Entries tagged with "the no. 1 ladies' detective agency"

Pumpkins and shoes!

posted by srah on March 8, 2007 9:07 PM

Tags: books, movies, the no. 1 ladies' detective agency

Mma Ramotswe is coming to film! I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, I'm excited about the opportunity to expose The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency to a wider audience, but on the other hand, I don't see how any movie can measure up to my mental image of the book or any actress to my mental image of Precious Ramotswe. It is nice to see, though that the movie is actually being filmed in Botswana. If nothing else, we will get to see the scenery!...

The No. 1 Ladies' Hair-Teasin' and Veranda-Sittin' Agency

posted by srah on November 8, 2006 10:31 PM

Tags: books, how nancy drew saved my life, reviews, the no. 1 ladies' detective agency

She was a traditionally built lady, after all, and she did not have to worry about dress size, unlike those poor, neurotic people who were always looking in mirrors and thinking that they were too big. What was too big, anyway? Who was to tell another person what size they should be? It was a form of dictatorship, by the thin, and she was not having any of it. If these thin people became any more insistent, then the more generously sized people would just have to sit on them. Yes, that would teach them! Hah!- Morality for Beautiful Girls...