Advice

[rkold]

I'd like some advice on two fronts, and neither requires and interest in dolls or anime. *shock*

Lately, I've been reading at the gym, and I just finished the two books given to me by muscatlove and yanchamonkey The Nanny Diaries and Good Omens. So, I'm looking for some book recommendations. I don't want anything dry or depressing, so nothing involving peak oil or politics. The main characters should be engaging, because I find if I dislike or hate the main characters I can't easily get through something. (i.e. Catcher in the Rye where I kept wanting Holden Caulfield to get hit by a bus.)

My other request is somewhat gym related as well. In 2005, I bought a unique H.Eaven purse in Harajuku. It's lovely in that it holds more than it should, always gets comments, is non-leather, and has a perfect strap. However, it is also big and bulky and I can't stand just carrying it to the gym. So I'm looking for a new small purse. It just needs to hold an ipod, and a few other things. I prefer cloth, I like straps that go around your torso, cause I find that is the easiest way to keep purses on. I know a lot of people love etsy, but I really don't know who is good and when I tried to find "purses" I got a lot of hits and some were for laptop bags ~.~ I'd like something cute and different with not too much white. (which is why I am not using my berry purse)

Any help or suggestions with either query would be most appreciated.

EDIT

LIKED:
Nickel and Dimed
Traitor's Moon
Bed Knobs and Broomsticks
Office Ladies and Salaried Men


Neutral:
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Geisha of Gion


DISLIKED:
Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix

Comments

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was a History major too XD; It's why most of my jobs were as an administrative assistant. I love interviews and the sociological implications. I'm a huge fan of pop sociology books, as long as they keep the vocabulary and theories in colloquial language.

At one point I was reading some on line letters written by children in the British countryside circa the start of the 20th Century.

The Fox Woman also sounds appealing.

I refuse to read unfinished series other than Harry Potter which I really just read so I can follow the fan-fic XD;;; I use to read David Eddings and I spent a year and a half desperately wanting the last book.

Thank you for the recc's!

I think Dooney & Bourke and Coach are more than I want to pay. Though maybe I will check eBay XD;