The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski is a new book that is getting wonderful press. It is supposed to be an absolutely stunning piece of writing.
I was just wondering if anybody out there in TOTVland has read it yet.
I heard that there were dogs in it and I thought, uh oh, I will just cry when stuff happens to the dog, like it always does in books so it seems. (Hey did you ever hear the song "She Never Cried When Old Yeller Died"? Well, that song is NOT about Boomer.)
Anyway, this book was recommended to me tonight. And the person who told me about it says the dogs are not the whole story, and I will be OK reading about them. The rec was from somebody who reads at least 50 buzillion books every year and I respect her opinion greatly. And she has known me forever. So if she says I will like it, I will like it.
Something interesting about the author -- at least I think so -- is that he was a software designer or something with computers, maybe a programmer. He researched and wrote for many years to get this one to us. And the word on the street where Boomer lives is that this one is beautifully written and that you cannot put it down. And it's a big one. But supposed to be one that you don't want to end.
Well, I have told you absolutely nothing much about the book. Because I do not know yet. I just wanted to see if you could tell me anything about it.
Well, it is after midnight I see, and here I am typing. And I always say that I should never type after midnight. When I type after midnight, I either start to sound totally goofy or I make a shameless confession of some sort. Like about Judd Hirsch.
Right now I am reading
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. And that's my shameless confession for the midnight hour.
Boomer
