As I still haven’t got a book on the go, I decided to pick one from my ‘to read’ pile, open it at random, and share a quote. If it makes me want to read, it’s all for the good, and if not, it’ll save me some time.
I chose Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl. Not sure if I started this once before but I definitely haven’t finished it.
So here goes:
Hannah was wearing a housedress the color of sandpaper, crudely scissored off at the hem so tiny threads hula-danced around her shins when she opened the door. Her face was as bare as an unpainted wall, but it was obvious she hadn’t been sleeping.
There’s a lot of description and I cut off before the metaphors got too jumbled – I don’t generally appreciate work that is tightly packed with this kind of description.
However, I love, love, love the name of this book, and the synopsis blurb sounds interesting. So I think I will give it a go.
I should be reading comedies, but for my long weekend this might be a good choice – it’ll keep me occupied anyway.
I will not be working on poetry per se during the break, although if something comes to mind obviously I will note it down – but there will be no pressure to work, only relax and have fun.
500 pages of a possibly YA novel is a start!
Happy reading,
EJ
🙂
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