The upside of being in treatment for carpal tunnel, flexor tendonitis, and ulnar neuropathy (do I sound like I'm 87 or what?) is that there is less writing and more reading going on around here. I just devoured How I Live Now by Meg Rosof and my review is this: It's incredible. One of my new favorite books. There's a reason this book won a Printz and now I’m going to go to the library and check out everything she’s ever written all at once and gorge myself on her words!
It’s a slim book that can be read almost in one sitting, and is simple yet incredibly powerful. As a writer, what I marveled at the most was how she used virtually no quotation marks. Usually this means that scenes read more as “telling” than “showing” but Rosof writes so masterfully that I stopped noticing.
I’d recommend How I Live Now to everyone; it’s one of those books you cannot imagine anyone disliking. Any contrarians out there who did not enjoy it? I’d love to know why. To me this book seem flawless.
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Ooh, I've been DYING to read this! Now, I'm definitely gonna grab a copy!
carpal tunnel treatment = less writing
Ooh, does that make LR throw up a little bit in her mouth? lol.
I hope you've already met your deadlines!!!
In the meantime you may want to check out the Project Fill in the Gaps that Editorial Ass (Moon Rat) has in the works! I bet you could finish it in no time!
I am going to order it now.
Your review made me want to read this. My kids are off for about ten days starting tomorrow, so I won't be able to write -- but maybe get some reading in.
Yeah.
And this sounds like it fits the bill.
I read it last year, and loved it. I thought the anorexia theme felt a little not needed (imo, it didn't feel like it was integral to the story), but I loved her writing. Glad you liked it!
Also really really loved, but felt a big wonky kind of jarring at the BIG BLACK DOT. It read so quickly, that I didn't want to pause there. But, it seemed to need a pause, a long one, to let time pass. What can I say, I'm impatient. Still loved it!
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