A Girl...

1. I hated it too and Eric frigging Bana is playing Henry in the movie adaptation.

2. Still ain't worked up the gall to get waxed. Good for you!

Also, sounds like a fantastic long weekend...

I have to say TTW is one of my all time favorite books. I, too, am a bit of a book snob, and that one got to me. I think if you were to give it more than 4-5 pages, you might appreciate it. Now I have to go find the Ken Grimwood book.

Heh. I thought I was the only one who had ever read Replay. They are a little different, actually. TTW reminded me much more of Time and Again...or whatever that book by Jack Finney was that they made into the movie with Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and Superman.

TTW is like modern DuMaurier to me. It's not highbrow literature and Claire is annoying annoying annoying (I'll take Rebecca or the King's General as pleasurable reads any day of the week) but it's not bad.

PS: isn't it creepy how Ken Grimwood essentially died as young as the narrator in Replay. He was this weird recluse who never wandered outside of his Topanga hills home, actually.

I'm partway through TTW and not impressed so far. Although the media might be the difference. I'm listening to it. (What? I have a two hour commute where I drive, it's my best option for book inhalation in any form lately!)

I think books, like movies, are all about expectations. If you've been hearing for days/weeks/years about how good something is, disappointment is almost inevitable.

Lets discuss how next time you are down here you will be visiting ME!!!!

I am 38 and three quarters years old and have yet to get a bikini wax.

I totally forgot about Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board. What a great game.

Also, I'm 23 and eleven twelfths and I still haven't had a bikini wax. Perhaps I'll break your record?

Does a bikini wax count if you do it yourself? Because if so, I've had them regularly since I was (counts fingers) about 22, but if not I've never had one.

I lurved TTW and totally wanted Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp to play the main characters in the movie.

Oh God, there are so many things to comment on here, such as the fact that I LOVED TTW, but at the time, remember, I'd heard absolutely NOTHING about it, and instead of seeing it with any expectations, I fell in love with the idea of weird-ass love. I saw it as a traditional romance story with a twist, instead of any sort of philosophical implications (which Replay was heavy with; in fact, I'd forgotten COMPLETELY about Replay until you just mentioned it, and for what it's worth, I loved that, too. Then again, I am a sucker for anything with a titch of science fiction made mainstream.)

Most importantly, though, I'm shocked that Emily gives HERSELF bikini waxes. I mean, JAYSUS.

I read TTW under duress for a bookclub. Otherwise, I would not have read it because I thought it looked stoopid. Um, then I LOVED it. So, for whatever that is worth....

Bikini wax? Is akin to housecleaning where you feel like you need to clean the house before the cleaners show up. If I were to get a bikini wax, then I would feel the need to prune a bit of my bits myself. And that? Could be dangerous. Know what I mean?

I just had my second Brazilian, actually they call it a Sphinx because they take EVERYTHING off - front and back - and while it wasn't as terribly painful as I was expecting, it's still no day in the park. And I'm due for another in a few weeks, but I just can't bring myself to make the appointment...

TTW is still in my queue. This makes me want to read it less, though I know I will eventually because I want to see the movie and have a strict read-the-book-before-seeing-the-film policy.

To clarify, I'm still reading TTW (about 100 pages in?) and it's okay. It's not very skillfully written, and the novelty factor is missing for me having read Replay and all, but it's definitely not horrible or stupid or anything like that. It was definitely a case of too much hype.

Monkey--You're totally right about Rebecca. I thought that because it was "classic" it would also be sophisticated, but it was totally trashy! Awesomely trashy! I loved it.

SAJ--Before the trip, I asked Simon if we could put aside some special SAJ time, and he said, "Of course!" but then we realized our schedule was going to be super tight and busy, so it just didn't happen. I thought we might go get Sprinkles cupcakes with Whoorl and Wito.

Cagey--Yes. The pre-wax pruning. Yes.

Inexperienced author + multiple narrators is like inexperienced actor + a whole bunch of unresearched, phony-sounding accents.

I am turned off reading TTW just because of all the hype. The last five books I've read were because of recommendations and bestseller lists and I've been disappointed every time.
I still have not been professionally waxed. I'm not sure why. I've taken care of the bathing suit line myself but never felt inclined to get more than that.

It's like Fall on Your Knees after Falling Angels.. :)

TTW is one of the books my readers suggested I take to Mexico.

It is now off of the list.

As for bikini waxing, I give myself one every couple of weeks. Shaving gives me ingrowns (TMI?)

I had my legs and armpits (OUCH!) waxed yesterday.

Motherboard donations go where?

