This week I was listening to Atonement by Ian McEwan. I loved the feeling the book evoked of both childhood and imagination. That the child's imagination led to such a catastrophe, created great drama in the novel. The CD book was well read and made for pleasant walking companionship.
On the other hand, I am reading the Probable Future by Alice Hoffman and am really struggling to finish it. The concept of each generation of Sparrow women having a remarkable gift should work well. I find however the conflict between all three generations jarring, and so my reading has slowed.
Sitting waiting, I have the Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Aren't we lucky to always have more books ahead of us.
Have you picked up your menu yet? Tell me what are you thinking of as an Appetizer book?
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The joy of discovering a new author is wonderfully exciting! I picked up The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant and thoroughly loved it. The narrative, which takes place in the early 1800's is about a community of castoffs - widows, prostitutes and orphans.
The Red Tent by the same author is a little more intense. It gives us a look at the lives of women from Bibical times and their sisterhood secrets. This historical novel brings alive the ancient world of caravans, shepherds and midwives.
I can't wait to curl up with Good Harbor.
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