I haven't read any of Ken Follett's thrillers for years, but when I saw he'd written a semi-sequel to Pillars of the Earth I knew I should pick it up. I hadn't read Pillars in years but World Without End is such a loose sequel (same town and same cathedral a couple of hundred years later) that that wasn't a problem. This 1000 page book is about the town of Kingsbridge, its inhabitants and its architecture.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 10:51 AM

Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down was not nearly as depressing as a book about people who want to commit suicide could easily become. Worth a quick read if you like his style though I'm less likely to want to reread this one than I am with High Fidelity or About a Boy.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 10:31 PM

Posting here is almost like saying confession (at least as I imagine it, not being Catholic): "Bless me readers for I have sinned, it'd been a month since my last post." In my defense I'll say that in that month I received and accepted a job offer, packed all of my books, and moved from Seattle to Southern California.

Now I'm in Pasadena, all of my books are still in boxes, but I'm just starting to settle in otherwise. I went to my first author event at Vroman's last night (Shalom Auslander read from Foreskin's Lament). I'm currently reading Ken Follett's World Without End and am enjoying it so far.

Hopefully I won't need to apologize next time I post.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 10:07 PM