She asked if I’d heard of it and knew if it was nice or what (as it was paid for by others)…
Um. Can she and I just hang out in her hotel room all week? I love that place. It’s so beautiful, so hip, and so fun.
Because everyone has asked what I thought of this book, I really loved The Art of Fielding.
While it’s baseball-themed, the fact that I don’t love baseball (or sports books) didn’t at all interfere with my enjoyment of this book.
It’s a coming-of-age novel that centers on people in late college — and on the president of the college also coming of age. Acknowledging that people are continually evolving made me love this book even more.
I’ve written about 45 different sentences further than this but I don’t want to spoil any plot points. It’s brilliant, different, and exciting.
(Side note: first time authors that write books this good scare me. I have a theory that there are two types of authors: ones that have a story to tell and can write a singular fantastic book, and ones that are insane writers and can write book after book that are brilliant and well written. I’m excited for another book from Chad Harbach but I’m also scared that it will be crap because he’ll be given a huge advance and has to produce something.)
Anyway, unlike some books I’ve read, the critics are right. Read this. It’s practically perfect.
I keep trying to upload this to Tumblr and I can’t get it to work.
Anyway, it’s a gif of Maddie running down the stairs that I made… and I have it reverse at the end so then she runs BACKWARDS UP THE STAIRS.
Basically it’s the best thing ever.
That’s what a blog is for.
BUT.
I have issues.
I’m sad, I refuse to clean, I am lazy, I would rather spend more time in my bed than anywhere else, I yell at my dog, my husband, my friends. I am simultaneously super vain about my body and find it to be an incredible disaster that I could never love. I’m selfish, I don’t live up to my potential, and I don’t follow through with plans. I’m judgmental and cavalier. I lie and I can never keep a secret. I dress inappropriately for the weather.
BUT.
Everyone has issues. Every perfect person is troubled. And everyone is worthy.
I just finished an Abundance of Katherines, Bitterblue, The Pale King, and Art of Fielding.
I was listening to this earlier.Do You Realize?? -The Flaming Lips
so simple, so meaningful.
I heart this.
And then 10 minutes later kill the fucker, but not before five gross bites (shoulder, arm, arm, stomach, and cheek) (what a fucking nasty bug). Well. You’re pretty much done sleeping for the night.
