1. While I was walking in to Barnes and Noble to pick up Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman two teenage girls who were sitting outside on a bench called me over and asked if I would give them a ride home. You know the next person they ask would surely be a murderer so because I'm not I thought I'd do these girls a favor and save them from certain doom. I told them to wait 10 minutes and went in and got the book then drove them the 3 miles home. Who asks a total stranger for a ride? I am, and look like, a matronly aunt so I'm a safe bet. But those girls didn't know that. Look, I hate taking the bus and I don't know that it's any safer than asking some strange woman for a lift but come on.
2. Now let's talk about Go Set a Watchman. I read the New York Times review last week and in a nutshell it said, "ATTICUS IS A RACIST!!! WOE, WOE TO US ALL!!!!" I think we can all agree that is tough to get past. So, I'm apprehensive. But this is a Major Literary Thing happening and I want to be a part of it. And I'm just flat out curious so I'm trying to not be sentimental about it. If necessary I'm going to convince myself that it is Bizzaro Atticus from an alternate universe, remembering that it was written before To Kill a Mockingbird so just calm down, Rachel. Anyway, let's convene the Rachel Says So Virtual Book Club in a few weeks and discuss it, okay?
3. Lindsay and I went to the Hollywood Bowl on Friday to swoon over Harry Connick Jr. I'd put it in my top 5 all-time favorite shows. It was just so much fun. Also, during intermission we heard a bit of a cheering ruckus going on in the section next to us. Word made it down that there was a wedding going on. And sure enough, there was a guy in a tux and a woman in a veil and they were, indeed, getting married. Is this not the most genius thing you've ever heard? It's so memorable and fun and you can tell everyone that Harry Connick Jr. sang at your wedding. Plus, it's cheap and beautiful and you don't have to buy flowers.
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One book. That's all we've ever gotten, before now, from Harper Lee. ONE BOOK. And that one book is, arguable, THE great American novel. So, she could publish a compilation of grocery lists, and I would still pay $20 for it.
Regarding those girls: I have a friend who was driving through downtown Denver late on a Friday night, and some random woman got into his car at an intersection and gave him her address, like he was a cab (years before UBER). He did it, because his thinking was kind of the same as yours: I KNOW I'm not a creep, and the next random car she gets into my be driven by one, so I better take her home.
Obviously, I meant ARGUABLY. Obviously.
I mean, it's just the most important literary event of our time. And keep in mind this is a statement coming from a person who went to Scholastic's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release party, so . . .
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