Book

Just finished "The Interestings" by Meg Wolitzer.  It's a big, sprawling novel that spans about 40 years, follows the lives of some often pretentious kids/adults on the east coast.  These kids met at a summer camp which sort of defined who they were then and that definition carried over into their adult years as well.  It was a good read but the characters, while clearly drawn, were not always likable.  But then, that's how life is as well: not everyone is likable all the time.  It's an engaging book if you overlook the self-absorbed nature of their actions now and then.  Love, hate, death, birth, success, failure, it's all there and people react differently to all of it.  It is entertaining but not nearly as good as a big sprawling novel from someone like John Irving or Richard Ford.  But still, worth checking out of the library.