Yes, this is a preview for my book #10. I've finished 9 so far -- I still need to complete my write up for Fugitives and Refugees, but it is currently so filled with vitriol that I am sitting on it for a bit while I cool off.
As I mentioned before, 2015 has been a pretty disappointing reading year for me. So I'm dreading this one, as I like John Irving and I'm going to be bummed if this sucks.
The World According to Garp was one of my favorite books when I read it (despite being the ultimate WMFuN -- I should re-read it and see how I feel about it today), I know we both love A Prayer for Owen Meany and I have also enjoyed/appreciated Hotel New Hampshire, Until I Find You, and Last Night in Crooked River.
I was unable to get through the graphic parts of Cider House Rules and A Widow for One Year was too much emotion to take, but I don't think this is going to be as hard-hitting as either of those. I'm hoping for the typical weirdo Irving, although I know very little about it -- I picked it up for $1 a few years ago at my library (which has a dangerous and heavily rotated books-for-sale section).
All I know is that the guy loses his hand in a freak accident (a lion eats it!) and he gets a replacement hand. Plenty of horror movies start this way, but I don't think this book is going to go the way of the possessed hand.
It's a decent size (316 pages) sooo... I need to stop writing this preview post and get to reading that book!
How are you doing? The last few months have been crazy -- ready to tackle that DFW with me in December?! <insert nervous-looking/slightly sick emoji here...>
love,
kelly
Nothing to say except this "a dangerous and heavily rotated books-for-sale section" sounds both terrifying and wonderful.
ReplyDeleteOne of the predictably awful things that's been happening this quarter while I've had to take 2 classes at once is that I've read very little. A more unpredictably awful thing is that I have been *buying* a lot of books, thinking that I'll get to them soon and won't that be exciting when I can read again.
Needless to say, the TBR pile is overflowing. Should make for a fun list for next year!