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[geekchick]

God, I'm totally wiped out today. First, it's overcast and drizzling and cool, a perfect day to stay in bed with a book or some yarn project and just lounge around and nap on and off. Second, it doesn't help that I got totally sucked into The Time Traveler's Wife and read the whole thing yesterday, ending up with me in tears as I finally turned the last page at 3 AM. Yes, it made me cry towards the end, I admit it; I make no effort to deny that I'm a sappy romantic, even at times when it doesn't serve me particularly well. It's been a while since I've been so utterly engrossed in a story. I'm rather disturbed that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston bought the film rights to it though; I at least have some hope that they won't cast themselves as Henry and Clare, what with the divorce and all.

Okay, off to forage for caffeine and then go back to slogging through all the email that actually requires some action on my part.

Comments

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Oh God I loved that book. It was so amazing, how emotionally real it felt - and how intricately she made the times interlock.

I am closing my eyes to the part about Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston.

[geekchick]

This is by far my favorite book that I've read in a very long time. The letter Henry writes and the last two pages of the book or so had me absolutely in tears; even when I knew how it was going to end, I couldn't stop reading.

Love it. Love it, love it, love it.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I make no effort to deny that I'm a sappy romantic

And why should you, anyway? :-)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Exactly! It's one of the things I love about her, myself. (fond look)

[geekchick]

Well, there are times that my tendency to romanticize things could really use tempering by a good thwack with the reality bat, it would cause a lot less heartache. But usually I'm perfectly happy to admit that I'm a big ol' sappy romantic. =)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Nah, what could use a good tempering is your posting of all these books that I now want to read!! ;-)

At some point I think I'm going to pass the intersection point on the curve of $BooksLeftToRead vs. $TimeLeftToReadThem.

[geekchick]

You obviously then need to add the the stack Nick Hornby's The Polysyllabic Spree. ;)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAHHH!

;-)

[geekchick]

It's reasonably short, I finished it off in an afternoon. The real danger is that you then find all these other titles that make you go "Oooooh!". ;)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that book itself isn't what caused me to scream just then, but the realization of how many other books I would want need to read afterward.

You're evil. ;-)

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

That book is simply phenomenal, in that even though I already knew what was going to happen, and pretty much when, I still bawled like a baby when it happened. It's been a long time since I really got into the heads of characters like that.

[geekchick]

Exactly that. I expected something a little more science fiction-y what with the time travel premise and all, but was wonderfully suprised to find that what I got instead was a beautifully done story of love and longing and these two fictional characters that made me care what happened to them. Those last two pages or so pretty much wrecked me for the rest evening, and I have the half-empty box of kleenex to prove it. ;)

And the liberal application of quotes from it makes me want to go re-read "Possession", although I don't remember enjoying it nearly as much as this.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Possession is one of my faves too, though I haven't read it in a few years. A.S. Byatt is an incredible writer--I suggest Angels & Insects if you do like Possession. A much different story, but a great great book.