Katie Jeanne Wood

Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds

My opinion of The Goldfinch

Katherine Jeanne Wood - 4x4 Flower Series No 44 01

Palette Knife Painting
Flower Series No 44
Somehow I’ve misplaced No 43, but as soon as I find it, I’ll post it. 

Sitting on top of White Rock Mountain at 3am one morning, I finished The Goldfinch, finally. It took me 3 months to get through it, but I wasn’t reading it regularly because I kept getting bored. It was 775 pages long, and kept going off on tangents that didn’t interest me. I knew I would finish it at some point, even though I went on to read a few more books in the meantime. I give it an “eh” grade or 3 stars. I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. I thought it was incredibly long, rambling, and preachy at times. The author repeated herself way too much. It’s in dire need of an editor. If 300-350 pages were whittled away, it would be a fabulous story. 3 stars is probably being too generous, but I’m in a good mood today. Do I recommend it? Not really, no. There are better stories to be read, which take far less time. 

First Book I’ve Bought to Read on my Tablet Is…

Katherine Jeanne Wood - two trees

Did you have an enjoyable weekend? It’s been dark, rainy, and extremely hot and humid here. 107F yesterday. Well, I love the dark and rainy part, but the humidity I can do without. It was a weekend to spend inside. I got a lot of prep work done in the studio. I had a Dick Blick order delivered on Saturday afternoon, so I have new canvas panels to prep with modeling paste, collage paper, and gesso before I can use them.  

I started reading a new book on Friday afternoon, The GoldFinch, and I’ve been having trouble putting it down ever since. The refrigerator guys were here delivering a new fridge, and I was sitting on the stairs completely engrossed in my new book the entire time. They had to take two doors off our house, plus the refrigerator doors off to get it into the kitchen.

The reviews were so mixed on The Goldfinch, I didn’t know if I’d like it or not. So far, so good, tho. I’m about 300 pages into it. People complain that it’s long..over 700 pages, but so far, I don’t mind. We’ll see what I think later. 

It’s the first time I’ve bought a book to read on my tablet, which is frightening. It was sooo easy to click, pay and have an instant download. The scary part is how much money I’ll be spend on books this way now that I know how easy it is. Gulp. 

I’m off to the DMV today. Not looking forward to it because it’s going to 100F. I hope the line isn’t out the door, as usual. It’s gonna be HOT standing out there on the pavement. Maybe I should bring some ice water. 

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