Entries tagged with "the lovely bones"

And if we all could spread a little sunshine

posted by srah on November 17, 2007 12:04 AM

Tags: books, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, reviews, the lovely bones

My most recent listen-in-the-car endeavor is The Lovely Bones, which is an interesting story but very strangely told. I'm not sure now if I would have liked it better if I'd read the text version rather than listening to the audio book, but I suspect that's the case. I have a feeling that the flowery and metaphorical language that bothered me might have been less noticeable if I had read it rather than having it read to me. For example: She asked for coffee and toast in a restaurant and buttered it with tears. - "Snapshots" What? Did she butter...