stalled.

so dangerously the room mate and i ended up in union square yesterday. and if i’m in union square anyway – you can bet i will be swinging through the strand. i ended up with two more books. which i need in my life like things that i don’t need any more of.

however i was prompted to do buy these books in part because i have reached an interesting point; i am currently chapters away from finishing two books, the time traveler’s wife and the patron saint of liars.

i can not bear to bring myself to finish either of them, because once that happens they will both be over. i’m in love with the time traveler’s wife for many reasons. (henry is quickly moving up the ranks of favorite fictional boyfriends) and not finishing it allows me to savor it, keep it with me, and most importantly i would be crushed if it ended badly. normally i read very quickly, especially when i am enjoying something, and it’s not uncommon for me to blow through an two hundred page novel in two or three hours.  so maybe this is in compensation for that. and i want the characters to stay suspended as they are.

i’m not as in love with the patron st. of liars, but i like it. and i like ann patchett’s writing so much. i know that when i finish it there will be one less ann patchett book i have not read, and that saddens me greatly. as much as i love rereading it’s nothing like your first time. also why i have not even purchased her latest book, i’m going to try and hold out until i really need it.

the room mate thinks i am nuts. she’s even threatened to read both of them and spoil the endings for me. luckily i read much faster than her, and she has other books to keep her occupied.

does anyone else feel this way? or does the cheese stand alone?