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TBR

PROMPT: The Wildcard Round! What book (or books) in your TBR (to be read) pile are you most looking forward to reading, and why?

         Is it just me, or are there never enough hours in a week to sit and devour even one anticipated book? Bah, life gets in the way. The everyday necessities intrude upon my reading time. When I begin the process, I want to finish it, quickly. Interruptions are not tolerated. I like to read all of a book in one sitting. I've never been a reader who is satisfied with a few pages digested here and there. I cannot read a few pages and then drift off to sleep. Reading has never relaxed me that much, and if I'm enjoying the unfolding story I cannot walk away from it either. I like to commit a full three hours or so to sit and read the book from cover to cover. If I take a book to bed, I stay up until its ending is revealed. If I read during the day, other things are ignored, and forgotten.

         I currently have many books awaiting my undivided attention. My son described a television commercial that intrigued him. In the clips, it's implied that a woman, who comes forward and offers information to the police, is not a witness, but a suspect to a murder. He has awaited the release of this movie, and I decided to purchase the novel. It appears to be a psychological thriller.Anyway, I shall soon read 'The Girl On The Train'. Yep, there is book-cover hype: "record-breaking phenomenon", and "#1New York Times Bestseller." I think I'm willing to read this book because of my son's interest. He rarely endorses anything. I suspect this story will surprise me like the movie with the tagline, "I see dead people." I never suspected that Bruce Willis' character was a dead person conversing with a living child. Oh, that was the film 'The Sixth Sense.'

          Another of my TBR books is 'Room' by Emma Donoghue. It is supposed to be narrated by its five-year old main character who doesn't understand that he and his mother are prisoners kept in one small room. In these limited circumstances, his mother teaches, loves, and protects him. How has she coped all these years in captivity? What if anything does he comprehend? I'm anticipating this is a story of human resilience.