So I am now on to a book that I've been wanting to read since the beginning of summer. I saw this lying around at Raeburn and read the jacket sleeve and was completely intrigued. The book is the story of Edgar Sawtelle (aha!) who was born mute in rural Wisconsin. He can hear perfectly fine and is intelligent but must sign to communicate his own voice. This being said, he leads a worriless life with his mother and father who breed a fictional type dog. Other than that, I will say nothing. I have a feeling what this is leading to but don't want to reveal too much. Oprah has picked this as her next Book Club book and has stated that reading too much of the jacket sleeve gives too much away. Let's just say that being a dog lover, I'm in love with this book. If you connect with dogs at all, this is one that you will surely want to read and then re-read. Part of the book is told from the main dog-character's POV as well. Intriguing. I'm about 100 pages in and feel like I should stop typing right now so I can go read. However, I want to read it slowly to soak up its awesomeness. Which I will go do right now. I'll let you know.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
So, I finished Three Junes by Julia Glass. It was terrific. I love books like this where the characters seem totally unrelated without any connection to other characters and in the end, they all meet up in a "six degrees of separation" type thing. Very reminiscent of Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher. I have Glass's second book as well and will read that soon, I think.
So I am now on to a book that I've been wanting to read since the beginning of summer. I saw this lying around at Raeburn and read the jacket sleeve and was completely intrigued. The book is the story of Edgar Sawtelle (aha!) who was born mute in rural Wisconsin. He can hear perfectly fine and is intelligent but must sign to communicate his own voice. This being said, he leads a worriless life with his mother and father who breed a fictional type dog. Other than that, I will say nothing. I have a feeling what this is leading to but don't want to reveal too much. Oprah has picked this as her next Book Club book and has stated that reading too much of the jacket sleeve gives too much away. Let's just say that being a dog lover, I'm in love with this book. If you connect with dogs at all, this is one that you will surely want to read and then re-read. Part of the book is told from the main dog-character's POV as well. Intriguing. I'm about 100 pages in and feel like I should stop typing right now so I can go read. However, I want to read it slowly to soak up its awesomeness. Which I will go do right now. I'll let you know.
So I am now on to a book that I've been wanting to read since the beginning of summer. I saw this lying around at Raeburn and read the jacket sleeve and was completely intrigued. The book is the story of Edgar Sawtelle (aha!) who was born mute in rural Wisconsin. He can hear perfectly fine and is intelligent but must sign to communicate his own voice. This being said, he leads a worriless life with his mother and father who breed a fictional type dog. Other than that, I will say nothing. I have a feeling what this is leading to but don't want to reveal too much. Oprah has picked this as her next Book Club book and has stated that reading too much of the jacket sleeve gives too much away. Let's just say that being a dog lover, I'm in love with this book. If you connect with dogs at all, this is one that you will surely want to read and then re-read. Part of the book is told from the main dog-character's POV as well. Intriguing. I'm about 100 pages in and feel like I should stop typing right now so I can go read. However, I want to read it slowly to soak up its awesomeness. Which I will go do right now. I'll let you know.
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