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Roddy Doyle, I Love you!

This morning, before leaving for work, I had to choose. Pick one book to bring with me to read on the train--because I love reading two/three books at a time. I have simultaneously started reading The Waves by Virginia Woolf--it has always been on my to-read list and The Committments by Roddy Doyle. It is probably a very bad pairing. I have always enjoyed reading Viriginia Woolf, but The Waves is especially challenging, found myself drifting off yesterday on the train. That sometimes happen, the words kind of float by. Then there is the boisterous and super super funny book by Roddy Doyle. I hesitated for only 5 seconds and went with Doyle instead.

Honest to god, it is a gift to be able to make someone laugh. I was smiling like a bloody fool all the way to work because of the book. Smiling to myself, waving to the doorman outside to Hilton, feeling just grand.

The Committments is mostly in dialogue, but they are just so damn well written. I can hear them loud and clear, and they tell me exactly what I need to know about these characters. There is no blinder/distance. I feel like I am right there. It is intimate, funny, and just pure sincerity. In contrast, Woolf's writing seemed stand-offish, inaccessible and at times a little (do I dare say this?) pretentious. (ok I did it). I'm sure Woolf will redeem herself and blow me away like she always does. But for now, I am happy having Roddy Doyle accommpany me on my way to work and home. Roddy Doyle, I love you!

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