1. I disliked TTTW immensely. Possible spoilers, although with all that's been said about it is anything really new(s)?

I hated the conceit, which talk about getting off on the wrong foot. I simply could not like the characters. I tried, oh how I tried. She's annoying, he's kind of a dick. I couldn't understand why these two people would like each other, except that they kept learning that they were married. I got a weird pedophile vibe from some of the stuff when their ages were so disparate.

Did I cry at the end? Yes, but I'm a big baby that cries at everything.

2. Ouch. Such drastic measures are not for me. I don't want to show that many people my girly bits. Also, *TMI* I'd fear that I'd owe them combat pay or something.

Oooh, so on Daphne DuMaurier-my dad gave me the King's General when I was 7 or 8 (he had a tendency to give me inappropriate reading material, ignore) so I've read all of her books. Dude, she was trash CITY. It's only time that has gilded her as a "classic"-ey. That -ey is very important. I think she was pretty much ripped apart by most critics when she was being published. Not that it made her any less beloved.

Jamaica Inn, Rebecca & The King's General are my fave of hers.

1. I liked it okay, though it didn't meet my expectations after all the hype, and then promptly forgot about it. Not a book that stuck with me.

2. Ouch ouch ouch. Still a wax virgin.

Books are so yesterday! I wish they were today, but I don't have the time. Too many magazines to catch up on, I guess.

BW ... ouch! Not around my pieces!

I misread you and thought you wrote that you didn't have your first bikini until you were 28 and something. That had me thinking "hmmm, that was late".

As for the waxes I'm 7 days short of 29 and have yet to even consider. The thought of the pain alone freaks me out...

in college my roommate started to give herself a bikini wax and then chickened out. . . problem was she chickened out after applying the wax. . . after what she went thru doing anything *but* ripping off the wax i told her that she probably would've been better off just ripping the stuff off. . .

I am afraid that I have to say....I loved the TTW; I have also never read Replay.
I am still a wax virging, but I plan on going big and getting a brizillian prior to my wedding.
pssst ::poke poke:: I'm not even in a dating relationship. lol

I think I was around that age when I had my first AND LAST bikini wax too...

I have not read the TTW or Replay which begs the question: should I read TTW first than Replay? I will not see the movie of a book until I have read the book because the book is generally better and I get stuck on the movie characters then cannot read the book... SO I assuming I should do it this way so I can enjoy TTW but think Replay is much much better!

TTW was a chore to read, but I just couldn't stop partly because it's set here in Chicago. The thing that surprised me most about it is my MIL gave it to me to read, my very far-right, uptight MIL and there is one scene in particular toward the back that makes me laugh to this day thinking of her reading. Eric Bana as Henry??
Me + being a wussy = no waxing south of my chin!

I really enjoyed TTW but I think that's because I read it before it got all popular and hype-y. As soon as something is talked about, I get these huge expectations that nothing can live up to. Then I am disappointed and bitter.

I loved TTW completely with my tear ducts but I'm so glad that you brought it up this way because this is the first time I've ever heard from anyone who hated it and WOW, there are lots of you. Partly I suppose it was the concept of it because it was a new twist on love. Mostly, though, I have spent huge chunks of life waiting for love, being the one who stays put and holds on, so the plot spoke to me. And, you know, nobody ... OK that sentence was going to go in a spoilery direction so I'm cutting it off.

I'm 39 and a month and the only thing I've ever had waxed is my eyebrows.

Do you guys use the numbing cream before you let them rip your hair out? I think I'd need that. My eyebrows stay red and painful for hours after I get them waxed and I don't even have to put panties over them.

Yes, I have been told that it takes a few days for the irritation to go down. Otherwise, is it everything you had hoped? lol! I still don't know how I'm going to deal with the embarassment of the whole ordeal...

All I can say is thank GOD -- I thought I might be the only people in the world who didn't like TTW. I now feel vindicated.

TTW is up next for me, after I finish Pride and Prejudice. I asked the "what's your favorite book" question of my readers ages ago and at least half recommended TTW. I'm interested to see what I think about it now. They're making a movie with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, and I have a slight crush on both of them, so I'm actually excited about it.

What are your favorite books, if you don't mind me asking?

Oh, and I agree whole-heartedly with Moose. I believe expectations can explain why I loathed Braveheart but thought Anchorman to be highly underrated.

Thank you so much for relieving me of my guilt over hating Time Traveler's Wife. I've never read Replay, but it all just seemed so trite to me and I felt bad because it seemed like everyone else in the whole world loved it.

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the worst pain, what would you rate the bikini wax? I'm such a chickenshit, but have oft considered it.