Currently reading
Roman Blood
Progress:
171/401 pages
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
Progress:
208/557 pages
Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
Les bûchers de Bocanegra
The Songs of the Kings
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
The Hobbit
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
It's bleak, it's depressing, it's dark but man, it's also tender, it's lyrical, it's this against all odds I will protect you and love you relationship between this father and his very young son living in this post apocalyptic United States. Traveling on these nameless roads, barely surviving, hungry, cold, afraid. So afraid. I totally entered this universe. The writing, the prose made me feel like I was walking with them, pushing, pulling this battered shopping mart cart thru snow and mountain terrain. It's heart breaking. I know it can't end well. The Deus Ex Machina ending is a bit disappointing in a way but it's open ended enough for me for it to go both ways : good and bad. Besides how much time does humanity have anyway in such a world? No food, no way to grow food, scavenging can not go on forever, hence the alternative food source that gave me nightmares and even that is a dead end ultimately because of diseases. I'm glad I read it. So far this year, it's the book that had the most impact on me both emotionally and intellectually. The writing is amazing, it reads like poetic prose.
