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Reading The Night by Elie Weisel thanks to being reminded on this forum. It is of course, not the most pleasant of subjects, but it is mind blowing and a most compellling read.
Let us know how you like The Moonstone. I loved it though not quite as much as The Woman in White. I became a Wilkie Collins fan after reading the very dark suspense novel Drood by Dan Simmons, which is written from Collins' point of view as he suspects Dickens of murder and simultaneously slips into opium addiction.
I read somewhere that Collins invented the detective genre with The Moonstone, coming before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes was apparently inspired by Collins' detective character.
Anyway, enjoy the read!
Well, unfortunately, I didn't like it. I'm not sure if I would have liked it more if I had read it before The Woman in White. It was just way too long, way too much "telling" rather than "showing." I only finished it because I already had so much time invested into it - this is the longest it has taken me to finish a book in a long time, and it was because I really wasn't enjoying it. I don't want to give anything away, but I really found the entire last part from the point of view of Ezra Jennings, the doctor's assistant, impossible to believe. The only thing that made me smile a few times was the references to Robinson Crusoe.
But I do want to see if I can find "Drood," thanks for the recommendation. I am still somewhat interested in Wilkie Collins and his relationship with Dickens, so that might be fun.
One thing I do have to say, though, is I really enjoy books written from this time period in the way I get to see what daily life was like. It's really strange to me to think that most people walked everywhere. From movies, I guess I thought that everybody owned their own Phaeton or something. I looked up "pony-chaise" to see what kind of vehicle they were riding in - those things are deadly! So glad we have cars.
I have tried reading After America, twice. Twice now I have put it down. I think I'll move on to another book.
Well, I'm still trying - only on page 42. It appears to be a sequel so I thought maybe that was the problem. If it doesn't improve though, I will have to put it aside.
I just started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I wasn't sure I was going to like it - but is getting better now that I have read the disappearance of Harriet
I'm currently reading "Battlefield of the Mind" by Joyce Meyers
It is a very good book, brings you insights and realize things that are there but that we dont grasp sometimes. It is a very helpful book if you battling thoughts and stuff like that.
I'm slogging through Goodnight Nobody (by Jennifer Weiner) and determined to finish it. Despite the fact that her books are often classified as "chick lit", I really like her writing style and humor, but I'm having trouble getting into this book. Funny...I really enjoyed Good In Bed and In Her Shoes. <shrug>
I have a stack of books to read but could not find one that was really calling to me. So, I decided to read Alas, Babylon again. I've read it twice before.
I like books about survival and this is a good one. It is a bit dated. Okay, very dated, since it deals with the Soviet nuclear threat in the 50s-60s, but I still like it.
We all have "comfort food." Mine are tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Well, Alas, Babylon is my comfort book. I read it when I need to decompress.
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by Donald Ray Pollock Linked short stories.
