tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post2203210875532257973..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Voices"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-4603468594621368542015-06-30T13:44:57.553-07:002015-06-30T13:44:57.553-07:00Those all sound interesting. I'm a terribly sl...Those all sound interesting. I'm a terribly slow reader because I want to savor every word. I want to feel like I'm in the story with the characters and don't want to miss anything. Having an author who writes like they are in the room talking with you is perfect. Because I read so slowly, I have to be careful about what I choose to spend my time reading.<br /><br />As far as suggestions of my own: I'm probably the last person in the world who read <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i> but I highly recommend it. It's unfortunate that we won't be able to read any more Stieg Larsson books (due to his death) because I think his writer's voice is the kind that draws you into the story. The description I read of his heroine's character almost kept me from starting the book but I'm glad I did. Mr. Larsson was able to take a rather disagreeable (to me) person and get me to care about her and worry about her. I can offer no higher praise for an author than they were able to change my mind about something. He can take a simple description of setting up the furniture in a room and enthrall me. Count the number of times his characters put on a pot of coffee in the story. I think I jumped up and got one myself each time.<br /><br />I hear there will be a new book written with the same characters by someone else. I'll probably read it just to see the differences. I'm thinking it will make me miss Stieg Larsson's voice even more.<br />JEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538398157297345338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-61115211506661335802015-06-30T08:01:57.098-07:002015-06-30T08:01:57.098-07:00Great Minds
Earl, I just finished writing back and...Great Minds<br />Earl, I just finished writing back and forth to Mal about this very same thing. I was going to tip you off about a hilarious book I'm reading now, Bill Bryson's "Notes From a Small Island", about his good-bye trudge around Britain before he moved back to the USA. Talk about a 'voice'! I've enjoyed his more historical stuff (Summer-1927 is terrific) but this is my first encounter with his personal take on things. You'd love the associations with London, of course, and the humour. Pidgenoreply@blogger.com