This weekend I finished Jodi Picoult's Leaving Time. In fact, I got up an extra half hour early to finish it... on a Saturday morning... when I had a 7 A.M. workshop to present at... it was that good.
Around 30 or 40 pages from the end, I was a bit confused. Not terribly, but just experiencing a slight sense of disequilibrium. What is going on? I wondered.
However, I soon understood--I was going around a major twisty-turn that Picoult had crafted like the talented pro that she is.
Read Leaving Time. You won't be able to predict the ending until you get there (I almost guarantee it).
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What surprise have you been "gifted" with lately? (It could be a pleasant surprise--like, "Wow, Radar wasn't digging this time," or it could be not so pleasant, like "I'm amazed my arm can be pulled out of its socket several times a day when I walk the 73-pound puppy and I haven't experienced permanent damage yet.")
Pssst....Kristin Hannah has a new one out, too. It's about two sisters in wartime France. I'll definitely be reading this one you just finished.
ReplyDeleteShay--So this is a great one by Kristin Hannah? I've read a couple on your recommendation and enjoyed them. Let me know if you agree about "Leaving Time."
DeleteAh, unpleasant surprise was the layer of strange cat poop Miss Biscuit rolled in behind our shed. Pleasant was after 6 months I got my Ancestry working right so I could see a private tree of distant relative...distant in blood and on East Coast. I got to see my Irish 3rd great grandfather's line straight from Ireland!
ReplyDeleteClaudia--I'm glad you got some ancestry work done. That must have been exciting.
DeleteStrange cat poop? Does that mean there's good, more desirable cat poop? ;) The stinkier the stuff, the more dogs like it...
Good (for me) and bad (for my editor) that her computer is on the blink and my article got a welcomed extension on the deadline!
ReplyDeleteMary--Things like that don't always end up favoring us, so I'm glad you got an extension. (Did you somehow sabotage their computer? ;)
DeleteI woke up to find myself (in a widget) missing from the blog. Which was somewhat unpleasant for me, but perhaps a nice surprise for readers. :-)
ReplyDeleteCathy--Your photo-if that's what you're talking about--is not scary or eye-averting worthy.
DeleteI got a FRUITCAKE in the mail!
ReplyDeleteThat's a pleasant surprise. I love fruitcake. My best ol' ex-teaching buddy, Mabel, sent it to me for my birthday tomorrow. It was made by the Trappist monks at Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri. Yum!
Val--I thought there was only 1 fruitcake in existence--since no one really likes it--and it keeps getting regifted... much like a label-maker...
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ReplyDeleteMy big surprise yesterday was that a cat bite becomes serious FAST. As to good surprises, I'd say the first view of my book cover. With only a couple of small tweaks required, the cover artist nailed it on the first draft. I expected to like it, but I really LOVE it. :)
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