GARRET wrote:
i have also loved everything of Toni Morrisons that i've ever read, and i
could write about her for hours on end....if anyones interested. any other
Toni fans on the list??????
Garret,
I first heard Toni Morrison on a talk show in 1977. She was reading
a passage from Song of Solomon: "She had dainty habits which matched her
torn and filthy clothes in precisely the way her strong young cultivated
voice matched her wizened face. Her white hair-braided, perhaps; perhaps
not-she touched as though replacing a wayward strand from an elegant
coiffure. And her smile-an opening of flesh like celluloid dissolving
under a drop of acid-was accompanied by a press of fingers on her chin.
It was this combination of daintiness and cultivated speech that misled
Macon and invited him to regard her as merely foolish."
Immediately I wrote down her name and the title of the book. It was
number one on my Chirstmas list and I still own the thing today. Toni's
writing reminded me so much of Joni's lyrics in the way they painted a
picture.
Colin,
I never knew you were a King fan. I totally agree that some of his latest
works have gotten boring. The Stand, too, is my favorite. I especially
enjoy
the unedited version that really fleshes out some of the minor characters
who
played key roles. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is a good read if you get
the
chance.
Cool thread! Can't wait to see what everyone else is reading.
Sue Cameron
