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Monday, April 1, 2013

Posession Readalong: Chapters 7 - 10.25


 Possession readalong is hosted by Kim of Sophisticated Dorkiness and Lu of Regular Rumination


My thoughts on Chapters 1-6 here.


As you can see I only got to the beginning of Chapter 10 and I gave up.  Yes, I gave up.  I tried, Ms. Byatt, really I did.  I was 180 pages into your award winning story.  But you see, Randolph Henry Ash is a bore, and when it comes to his correspondence with LaMotte, I found myself reading his letters and thinking about work, other books I should be reading  and the like.  I even waited a few days and tried again, but snoozles and cuddling with my puppy were all I thought about.

I did skim ahead and see there were some interesting developments, but I couldn't hang in there for them.  Although not my cup of tea, I have to give you credit Ms. Byatt.  Your imagination and writing skills are stupendous.  The idea for the story is interesting, but to include correspondence between two different people, plus their writings that consist of poetry and short stories...my goodness your mind must ever stop.  Very creative and definitely nothing I have come across before.

Now I will make this up to you by reading another one of your works, and giving you a second try.  Specifically I have The Children's Book in mind.  Sounds more like my style anyway.  So my apologies to fellow read-alongers, for taking a dive on this one and not finishing it.  Hope you are enjoying it and are probably almost finished anyway.

Maybe next time :)

Book Source: Paperbackswap

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Sad to admit, I've never heard of this one.
3 replies · active 623 weeks ago
well don't worry about it dear. You're not missing out. There was a movie with Paltrow, maybe you saw that. I don't even remember the movie either, but I am not a Gwyneth fan.
Oooooooooooo! I remember that movie. I like G. I had no idea. I never did see it though. Thanks for putting two and two together for me.
My pleasure! That was all of my brain power for today :) I think it's time for me to go home!
I have read her Matisse stories and loved them despite the incredible vocabulary words that sailed over my head. And I really liked her novellas Angels and Insects but I might advise you to skip - they are also in the Victorian time frame. I have The Children's Book up next, too.
1 reply · active 623 weeks ago
I'll probably try the Children's Book over the summer. I'll be curious to see what you think of that one. I liked the teaser summary I read.
No need to apologize! Thanks for giving it a try with us :) I thought Roland was much more of a bore than Randolph (who turns out to be a bit of a cad, I think). But there were definitely some difficult to read parts. I think it picked up as the story progressed, but sometimes it's not worth it. I'd like to read The Children's Book at some point -- it also sounds excellent.
1 reply · active 623 weeks ago
lol
I apologize for everything. I just read somewhere that you shouldn't always say you're sorry, but that's how I am. Randolph was a cad, huh? Somehow I am not surprised.
I have this one on my bookshelf but every time I pick it up I put it right down.
2 replies · active 623 weeks ago
Well, I am not the one that will tell you to read it. I say pick something else up! :)
There's not enough hours in the day to read all the books we want too, high five for setting one aside that just wasn't appealing!
1 reply · active 623 weeks ago
No there isn't! I would need to quit my job and I haven't hit the lottery so to work I go.
Thanks Teddy :)
I didn't try the book but I think you might like the movie!
1 reply · active 622 weeks ago
I guess I'll have to try it then!

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