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Children's Indian
Jan. 4th, 2010 10:16 pmThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (unabridged audiobook)
Compelling. Alexie has the gift of making tragedy funny, and this book was even better read aloud by the author's own voice. I found myself listening to this without even doing something else to keep my hands busy, a very good sign. Top notch.
(1/200)
The Children's Book, by A. S. Byatt
It is rare that I love being immersed in a book so much that I find reasons to put off reading it when I get close to the end, just because it will be over way too soon. Byatt is one of my favorite writers and I think this is the book I've always been hoping she would write. Beautiful language and characters I will be mulling over for days. I think this is what I wanted The Magicians to be (even though that's cheating since this one has the advantage of being set Victorian-through-WW1 instead of being contemporary). Love love love love.
(2/200)
Compelling. Alexie has the gift of making tragedy funny, and this book was even better read aloud by the author's own voice. I found myself listening to this without even doing something else to keep my hands busy, a very good sign. Top notch.
(1/200)
The Children's Book, by A. S. Byatt
It is rare that I love being immersed in a book so much that I find reasons to put off reading it when I get close to the end, just because it will be over way too soon. Byatt is one of my favorite writers and I think this is the book I've always been hoping she would write. Beautiful language and characters I will be mulling over for days. I think this is what I wanted The Magicians to be (even though that's cheating since this one has the advantage of being set Victorian-through-WW1 instead of being contemporary). Love love love love.
(2/200)
