19) PILLARS OF THE EARTH (1989)
by Ken Follett
I picked this book to read because it was cited by
@PolkaDot on page 1 / comment 14 of this topic.
My thoughts:
(Digression Alert)This is a large idea book - in scope & theme & page count.
Think DUNE epic minus the sandworms - plus waaaaay more attention to architecture.
(I learned that little summation trick from my good friend Joe Bob Briggs.)
Pillars of the Earth is ~a tad~ heavy "for me wee Scottish brain," so I will pace myself accordingly, while concurrently reading other books at different speeds, which is typical; no matter how many times I attempt to go cryo-turkey & read but one tome start to finish at a time, I always end up reading a few at a time.
You say "one tome at a," I say "tomes ought to."*** ( *** I "boldly" and preternaturally quote a posthumous Tom(e) Robbins novel
before His demise & prior to the novel's publication! You read it here first.
My apologies & sincere regret, Mr. Robbins. Obviously, I can't be trusted, even on the astral plane.
In my defense, "Tom" (cackling madly), it was just such Tomatoes of temptation that
did hang humanity from their stations on that Tree of Knowledge.
How could I be so differently designed than Atom & Evil as to not succumb to such precariously hanging fruit as quoting your fabulous pun?)
Back to my reading habits of naked nuns:
(evil grin)
I prefer having something at claw to read no matter my mood, current attention span, or claw sharpness.
At 973 pages, PILLARS will last a while & will gradually assume the position of engine in the perpetual book train.
The last time I read Follet was in the early 80s!
Eye of the Needle.
That retractable stiletto to the eye scene "still haunts-etto" me.
Now, back to
Dick & Jane:
See Spot run.
(Things don't look so good for that infernal bouncing tomato red ball.)
It is "fortunate" that the ball is a Calvinist & believes in Dog's
mysterious ways!
(penetrating fang clamp)
I amuse myself here.
End of digression.
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