Vermont!

I have 40 pages left in As I Lay Dying and I had to tear myself away to write this. This! If you haven't noticed, I suck at writing. This book is amazing in so many ways. It makes me cringe, it breaks my heart in so many ways, and I have to reread certain passages because I can't believe what he wrote. I can see why people compare him to McCarthy. Faulkner is the original gangster and McCarthy is his follower.

Everyone should read this book. It is about a family that loses their mother and the journey they take to bury her. It's in a stream of consciousness/vignette-esque so you get to know each family member and the people around them who are affected by the death. That's all I can say without quoting the entire book.

Expect more books from Faulkner. Though the library kind of sucks here in Waterbury...

PS: So far I haven't read as much as I thought I would because I've been so distracted by Vermont!

PSS: I'm falling in love with this town, I want to Montpelier today (the capitol of VT, and I saw 3, effing 3! bookstores in a block).

PSSS: I went on a short roadtrip to Maine last weekend. And I creamed my pants when I found this place... http://www.rockcitycoffee.com/secondread.htm. The book selection is not that great (lets say I found better new books than used) but it was quite charming and I fell in love with the place nonetheless. And no, I didn't have any coffee because it was late.