"Screaming with terror, they both fled, and got out of the chamber as fast as their trembling limbs would bear them, leaving open the doors of all the rooms, through which they passed."
"She paused again, and then, with a timid hand, lifted the veil; but instantly let it fall - perceiving that what it had concealed was no picture, and before she could leave the chamber she dropped senseless on the floor."OOooooohhhhh.......this is what I've been reading since December. Normally I'm not a slow reader, but this book is involved. The first 230 pages were super slow and I was waiting impatiently for them to get to the castle already!!! After that the book took off like a rocket - every third page something new was happening to Emily - (*SPOILER ALERT*) secret chambers, scary paintings, ghosts, kidnappings, murders, you name it. I could hardly keep up.
Now I have 50 pages left and Ludovico has volunteered to spend the night in a haunted chamber. The morning after he can't be found and he had locked himself in. Actually pretty creepy.
So Ms. Radcliffe, it's been great, but I'm anxious to finish and move on to something modern. I think a trip to the library is in order, nothing on my shelves is calling my name. Any recommendations?
*There is seriously this much punctuation in this novel. There is a note in the book that says it's indicative of the way it's meant to be read aloud. For us modern readers - think William Shatner. Ooooh yeah, it works.
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I got a book from my cousin for Christmas called The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. I haven't started it yet but she has great taste!
That's all I've got - but yea holy a lot of punctuation!
Holy, punctuation!
I'm currently being a fed a constant stream of books to read from my coworkers, which is both a good and a bad thing. I read "The Almost Moon" by Alice Sebold, which I enjoyed despite its creepiness. I also was offered "Unless" by Carol Shields to read but didn't enjoy it as much. Right now, I'm reading something called "The Bastard of Istanbul", but it's not my favourite either. I'm looking forward to finishing it and finally moving on...
Thus, rather than offering you recommendations myself, I will be pilfering books from the suggestions you are offered. I'll let you know when something in my book queue is really good.
first of all, you know Udolpho is on my list and it would now seem it will be on the list of books I ONLY read in the day time.
also, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is AWESOME.
in other news, The Namesake is my favorite book of recent reading.
Thanks guys! The Story of Edgar is now at the top of my list. (Dana - do. it. These two have good taste in books.)
Claire - I went to the library on the weekend and searched for some of your 2010 best reads and found NOTHING. I didn't dare bring anything else home because it would distract me from Udolpho. And yes - I would read it in the afternoon....
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