I knew I would want to read Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch", the moment I knew it was due to be published this year. However, it was going to be difficult to justify reading a nearly-800-page book for pleasure when I'm supposed to be reading as many new books as possible in order to have a wide range of recommendations at hand when consulted by our customers at work. Then, by a stroke of luck, "The Goldfinch" happened to be a featured title in our shop's Christmas catalogue. All staff are instructed to read as many titles as possible in our catalogue, so there you go. I could have a guilt-free read after all. And I did. And I loved every minute of it.
It's taken a while, but by yesterday I was down to the last 300 pages, so I did nothing all day but read. Such an engrossing, beautifully written book.
In other book news, more new babies to find a spot for. It's always a lovely surprise to find out new cloth-bounds have been released.
As usual around these parts, it is raining, and rather cold too. Hard to believe summer is just a few days away.
Today will be another lazy day. I woke up really early (for a Sunday) to watch the "Doctor Who" 50th anniversary episode (so good, by the way), and now I'm feeling rather sleepy.
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Yet another positive review for The Goldfinch. Its place on my Christmas list is assured.
I watched it twice and then Graham Norton- Tennant with hair extensions!
Snap with The Goldfinch!
Stunning photos, yet again. I must read 'The Goldfinch' since two of my S-i-L's enjoyed it so much. Might be my Christmas reading, as have a couple on the go. Both gifts from G. Michelle De Kretser's 'Questions of Travel' and Jonas Jonasson's 'The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared' (not started yet). Nothing like an absorbing read. N x
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