{"id":3587,"date":"2011-09-11T01:24:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T06:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2011-09-11T01:26:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T06:26:38","slug":"booking-through-thursday-queue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3587","title":{"rendered":"booking through thursday: queue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/btt2.jpg\" alt=\"booking through thursday\" align=right hspace=3 vspace=3 \/>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/btt2.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/08\/queue\/\">Booking through Thursday question<\/a> was about our reading queues:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you reading now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A Taste for Death<\/em> by P.D. James.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you recommend it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not so far. My grandmother tells me that her father used to read books very quickly. When questioned about his speed he would say, &#8220;I don&#8217;t read the color of the trees or the sky.&#8221; He would spend a lot of time searching for what he could read in this book. I&#8217;m about a third of the way in and am already tired of the descriptions of mid-century London and everyone&#8217;s inner thoughts. The reviews on Goodreads suggest that it will improve as I go along.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>While I just picked up five books of Icelandic prose from the library today, I think it will be <em>Will Grayson, Will Grayson<\/em> by John Green (whose <em>An Abundance of Katherines<\/em> appeared on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2945\">best of 2010 list<\/a> and who co-wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2154\"><em>Let It Snow<\/em><\/a>) and David Leviathan (who co-authored <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1124\">Nick &#038; Norah&#8217;s Infinite Playlist<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Booking through Thursday question was about our reading queues: What are you reading now? A Taste for Death by P.D. James. Would you recommend it? Not so far. My grandmother tells me that her father used to read books very quickly. 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