Just want to say that I finished East of Eden last week, and it was life-changing. It had a most important, touching, and profound message. But I cannot see myself ever reading it through again due to the length, writing style that was somehow harsh, and not-pretty plot. I've decided not to read Cannery Row, because I want to preserve East of Eden purely in my mind and not distort it with another book by the same author (like you know how authors tend to write about the same subjects over and over again).
So, probably gonna read Cloud Atlas, as recommended by my brother, mostly because of its name (heh). I can just see someone looking at the clouds, like maybe from a "Laputa, Castle in the Sky," with quill and parchment, drawing an atlas of clouds.
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wa life-changing? that's quite a realizaiton
arrgh, it is maddening not to be able to see your videos.
I so need to get any books I'd want to read in the next 3 months NOW because i'm going home. any recommendations??? The only person i'm reading now is Joan Didion, and i'm zipping thru her dangerously fast.
oooh when will u be going? and how long tt? haha i m not a book person unfortunately - i learnt from karen that "the secret" worths a read... my reading sitting on my shelf is "migration - the biology on the move". haha so prolly i cant shine light on ur reading need!
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