What makes an author any good? I picked up Dan Brown's Angel's and Demons Saturday afternoon from the library and finished the 500+ pages Sunday night. Although i was a little dissappointed at the many similarities to the Da Vinci Code, i could Not put it down. I think his writing is fantastic, even if he seems to be a bit of a nut job when it comes to fact/fiction. And then there's Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte which I have been "reading" for probably about a year now, and i read a chapter maybe every month. To me, it's long and getting boring. It was okay at first, but then the whole setting changed and the characters and everything. Why not write like 5 different books? Nick Hornby is another author who write so you don't want to put it down. Not in a fast-paced heart-racing way like Brown, it's more of an intriguing thing. Not even that so much, he just knows how to keep you interested. For example, A Long Way Down. It's about four different people who all convene on a rooftop on new years eve seperately to commit suicide. Do any of them succeed? haha read it yourself.
In other news, something smells like sewage in my office. I need bigger candles.
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