Comments | parkergray: that's what i'll do

parkergray

that's what i'll do

Jul 21, 2006 13:23

So I've never read any Margaret Atwood and I finally caved to the pressure and I started The Blind Assassin last night. I'm only like 35 pages in and I'm really not sure yet, but this?

...it gives him nightmares, but the rest of them don't know. They don't know they've become so small. They don't know they're supposed to be dead. They don't ( Read more... )

books, rls: words are my favorite

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likebunnies July 21 2006, 18:19:16 UTC

I love Margaret Atwood for that reason -- her use of words is gorgeous. Her writing makes me ache to be something I can never be (oh, a writer) and to have that power over words. The story might not even be that great but I keep reading to see what she does with the words. That is the same reason I loved Wicked.

annearchy July 21 2006, 18:40:20 UTC

Obviously I need to read WICKED. Everyone I know seems to love it.

parkergray July 22 2006, 04:13:00 UTC

There's just something about Wicked, isn't there?

It's a great idea and the execution is brilliant. I just like the way he handles words. Can I say that some more? *g*

likebunnies July 22 2006, 14:45:40 UTC

Of course I'll never be able to watch The Wizard of Oz in the same way but oh well. I'd rather read Wicked again.

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parkergray July 22 2006, 04:14:55 UTC

Ooh, that's good too.

I think I'm going to give some others a go after I finish The Blind Assassin. Because, as you said, she has a gift for words. And I'll read stories that I'm not that interested in, if they're told in a great way.

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parkergray July 22 2006, 04:17:15 UTC

There's a line from one of her poems that I just love. And I can't remember what poem it is, or where I read it, or even the exact line, but it's something like 'I want to be like air to you, that unnoticed and necessary.'

And I love A.S. Byatt's dreamy fairy tales?

♥

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parkergray July 22 2006, 05:03:34 UTC

Hey, me too! *g*

And words are the bitch to be rid of, aren't they? I can forget other things (his taste and smell and the feel of his body against mine) but his words? Against my lips or sent via text or whispered in my ear?

Arg.

mieystrapurore July 21 2006, 21:29:02 UTC

Margaret Atwood is one of my favorite authors - Handmaid's Tale is mindblowing (and I even used it for my AP English paper). I definitly suggest reading it if you enjoyed Blind Assassin/i>