Recent Reading
I was inspired by Emily Temple's recent post to read some longer books.
As she says there:
Personally, I find solace in long novels.
The good ones always seem to create space for the reader: space to sink
and settle, and time to really learn what you’re dealing with, both in
terms of character and in terms of author. You have to build something,
reading a really long book. It’s almost a collaborative experience. So
if you’re looking for a long-term relationship with a book right now,
you couldn’t do much better than the books below.
I have tackled some of the books on her list recently. Here comments follow the books.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (review here):
Like Dickens, but queer and feminist. Run, don’t walk.
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (review here):
A very funny novel about a bunch of kids at
a boarding school in Dublin, which begins when Skippy, well, dies.
Mysteriously. During a donut-eating contest. I know.
and (not on Temple's list) Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess.
I have balanced these longer books with some poetry collections which are, perhaps obviously, quicker to read. These include:
The Government Lake by James Tate
Currently I am about halfway through Stephen King's collection If It Bleeds.
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