Resetting the Compass – Day 29
The other day I saw Katherine Heigl on daytime tv talking about her role in the movie One For The Money. She said she read Janet Evanovich’s book by the same name years ago and always envisioned herself in the role of the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, and now finds herself playing the role on the big screen. Her enthusiasm for the part and the book prompted me to want to both read the book and see the movie.
Today I settled down with the book. The opening line is “There are some men who enter a woman’s life and screw it up forever.” Right there I was hooked. How could I not keep reading a book with an opening line like that?
I was immediately captivated by the character Stephanie Plum. Any woman who reads this book takes on the role of the rollicking bounty hunter. It’s impossible not to, so I can see how Heigl jumped at the chance to play the part in the movie. I decided to read the book first, then see the movie. I usually do it in this order because the book gives me much more to bring to the movie as I watch it.
I spent the better part of this afternoon and evening reading the book because I couldn’t put it down. Stephanie is very entertaining and engaging. The writing moves the reader along quickly and before you know it, you’re half way through the book. This story makes an excellent screen play and I have high hopes for the movie.
This is actually the first fiction book I’ve sat down with in 2012. My time has been spent in non-fiction and memoir and the stories have been deep and slow. I forgot how much fun it is to sit down with a “beach read”.
Fun. Something I’m going to try to have more of in 2012. I’ve taken a lot of things too seriously for so long now, the simple pleasure of fast moving fiction has been lost on me for some time. This year join me in resolving to have more fun. “Research shows that play is just as important as diet, hygiene or sleep and deprivation of it has negative health consequences,” says Stuart Brown, M.D. author of Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul. The concept sounds like my “artist dates” I take with myself on occasion.
And so, as another day goes by, I can’t think of a more pleasant or worthwhile resolution than making sure we all have more fun in our lives this year for our own health and well-being, and…I have written.
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