Yeah Jane, much of The Goldfinch seems an interior kind of story that’s better via a book. Still there are adventures to it that could’ve been made good on film yet it seems they sort of blew it. I actually plan to see it today — one day after I finished the book … though long movies aren’t really for me. As for The Testaments, I will temper my expectations.

In a way, I am not surprised that the movie of The Goldfinch is being panned. I might have been alone in this opinion, but it never really struck me as something that would make a good movie…a mini-series maybe, but even so, it never struck me as particularly cinematic.

Thanks Laurel. I’m remaining optimistic about The Testaments but I haven’t picked it up just yet. You might like the other two books. Enjoy.

I love the look of The Need and The Last Book Party. I added them to my list.

Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog. Enjoy your week.

Hi Ti, sounds quite painful. I don’t know this book. How did your book club come to pick it? Is it a terrible slog? Maybe just get the gist of it and go to the meeting. There’s too much else to read right now.

Okay gotcha. Dense is often not a good trait for me to contend with.

The Water Dancer is not long at all; it’s just 416 pages, but it has felt dense, to me at least. 🙂

Hi Brian: Yeah I think The Need is creative & different — I’m still wondering about it. The HT and the new one should be an interesting comparison but I’m sure they’ll be different in various ways.

The Need sounds like it might be interesting. I like offbeat and mysterious. It really sounds creative.