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Dec. 9th, 2003
novels i am reading
Dec. 9th, 2003 09:19 pmI read:
Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies. It's what gave me back my lust to write. And it still lives in my head. It's even better than Fall to Your Knees, if such a thing be possible. It is so *intense*. And so fantastically written.
Donna Tartt, The Little Friend. OK, I ploughed on valiantly for about 120 pages and now I'm giving up. It is crap. Never mind the laudations on the cover; I am bored, bored, bored. So woodenly written, too. What a contrast to Ann-Marie MacDonald! I liked Tartt's The Secret History but is there anyone who's read this one and liked it? And why?
Now I'm onto Lian Hearn's Grass for his Pillow. Don't spoiler me because I'm only on chapter 2. But so far it's as good as the first one. Straightforward, unobtrusive prose. And a merry pace. And such a *girl's* book (I knew Lian Hearn was a woman, and the end of the last book -- the slashy scene!!!! -- clinched it).
Ann-Marie MacDonald, The Way the Crow Flies. It's what gave me back my lust to write. And it still lives in my head. It's even better than Fall to Your Knees, if such a thing be possible. It is so *intense*. And so fantastically written.
Donna Tartt, The Little Friend. OK, I ploughed on valiantly for about 120 pages and now I'm giving up. It is crap. Never mind the laudations on the cover; I am bored, bored, bored. So woodenly written, too. What a contrast to Ann-Marie MacDonald! I liked Tartt's The Secret History but is there anyone who's read this one and liked it? And why?
Now I'm onto Lian Hearn's Grass for his Pillow. Don't spoiler me because I'm only on chapter 2. But so far it's as good as the first one. Straightforward, unobtrusive prose. And a merry pace. And such a *girl's* book (I knew Lian Hearn was a woman, and the end of the last book -- the slashy scene!!!! -- clinched it).