I had to put down the book I was reading at the time (The Mysteries of Udolpho) to take a break and read something else. Now that I'm finished, and I have another book on hold that I will pick up on the weekend - hopefully. For now I have gone back to Udolpho - I have 38 more pages left.(sigh)
I picked up right where I left off. *SPOILER ALERT* Emily is in peril, she thinks her lover is dead, but he comes alive and she is kidnapped and then her servant is kidnapped, then he reappears, then she escapes and finally goes home, and she sees ghosts and has to travel dark roads with murders and her lover shows up, then there is a sword fight and now her friend was nearly murdered.....oh, it just goes on and on.
Tonight I realized something - Mysteries of Udolpho is just like LOST!!
Every week it's something new. Kate is rescuing somebody and ultimately getting everyone caught in the process, Jack is marching off into the jungle, Claire has gone crazy, John is the evil black smoke, Jacob is talking to Hurley from the grave, Widmore is planning an attack from a submarine and Sawyer is a cop in a parallel universe......
It's the same thing!! Will it just END for the love of God?! I just want to know how it ENDS. What do the numbers mean? Will Emily fend off all of her attackers and marry Valancourt?!
Lost and Mysteries of Udolpho? I need you to just END. Please, I need to move on with my life.
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I can't wait to read that book! I'm trying to finish that damn Bill Bryson book from last year "A Sunburned Country". It's the weirdest book ever. Well written but dull as hell. But I am committed.
I just finished a book that took me FOREVER, too-- not because I am a slow reader but because it was being read for all the wrong reasons (aka: guilt and pressure from the person who gave it to me!). I'm happy to hear the end is near- good luck!
YAY - so glad you liked it. I can't believe you were able to not cry. Congrats! When my mom was reading it I would call her and she wouldn't even answer with a hi, she would just yell MY DOGS ARE IN TROUBLE I HAVE TO GO and hang up on me.
Rawbean - Is Edgar Sawtelle next on your list? Seems like you and Dana are in the same boat!
Dana - I've actually been hearing this a lot - people reading books for all the wrong reasons. You should read Claire's post about this subject.
http://evenprettygirls.blogspot.com/2010/02/when-you-choose-antartica-over-s-byatt.html
Claire - I was thankful for being in a coffee shop near a window with lots of people around me or I would have been a blubbering mess. Your mom rocks, you can tell her I said that.
Amen to that! I can't wait for LOST to go away!
And now I have to read Edgar Sawtelle. A Hamlet story?! Yes, please!
Finished Edgar Sawtelle last night. Whoa man. That was good. Love the Hamlety tradegy!
Ha! I said "tradegy" instead of "tragedy."
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