So I started The Casual Vacancy. I haven't gotten too far yet, but so far I like it. It's very British, which I love. Of course I'll read anything that comes from GB. I'm snobby like that. I prefer the old stuff, but new is good too. I'll devour some Ian McEwan. I loved Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.
I have read some early reviews of this book and they are not rave reviews. They are pretty tame.
It seems to be just a tale of a very small village and the social and political issues that come up when someone on the town council dies. I'm cool with that. I'm excited to finish it.
The only problem is time. Grad school is wrapping up soon for me, and the kids' school lives are in full swing, and my elem school is kicking my ass as well. I keep hoping that after Christmas I will have more time to keep up with all the new books. They always seem to come out faster than I can read them. And I still have all those classics on my shelves that need read too.
This book might take me all month to read. That is so frustrating. If it was a Harry Potter novel I would have probably finished it already by reading it on my lunch break, while sitting on the toilet, while making dinner, while my husband drives, while I'm watching TV, and while NOT doing my homework.
The Casual Vacancy will instead be relegated to my nightstand and that short 20 minutes it takes at night for my eyes to get heavy while watching Rick Steves.
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