Seven days of books: day six

[caranfindel]

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[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Never heard of this one but I love the cover!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

It is SUCH a good book. I highly recommend!

[aerynsun5.livejournal.com]

Wow, I haven't read this in about 30 years.

I was in New Orleans for a meeting and discovered, too late, that there had been some sort of Walker Percy weekend with a session on Dunces. I'm a big WP fan, so I was really sorry to miss it, and it would have been interesting to attend the Dunces session, too. To make it up myself, I got another copy of the book and read it on the train all the way back to Seattle. This post jogged a fond memory loose.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha you must be mistaken, because if you read this book 30 years ago, that means I read it 30 years ago, and I'm not nearly old enough to have done that.

Oh. Wait. Yes I am.

(A train from New Orleans to Seattle? How long did that take?)

[aerynsun5.livejournal.com]

Your mom probably read it to you in utero. :)

I forget exactly how long it took. I was traveling with friends and we stopped in Phoenix for a couple of days to visit folks. I did like the trip, but I think I’ll get a compartment next time; there were people going in and out of the carriage all night and it was super hard to sleep. There was some great scenery, though.

[crowroad3.livejournal.com]

Haaa I read (and loved) this one too. We are not old! ( ;

[crowroad3.livejournal.com]

The Moviegoer was one of those books that made a big impression on me; love WP too!

[tyrsibs.livejournal.com]

Ah, good choice! Also, good covet.

[tyrsibs.livejournal.com]

I mean, cover-- blame my one-finger typing skills!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Obviously you covet my cover. ;-) I've been trying to use covers that match the actual editions of the books I have (exception: Emma).

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

Do you know, I've never read it. Been meaning to, but never did.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

You should. It’s so good.