Keep picking up books
When 2010 came knocking I made one real resolution – try and read more books, maybe even a book a week. So far, so good. After 'What I Loved' by Siri Hustvedt, Chronic City by Lethem and a few short stories, I started 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' by Junot Díaz.
This book is a gift to everyone who takes the time to read it. I haven’t felt so hammered by story and dialogue in a very long time, and ‘hammered’ is a good thing. I’ve been waiting a long time for someone this good to come along and now all I want to do is implore everyone I meet to read this book. It made me cry on the bus; the last thing to make me almost cry on the bus was the kid in front of me listening to Alexandra Burke do ‘Hallelujah’ through a crappy phone speaker. The horror.
This book makes me want to read more, and even if I’m only biding my time until the next Díaz book, and that can only be a good thing.
You are a reading machine. I can’t wait to borrow this book. Or perhaps I will get my own copy. It sounds precious.
This sounds wonderful! I am definitely intrigued.
It’s the best book I’ve read recently – you NEED to read it.