books on my mind

i read books in spurts and fits, mostly, and maintain a steady flow of other formats in between. i started The Time Traveler's Wife (TTTW) on x-mas eve, expecting it to be a good read for my trip home-- which it was--and as the pages read outweighed those remaining, i began to deal with the impending loss by slowing my pace, and considering the next suspect.

david suggested Franny and Zooey by Salinger, and i took a tip from the pages of TTTW and considered Possession, by A.S. Byatt (a quote from this text appeared in TTTW). not one to stick with primary sources, i consulted the tried and true library thing, and was told that people who own TTTW also have The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. one step further down the information highway, what should i read next? told me that Children of God by Mary Doria Russell is a fine selection after finishing TTTW. and then the critics: i disregarded my primary goal of linking TTTW to my next read, and asked the experts at critical mass. after following a link to the la weekly, i added Alice McDermott's After This to my library hold list.

since finishing TTTW today, i've been proccessing this truly engaging and compelling story by reading author interviews and re-reading the first few chapters. tomorrow i'm off to the library to pick up After This--unless Franny and Zooey captures my attention first!