Finished reading Ken Follett's epic novel that centers on the building of a cathedral and the people whose lives are bound up with it. I have been plagued lately by the memory of a scene in a book but couldn't remember title or author. I wish I had kept a book log all my life instead of just the past five years. I have bits and pieces of books floating around in my memory, and matching them up with titles and authors is sometimes impossible. As I'm reading POTE, I realize that I had read it before and forgotten everything except the one scene I've been trying to remember. No chance of losing it this time. I put it in my book log.
I like to read all my books simultaneously on my Kindle. I read a chapter, then move on to the next book. Coming around to the start is like meeting old friends again. Sort of like watching a miniseries on television, it's a way of making a book last longer. This didn't work with POTE. I was so engaged from the very beginning that I had to read it straight through, and I put all my other reading aside to do it. It was worth it, but I was exhausted by the end of the marathon read.
Now I'm reading the sequel, World Without End, and I'm back to my old method - read a chapter then move on to the next book.
What was the last book that gripped you so much you couldn't put it down?
I haven't read Pillars of Earth, but it sounds gripping :) Last book I read Dragon Warrior-very fast paced I didn't want to put it down.
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