BOOK #74

I keep lists. A to read list of books. I had four or five them floating around out there. I have now consolidated them all into one list. And every now and then, I go to the list and then to Paperbackswap.com to find any of them. During the holidays, I got lucky and found 13. And of course, they are all sitting in a pile. Except this one. Somehow, this got stuck on my desk and it just sat there.

I picked it up last week because I had heard it was a book that you read slower and slower as you go along. And I thought that was kind of nuts. But that's exactly what happened. Robinson is such a delicate, exquisite writer that I did indeed slow down to catch each word. Absolutely beautiful. For the amount of crap I do read, it was a pleasure to find a real wordsmith still out there.

Here's what some of the reviewers said:

"Housekeeping is a haunting dream of a story told in a language as sharp and clear as light and air and water."

"Housekeeping is sensuous, funny and mythic, as penetrating as the chilly wind off a glacial lake."

"Housekeeping is extraordinary."

I gave it five stars.