Michelle?
I love summer reading. It's so frivolous and fun.
Just curious what happened to the bunny. :)
Posted by: Barbara | July 05, 2005 at 12:18 AM
Isn't that the book where Kevin Spacey plays a straight guy?
Posted by: Sain't Christopher | July 05, 2005 at 09:57 PM
Still need to borrow that book...as for favorites, you hit right upon one of my all times---The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. EXCELLENT CHOICE.
Posted by: Michelle | July 06, 2005 at 08:19 AM
I hear ya, sistah! I so wish my Ya-Yas all lived close to each other, we would have such a great time! And if it were a great location, that would be even better. Let's all move somewhere fabulous. By the by, a new Ya-Ya book came out a few months or so ago, but I haven't read it yet. I'll have to learn to read while breastfeeding - because that is all I ever do these days.
I love Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - I even like the movie. Of course, the movie stars John Cusack, and that's really enough for me to like it.
Posted by: Darr | July 06, 2005 at 03:41 PM
(Just tried posting this, and the site stopped responding, so apologies if this double posts)
I hear ya, sistah! I do so wish all of my Ya-Yas lived close together, that would be too much fun, you're a great bunch of broads! It would be even better if it were a great location, too. Let's all move somewhere fabulous.
By the by, a new Ya-Ya book came out a while ago, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. I'll have to learn to read while breastfeeding, because it is all I ever do these days.
I love Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, it's a great book. I even like the movie, of course, it stars John Cusack, and that's really all it takes for me to like it.
Posted by: Darr | July 06, 2005 at 03:42 PM
Hey Lisa, enjoyed the ya_ya sisters, haven't read the other book, but I will jot it down and grabb a copy.Nice blog you have got here.
Posted by: Cutie Matutie | July 06, 2005 at 07:51 PM
Hey Darr---are you referring to "Ya-Ya's in Bloom?" I have it and would be more than willing to loan it to you. It's fairly good---not at good as the first one, but then nothing ever is.
Posted by: Michelle | July 07, 2005 at 01:31 PM