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read two books last night to get back on track for the month with the challenge, bringing my total to 3 (yay!)
okay, they were very short books, but a book is a book. and i really love the novella form.
Beasley's Christmas Party by Booth Tarkington ~ an immensely charming story (how could it not be?). i loathe tarkington. he's one of my favorite authors. i was originally going to re-read Penrod because it's been a while, but there's so much of tarkington's stuff that i haven't read, i thought i ought to poke into something new. glad i did. this is a strange, but wonderful little book!
Underground Christmas by John Hassler ~ (i was on a Christmas story kick, i guess) this author is new to me and an interesting find so far. i had really gone to the library to check out his North of Hope (which is on the Loyola Classics list), but picked this one up first just to test him out. i really like his off-hand style: simple, straightforward and with a nice sense of humor. his people are flawed and human. i thoroughly enjoyed this little book even though the story was really very depressing in a lot of ways (had a nice upbeat ending, but man it's a kitchen sink of disasters). i'll hand it to hassler ~ he really takes a grim aspect and makes something beautiful out of it. i think i'm ready to move on to North of Hope now.
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okay, they were very short books, but a book is a book. and i really love the novella form.
Beasley's Christmas Party by Booth Tarkington ~ an immensely charming story (how could it not be?). i loathe tarkington. he's one of my favorite authors. i was originally going to re-read Penrod because it's been a while, but there's so much of tarkington's stuff that i haven't read, i thought i ought to poke into something new. glad i did. this is a strange, but wonderful little book!
Underground Christmas by John Hassler ~ (i was on a Christmas story kick, i guess) this author is new to me and an interesting find so far. i had really gone to the library to check out his North of Hope (which is on the Loyola Classics list), but picked this one up first just to test him out. i really like his off-hand style: simple, straightforward and with a nice sense of humor. his people are flawed and human. i thoroughly enjoyed this little book even though the story was really very depressing in a lot of ways (had a nice upbeat ending, but man it's a kitchen sink of disasters). i'll hand it to hassler ~ he really takes a grim aspect and makes something beautiful out of it. i think i'm ready to move on to North of Hope now.
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I'm reading Mr. Ives' Christmas now (just started it) so if you're still on a Christmas story kick. . .
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and i don't know if tarkington wrote Little Gentlemen ~ i could not find hide nor hair of it.
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I've read a little further in Mr. Ives' Christmas now and I think you might really like it, having a talent in common with the title character. :)