Today at lunch I went to the bookstore. As I was walking in I was repeating to myself over and over: you will not buy books right before you move, you will not buy books right before you move… but the usual book buying temptation vanished when I saw, sitting there on the paper back best seller shelf: a lovely trade paperback with a special cover: East of Eden - the book that brought Oprah's Book Club back. East of Eden: the book that brought Oprah's Book Club back??? Not East of Eden, one of the best pieces of literature of the 20th Century, not East of Eden a novel that takes you through the ups and downs of two families. It has it all: love, loss, good vs. evil, life in the US in the late 1800's to early 1900's. This is just making me want to go home, get my copy and start re-reading. I love this book. This book is one of the books I read when I was young that inspired my love of literature, that made me want to read everything I could get my hands on. In short, it is so much more than the book that brought Oprah's book club back. And even though it's good thing that Oprah will draw more attention to the book, to call it that is just an insult to the book.
OK… I admit it! I'm a book snob!-----
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Paul - I've been waiting for it to be featured on the Paul Katcher book club so I'll have someone to discuss it with! :)
Posted by amy | October 29, 2006 3:27 PM
Posted on October 29, 2006 15:27
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I bet Traci Lords' new book is good, too. Might have some nudie pics in there. Did you pick that up?
Posted by Paul Katcher | October 29, 2006 3:27 PM
Posted on October 29, 2006 15:27
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it's one of the books that caused my book-owning frenzy - i read it when i was 14, loved it, and then somehow lost MY book. i've been very anal about lending books since. and that Oprah reference just seems obsene to me too!
Posted by vieux bandit | October 29, 2006 3:27 PM
Posted on October 29, 2006 15:27