I finished My Friend Leonard. I did like it, just not as much as A Million Little Pieces. Also, I read the review of My Friend Leonard at www.nypl.org (New York Public Library website) and they had a list of topics that the book was about, so the "secret" wasn't a huge shock for me. And Poppy, the book got me a little teary...but it was the part about Cassius, not the end. I dunno.
I still wish Lilly had lived.
When I just went to Amazon to do my links, I just saw that A Million Little Pieces has been chosen as an Oprah book. I have mixed feelings about it. I guess more people will read it now, but some people will dismiss it because some of Oprah's choices are not the best. We'll see.
I still wish Lilly had lived.
When I just went to Amazon to do my links, I just saw that A Million Little Pieces has been chosen as an Oprah book. I have mixed feelings about it. I guess more people will read it now, but some people will dismiss it because some of Oprah's choices are not the best. We'll see.
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Yeah, when Oprah picked Faulkner for her summer book club, I was floored. That's just not something I can see the populace reading.
Hell, I have a degree in English and Faulkner still gives me fits!
:)
A Million Little Pieces is somewhere in the towering pile of books to be read. Someday, my body will be found, crushed by a pile of unread books and Vanity Fairs.
I stopped reading Oprah's recommended books a long time ago, not for any particular reason. I am not into Faulkner either. It just reminds me of required reading in HS.
Bearette, can you share what you liked so much about Million? I loved hearing about the friendships he formed and his fits of overeating. My favorite part was the Lucy love story, but then ending part where she goes off into the world is very disturbing. If it weren't based on a true story I would consider it unbelievable. :(
At least if the world ends and there's no TV or live entertainment (besides my husband, of course), at least I'll never run out of things to read!