Two more books
I forgot to mention yesterday that I also recently finished Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons. It was a decent read. Certainly well-written but not what I would consider a good book or an enjoyable one. It follows a middle-aged couple through a long Saturday’s events but doesn’t manage to be particularly insightful or revelatory. It was easy to read though and went quickly.
I also just finished another PG Wodehouse. I love that man’s work. Picadilly Jim was amusing and heartwarming, so basically all you need in a comic novel. I mus also say that I am ever more in love with the Overlook Press editions. They are just fantastic. Lovely jackets, lovely pale-blue bindings, and the perfect size and shape: a little short and a little squat.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Have you read Anne Tyler's Saint Maybe? I enjoyed it much more (think it's a better book too, for that matter) than I did Breathing Lessons.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
If you want to borrow Saint Maybe I also have that one. The only reason I have them is because she is supposed to be an "important" Christian author of the 20th century. I am slightly annoyed that you did not find it that good, because that means I will also probably find it lacking. Oh well.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
also on the Overlook Press editions, sewn bindings…
June 25th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I'm bringing P.G. Wodehouse with me to Sweden … I figured he would be perfect company on my wee holiday …
June 26th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Word.
June 26th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
I quite agree!