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Home of the Exhausted and Distractable
December 5, 2007
I had planned to spend time this evening typing up my review of The Golden Compass (the movie, that is), but my plans were foiled by the following: a LONG day at work where we were busy, busy, busy with holiday shoppers; a LONG evening spent assembling book recommendations for a book talk I'm giving early tomorrow morning to a group of middle school parents; a late, late dinner when I finally got home at about 10pm; and, finally, author Katherine Applegate. Darn you, Katherine!
I was halfway through Home of the Brave when I sat down to my late-night meal (bless my chef of a boyfriend) and picked the book up again. I finished eating and thought, "I'll just read a couple pages more," then became so emotional over the story that I figured I'd have to finish the book or go to bed a weepy mess. So I did. Curled up on the sofa beside Gareth, who was drawing sketches of Hamlet, I read and read and wadded up Kleenex and read and cried some more and read and finished the book. My three-word review: I LOVED it!!
So, BLAME KATHERINE APPLEGATE if you're disappointed that you haven't yet seen my Golden Compass review. Blame her for writing a beautiful, meaningful, wonderful novel -- the kind that makes things like movie reviews seem too trivial for the late-night attentions of a tired bookseller. And the kind that makes me SO happy to have the job I do, and to have a blog like this, where I can sing the praises of books and their authors.
Trivial or not, I'll have a movie review for you all on Thursday, I promise. And I won't pick up another book until it's done!
Posted by Alison Morris on December 5, 2007 | Comments (2)
