Knockin' a couple off the list

Friday was a decent day for the library and whittling down the "read at some point" list.  Picked up Mr. Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston (recommended by Jen T.)  And then, right by it on the shelf, was Haunting Bombay, by Shilpa Agarwal, which I had seen at some point (Barnes & Noble, maybe?  The day I was wandering around Back Bay with T.?) and made a note of.  Read Mr. Darcy's Daughters on the train and then at home (Mother's Day visit) Friday evening/night.  I was prepared to like it, I wanted to like it, but...just didn't.  It was totally predictable, pretty boring, and the characters, who were maybe supposed to be familiar, were simply dull.  And it was too happy-ending-y.  One of the things I love about Pride and Prejudice is that even though it has a VERY happy ending, it doesn't feel forced or unrealistic (not beyond the limits of suspended disbelief, anyhow). 

Just read the first chapter and a half of Haunting Bombay a couple of hours ago, when I got home from work.  Don't know about the story yet; it's one of those situations where there's a prologue and then the next chapter is 13 years later and I have no idea how it relates, so we'll see if the stories pull me in.  But I already love the writing.  It's lovely - confident and assured, but easy and unforced, nice use of metaphors and visual descriptions.  I might even call it lyrical, if things keep going the way they start off, as pretentious-sounding as that is!

Okay, first period intermission is wrapping up - back to Game 5 of the Bruins-Flyers series.  Flyers are kinda on fire tonight, but we're holding our own.  The last few weeks of Boston hockey have just been f***ing phenomenal.  Seriously cutting into my reading/blogging time, ha.  I feel kinda bad about the fact that I want to bone (gonna miss you, L!) Milan Lucic, seeing as how he's a baby and all (I am assuming that's legal...not so sure if I could buy him a drink beforehand, though).  But then I don't.  So cute.  In a gigantic way.  And Recchi's married, so that's a no; I think he is, anyways, but he has been great these playoffs, I hope he's getting something from someone.