Wishes

Wishes
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So...I took a day off yesterday. Didn't mean to, just didn't feel like doing anything other than reading in bed. And eating. Lots of eating.

Currently reading Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley. I read another novel of hers, Moo, on the cruise. The ships have libraries, and I took full advantage of that this time around. Read some good ones and some real stinkers. Moo was not a stinker. I was giggling out loud two pages in. Horse Heaven is even better.

Jane Smiley's writing is like no one else's I've ever read. It's almost conversational, but her wit and poetical turns-of-phrase elevate it above ordinary. She also seems to have mined my thoughts for her characters. She knows how to write women. It's sad that that's a surprise, but all too many authors write women who don't exist, at least not in my world. Jane Smiley knows women, and she writes her female characters with all the complexities and contradictions real women possess.

I am a fan for life. That's high praise, coming from me: I'm always hesitant to name names when someone asks me "who's your favorite author?" or "what's your favorite book?" Jane Smiley has made the list.