Daily Archives: August 21, 2007

Okay, this is a random post. I’ve started a new novel — well, not a new novel, but a new one for me. The book is Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult. The characters are complex and the plot is definitely pulling me along. However, I have a problem. This 422-page novel is entirely in first person, present tense. Does this bother anyone else? I’m cool with first person; I actually prefer it — But the present tense is killing me. It’s not a movie; it’s a book. I’m holding an inch of bound pages telling me a story, so believing that the one page I’m reading at the moment is happening at the moment I’m reading it, is … well, unbelievable. I don’t like it. Just had to tell someone.

I hope to finish it this week (assuming the kids take long enough naps). Stay tuned to the Bookshelf. Once I finish it, I’ll post a review there.