I pride myself on being someone who is passionate about reading. There are very few things I love more than getting cozy with a good book. In fact, good novels tend to make me think in "novel speak" in my head-- I go around describing my life to myself in the third person, as if I were reading about what I am doing in a book. Is that really weird? Anyway, I love it when that happens because it means my brain is on and I'm being very observant about the little details in my life and maybe being a little bit introspective. It also means I've been reading something worth reading.
Then We Came to the End is a great book. I love that this was Joshua Ferris' first novel because hopefully that means there will be more from him. The book is written in the first person plural, so it isn't long before you feel yourself part of the "we". Having worked in a corporate environment for most of my professional life, I loved the funny and painfully true points he makes about rumors and gossip and information, and the way we feel about the people we spend most of our time with. The story is funny, tense, and very savvy, and I loved it.
{Warning for the discriminating readers among us: "we" (in the book) tend to use a bit of profanity.}
Maybe this means I'm back in my normal reading routine? Probably not, but at least I can finally move on to the next book!
6 comments:
Ooh--yay! Can't wait to read it, and how ironic that and then [you] came to the end!
Im so glad you found me! And you have a nwe baby... he is so cute! Im going to add you to my blog too so we can keep up on each other, it was so good to hear from you!
YOU are so ME! I do the same thing, so I'll tend to speak to myself in an accent, or in old English, etc. I just finished reading the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns...Kite Runner is now one of my all time favorites, and Thousand was very good! I highly recommend them!
Hooray! It's been a long time since we've had a book review from you. I just finished Same Kind of Different as Me, a biography of two men living completely different lives. SO great! (But sad.) I'm not usually one for biographies, but I loved this one. It inspired me to be a better person. Can't wait to give your recommendation a try. And cute new header. You know you are my header mentor right?
I'm putting this one on my list of next reads. I'm so glad to hear someone else does the "novel speak" thing. Makes me feel less crazy. Or maybe just less lonely in crazy-ville!
This is on my "To Read" list. I was in a reading lull for about 4 months, and I'n now officially back into the swing of things. I don't think I'll achieve my 50 books in one year goal, but I may get to 40.
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