Anonymous
Post 07/02/2014 21:05     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.
Anonymous
Post 07/02/2014 20:48     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm still haunted by the end of Connie Willis's Passage.


I love her books! Although her recent WWII blitz books seem to be full of screwball comedy and not much else.


Yes, I don't like her slapstick comedy at all -- I basically skipped over those parts. The Doomsday Book also utterly slayed me.
Anonymous
Post 07/02/2014 20:46     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:Atonement
Three Junes
In This House of Brede
Snow Falling on Cedars
Kate Vaiden
The Vintner's Luck


Me too. I'm Jewish, but I found it riveting. Rumor Godden is such a wonderful writer.
Anonymous
Post 07/02/2014 20:30     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner


Oh, yes, that was so beautifully written.
Anonymous
Post 07/02/2014 18:31     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Atonement
Three Junes
In This House of Brede
Snow Falling on Cedars
Kate Vaiden
The Vintner's Luck
Anonymous
Post 07/02/2014 16:36     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Anonymous wrote:I'm still haunted by the end of Connie Willis's Passage.


I love her books! Although her recent WWII blitz books seem to be full of screwball comedy and not much else.
Anonymous
Post 07/02/2014 16:35     Subject: Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?
Cheryl Strayed's book, Wild. Made me cry. It started out so slow and ended up being wonderful.