I can remember two books that I had zero desire to read, each being forced on me, er… I meant lent to me….
accompanied by the earnest advice that if I would just try to make it through one chapter, I’d be enthralled and have to read the rest.
First, in the 90’s, “The Clan of the Cave Bear” ….
a friend said she knew I might not like it at first…. but if I’d only stick with it for one chapter I would adore it.
I tried, I really did…. but there was no way I could read a whole chapter. Or two whole pages.
So I was very skeptical when I got the same pitch from my ex-mother-in-law, in 2001….
one of her granddaughters had bought her a book, and extracted a promise that she’d read the whole first chapter before giving up.
She lent it to me for the same promise.
Well… it was “Lord of The Rings.”
I’d refused to read it for years because I thought it was a cutesy fantasy and I’d cringed at meeting both dogs and babies named Frodo.
I hated the first half of Chapter One…. but by Chapter Three I had to go back and read it over….
by halfway through I was losing sleep because I couldn’t put it down… and when I had to give that borrowed copy back, I bought my own, even though I’d finished it.
And then I read the other books and saw all three movies…
I can remember two books that I had zero desire to read, each being forced on me, er… I meant lent to me….
accompanied by the earnest advice that if I would just try to make it through one chapter, I’d be enthralled and have to read the rest.
First, in the 90’s, “The Clan of the Cave Bear” ….
a friend said she knew I might not like it at first…. but if I’d only stick with it for one chapter I would adore it.I tried, I really did…. but there was no way I could read a whole chapter. Or two whole pages.
So I was very skeptical when I got the same pitch from my ex-mother-in-law, in 2001….
one of her granddaughters had bought her a book, and extracted a promise that she’d read the whole first chapter before giving up.
She lent it to me for the same promise.
Well… it was “Lord of The Rings.”
I’d refused to read it for years because I thought it was a cutesy fantasy and I’d cringed at meeting both dogs and babies named Frodo.
I hated the first half of Chapter One…. but by Chapter Three I had to go back and read it over….
by halfway through I was losing sleep because I couldn’t put it down… and when I had to give that borrowed copy back, I bought my own, even though I’d finished it.
And then I read the other books and saw all three movies…
and…. you know how it goes.
I almost wanted to name a dog Frodo. Almost.
So you never can tell.
Unless it’s Agnes’ novel.
Sorry, Agnes.