I just finished Mameve Medwed's "How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life" and I am feeling strangely melancholy.
I felt elated to finish and know the end of the story, at first. Now, I am feeling like I am saying goodbye to a dear friend as I put in the pile in my closet. It isn't alone in that pile, but somehow I feel alone without it. I read a lot, but few books leave me feeling this way. I wonder if I am the only one.
Do you ever feel a little down after you finish a book? Do you find yourself thinking of passages that made you laugh or almost cry? Do you feel guilty moving on to the next book? Do you find yourself ready to pre-judge your next book, knowing that it will be nothing like the last?
Somehow, I do. Am I the only one?
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I most certainly am going to pick this book up. Care to give us a mini-review?
one book i adored was "the hours" but then came the film which i liked a lot too and the music ...
i recently read "the pursuit of happyness" by Chris Gardener, i got a hafty fine from the library for taking the brand new paperback everywhere with me, getting the book wet from a bottle of water i had in my bag and causing something blue to go on the edges of the pages..so i got to keep the book and the library my money but i can always look back and enjoy my favorite quotes, problem is i remember the book so vivdly , i need no reminders and it is written in a easy language to understand and to relate to .
I agree wholeheartedly, especially if the tale is in volumes, or a series of books. I remember reading Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series of seven books over a twenty year time span. When the last one came out, in '04, I couldn't wait to read the fabulous climax I had been awaiting for 20 years. While it was satisfying to some extent, I almost wish I had left it on the shelf, to savor the anticipation of the read, which was more satisfying than the actual completion.
I think some authors feel the same way as they often write in series or re-work a favorite character into another story.
I read White Fang when I was in fourth grade. I was sad when i got done and kept pretending I didn't read the last few pages and kept reading them again. I read my second book in high school. It was the Scarlet letter. I still feel like I have one - on my back though, under my pazily shirt. I think people can see it through because the letter is sewn on thick with yarn and they can see the outline pushing through. I don't know why they made me read that book. I think I'm gonna get too someday.
This comment and rating of your older gather content was an idea Steve the Legend had on how to give a Christmas gift to our Gather connections. He posted an article with the suggestion of checking out our connections conetent from before we were connected. Since you are a newer connection for me, it's all new, lol! You are the 25th connection I have done this with so far, Gwen. Merry Christmas to you!
I hate when the fantasy ends.