neverending

each day is an eternity. i need to find a new career. or a better way to occupy my time. i cannot believe that i have so much time left before 5pm.

iIjust finished reading Abraham Verghese's novel, CUTTING FOR STONE. It was brilliant. Each character was fully developed and I enjoyed the inclusion of all of the medical information. I love that sort of blood & guts. It's fascinating. The climax of the story wasn't a surprise but it was excellent book nonetheless. He thanked John Irving in the acknowledgements and there's a definite similarity in their styles. Big lush stories with many well-defined characters with lots of "coincidences". I love a good John Irving book and I'm sad to say that it's been several years since his last one. I've been fortunate to receive an advanced copy of his next book. Fingers crossed!

Sometimes with books, I get a craving for a specific kind of book or author's style. Does anyone else get that? It's kind of like the craving for a mushroom & sausage pizza except it's a old-school Stephen King book or fun YA apocalypse book (mad props to THE HUNGER GAMES series!!). I'm also super excited about the upcoming Stephen King book, UNDER THE DOME. It's a shocking 1000 pages and it's been compared to THE STAND. Ah, THE STAND - that's the kind of book that I envy people who get to read it for the first time. Same with the HARRY POTTER series and lots more.

OK - I've killed 10 minutes. Let me go fill up my blue plastic water cup.