Another good book.

[odycee]

I feel all weird and restless. Rah.

I finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro  last night. What a strange book. I really liked it - one that you can't stop thinking about. It's all very dream-like and serene and seems very mundane until you realise what the book is about. It's kind of sci-fi but not really - a bit of alternate history if you like. If you're going to read it, try to do it without reading any reviews first that might spoil the story for you. I went into it knowing more than I should and it would probably have worked better had I learned things more slowly as the book went on. It really pulls you in and I just had to finish it before I went to bed last night.

I think I may go to bed now to read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell now as my mum has finally finished with it. God, I'm a dynamo of energy and excitement aren't I.

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[niennah.livejournal.com]

I saw that Kazuo Ishiguro in a shop the other day. I might get it now that you've said you like it.

And finally you'll be reading Jonathan Strange! Keep me updated as to where you are and what you think and everything. I almost feel like it's time I reread it, but it was only a few months ago that I read it first, lol.

[odycee.livejournal.com]

I got it on a whim after reading a review for it. Good whim I think!

I never thought my mum was going to finish it! I'm only about fifty pages in so far but I'll let you know how I'm getting on. My mum refuses to say anything about it and is waiting to hear what I think first.

[elspethsheir.livejournal.com]

Look at your Sayid icon! ::misses Lost::

I finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro last night. What a strange book. I really liked it - one that you can't stop thinking about. It's all very dream-like and serene and seems very mundane until you realise what the book is about. It's kind of sci-fi but not really - a bit of alternate history if you like. If you're going to read it, try to do it without reading any reviews first that might spoil the story for you.

Ah, I know very little about it, other than what you just wrote above. Shall add it to my lists.

God, I'm a dynamo of energy and excitement aren't I.

It's all relative! I've been fighting a Death Cold of LJ, so have been not at all dynamic. I think that "lethargic" is a more apt descriptor for me, of late.

[odycee.livejournal.com]

I want Lost back!!

It's a good book. Strange and depressing but in a good way.

Hope you're feeling a bit better - I've been a bit tardy in replying!

[elvinborn.livejournal.com]

don't mind me.
I just came by to ogle your Sayid icon

yeah.

[odycee.livejournal.com]

Now I'm ogling your Sayid icon.