"The train... had pulled more than halfway across the bridge when the engine nosed over toward the lake and then the rest of the train slid after it into the water like a weasel sliding off a rock."
i am participating in
darcy's artful readers' club and here is my
january selection. yes, i realize it is february and i am a bit behind. :-)
i read the book
housekeeping by marilynne robinson. It is a story set in a fictitious town in northern idaho which is rumored to be the author's hometown (as well as my own) of sandpoint, described in the book as
"chastened by an out sized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere." i would have said the same thing, if i had a more extensive vocabulary during my high school years! the characters are women who struggle with change and the history that connects them. reading this book is like sinking into a tub of warm water - no hurry, the sentences are long and invite soaking in the whole experience. i inhaled this story, enjoying every word. this is literature and i would recommend it wholeheartedly.
i apologize for being so late with this post and am still visiting the other members' sites to see and read about their selections for the month of january.
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ReplyDeleteooo you make this book sound so appealing, I adore the 'weasel off a rock' line, I think this is going on my wish list. no worries about being late, the link is there for a month , until feb 22nd so that ppl have all month to play.
ReplyDeleteLike the artwork and after this review will be putting this book on my wish list.
ReplyDeleteJen x
What a gorgeous review! Just enough to get you interested without giving away the story. Love your art to go with the quote :D XXX
ReplyDeleteI have written the title and author in my 'books to read' list. I appreciate really good writing, especially if it has it's own special flavour. This author seems to have it. There must be a special resonance to reading a book that is about the place where you live.
ReplyDeleteLove the artwork. It really tells a story, evening, the bridge and the great calamity that is happening.
I so love how you describe this book like sinking into a warm bath. Mmmmm.
ReplyDeleteYour art is fab, love the purple mountains (reminds me of Scotland!) and the paragraph you've put under it very intriguing.
Great review to read, love how you 'inhaled' the story.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful atmospheric art work too. Ü
Now you have gotten me interested in this book! Love the colors you used in your artwork.
ReplyDeleteNicely worded review, Laurie. I am finding book reviews on a few different blogs today...we've all got quite the reading bug, I think.
ReplyDeleteWow what a great review ... I would never have chosen this book but immediately adding it to my must read list. Thank you! Also love the little piece of art you created!
ReplyDeleteOK your review has added another book to my TBR list! I love the colours you have chosen for your art!
ReplyDeleteOh that sounds like another book I need to read - love your art and your review!
ReplyDeleteThanks for popping by my blog earlier! I have had a good catch up on yours, so sorry its been so long! The book sounds good, maybe one for my amazon wish list, and I adore your accompanying art work!! x
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds like the literary equivalent of comfort food and your review is the dessert (your description of how you felt reading the book is wonderful). I hope you get a commission from the publisher because you seem to have sold several people on reading the book, including me. Your artwork is beautiful. I love the intensity of the colors.
ReplyDeleteYour artwork, the quote and your description have me adding this book to my reading list.
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