Book Review: "Glaciers: A Novel," by Alexis M. Smith
Enjoyable story of an average day in the life of a non-exciting woman. There are some stories about when she was younger so you get a better idea of who she is and where she's coming from, but that's all. It's just short and sweet and to the point. Except the last 20 pages. The last 20 pages are dumb with their attempt at sentimentality. But the pages are really short (small book with huge borders), and it's such fast reading that you don't get bogged down in them. Overall, I'd recommend it.
posted by melilotnfosco | 6:38 PM
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how about an excerpt?
"Isabel turns the metal knob on her office door and pushes until she feels the thump of the door against her chair. She glances at the cart of books in the hallway outside her door; the wounded. All day Isabel presides over the library's damaged books, which, ironically, requires a lot of paperwork. But she actually loves her job. She abandoned writing for library science in college, at the urging of her grandmother, who claimed there was no market for 'being in love with words.' Isabel chose her area of specialty, preservation and conservation, as a minor rebellion and as a matter of course: salvaging the mistreated came naturally to her, though it might not be the most 'marketable' skill she could acquire.
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"Walking down the hall, Isabel sees a shadow in the kitchenette, probably Spoke, from tech support, who arrives earlier than anyone else. The thought of him gives her a little stir...She makes her way down the hall, composing herself, the weight of a cup in her palm. Think pretty thoughts, she tells herself, remembering something her mother used to say to her about 'thinking pretty being pretty'...Spoke hunches over a mason jar full of black coffee with his back to the door. A dusty blue sweater with blown-out elbows, foot tapping as he hums. It pleases her to see him like this, sitting at the kitchenette table first thing in the morning, his black glasses fogged with coffee steam. It is as close as she has been to waking up with him..."
:)
what can i say? she's a tad me-ish. :)
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