Wordless Wednesday, NOT

Skippy Dies, Paul Murray
I had not intended to comment on this book, but that was when I was barely 1/2 way through.  WELL, I'm sure my review will not do justice to this very good book.  I'm linking to Jenners post/review of this book, because I know I will not do a better job.  All I can say is it's a chunckster, and I almost didn't finish, but I needed to, and if you can imagine I hunkered down under my blankie today, when my son left for work and only stopped between chapters to put sauce on and a load of laundry in and continued until I finished.  Unlike Jenners, I read this in paperback, from the library, to which I now owe a fine.  I told you it was a chunckster. I don't know if Paul Murray has written anything else, but I'll not be looking for more just yet, I need to process.  I'm giving this book a 5 out of 5.  It was long, but it did not disappoint, now I have to go back and finish the other series Jenners and Nise recommended, The Knife of Never Letting Go.

So you can understand why I can't be wordless.

I have to add a P.S. here:  While this book was located in Ireland, and one of the very main characters was a history teacher, teaching about Ireland's involvement in the WWI, I did learn a little about that perspective. So, I'm linking to my Ireland challenge and my WWI challenge. I'm going to have to look up some "real" facts on that one.  I do want all those participating in these two challenges to read this one.  It's a little disturbing, and you will not be sending your son's to boarding school in Ireland, heck I'm not letting S. Vincent out of my sight. Forget about him going to Ireland to do his Master's Degree. 

Teaser Tuesday...Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

 Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


Here's mine:

"And Larry did understand.  If he'd been missing a daughter, he would come here, too.  He would go everywhere.  he knew the worst thing must be the waiting, not being able to do anything, while your girl was lost in the woods or bound in somebody's closet, hung from the bar with her own red brassiere.

Sure he understood. "

This book was highly recommended by Jenners of  Life with Books, and I read everything she and Nise tell me to.  Well maybe not everything they are lightening readers. They've not let me down, so skip the sites that tell you what to read, go there immediately.

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Miz B at Should be Reading.