apropos of anything

Before we begin: Because I am nothing if not up on my sports rivalries, and because I care about keeping y’all informed, Carolina just beat Duke at Duke. Let the rejoicing in Chapel Hill begin.

I just finished Zadie Smith’s On Beauty, and it was excellent. At times, I had to make myself put it down so I could go to sleep, or to work, or wherever. Smith is an excellent writer, and her characters are very real, especially because they are not always likeable.

And now, as you can see from the box on the right, I have other books in my queue. There are still more sitting on the shelf (the Chicklit thread about shelf-sitters has me motivated about clearing the decks, or at least making an effort), so it’s not like I’m hurting for things to read. Not really.

What I’m looking for, though, is a book that has characters that set up shop in my head and my heart. The Belseys and the Kippses are great, but I want someone more along the lines of Taran or Anne or Harry. Interesting that all three of those are children’s books; possibly what I’m looking for can’t really be found in an adult book, except, maybe, for Elizabeth. Even Seymour, much as I love him, wouldn’t fit this particular bill.

There’s a traveling pants book coming, and a new Harry Potter, but does anybody have any recommendations to tide me over until then?

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