So, what will I be reading? I started reading on Thanksgiving day, picking up Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, a book famous for it's brutality and violence, and equally well-known for the beauty of McCarthy's prose. I know I could have chosen something lighter, but there you have it--that's what I'm reading.
When I finish reading Blood Meridian, I will probably finish reading In a Cafe: Selected Stories by Mary Lavin. I only have about two or three stories left to read in that collection. Then I'll just see what I feel like reading. I have a short story collection by John Fulton called The Animal Girl, The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King, and The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood stacked up. No Way will I finish all of those, but I will choose one of them for the readathon.
I hope everyone had a peaceful, restful Thanksgiving. Will you join us in Thankfully Reading?
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I've got Cormac McCarthy's The Road on my TBR pile. I was thinking of putting that on my Thankfully Reading list but I knew that'd be nothing more than wishful thinking!
Good luck to both of us!
Howard Sherman
http://www.howardsherman.net
Blood Meridian is *such* a great book. Brutal to be sure. But a marvel of prose.
I'm starting off with a good ol' murder mystery. Good luck to you on the McCarthy book!
Have a great read-a-thon. Looks like you're organised well.
So you're taking up some light reading for Thankfully Reading Weekend? ;) Like you, I'm going to be a little bit into the violent...as I'm reading crime noir fiction for the next few days.
I hope you're finding lots of time to read!
Hope you're having a relaxing, reading-filled weekend. Save those grades for next week!
@Howard-The Road is one of those books you will finish in one day-because it is so engrossing.
@As the Crowe Flies-Blood Meridian is simply stunning. Sticky notes all over my book!
@Bev-enjoy your Thankful reading!
@leewammes-I can't wait to see how your readathon goes!
@unfinished person-I have a whole list of noir fiction I'm going to get to-but saving much of it for the Dead End Follies Smooth Criminals challenge.
@bermuda onion-I'm making progress...
@Lisa-I'm staring right at those papers now...
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