Hello my little holiday weekend warriors! You may be suffering from too much potato salad or the aftereffects of that spiked lemonade, but I know what real suffering is. I have just hate-read to the bitter end of Michael Ondaatje's overwritten, torpid, preachy, over-ornamented, meandering, disjointed mess entitled The English Patient. Now, I usually cull your weekly List from something I have recently read, but that turkey is snug in the bin and is not ever seeing the light of day again and soooo... I have decided to feature and old favorite, Nevada Barr's Bittersweet.
Nevada Barr is known for her mystery/thrillers set in various national parks and those are fine reads, but Bittersweet is a love story between two women in the old west. I love it and thank my BFF for gifting it to me.
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What we do here is to use at least 3 of the 20 words provided in a new, original poem of our own. Then simply link up, visit others as you are able, and then sit back and read something more like Bittersweet, and less like The English Patient. (I did love the movie, though.) This prompt remains active through next Saturday.
And now, your List!
autumn
basket
bible
birds
candy
crush
doctor
dreams
frizzy
glasses
honey
kitten
mail
moon
onions
shyness
soft
stars
texts
watercolor
I remember this book well. Bittersweet is the perfect title for it, and once again you've constructed a very compelling and tempting list from its pages. Thanks for the intelligent effort you put into these prompts.
ReplyDeleteIt is thanks to you that I ever got to read it, my BFF :-)
DeleteI like the title - bittersweet is my favourite emotion, lol. Or at least the most frequent.
ReplyDeleteThank you Shay - I am not sure if this book has crossed the pond but will definitely check it out - loved the words from it! Jae
ReplyDeleteI stumble and stutter with wordlists, going to give this one the old college try.
ReplyDeleteShay- Great prompt! You've inspired me to write something.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I am so sorry, but your page doesn't want to let me comment. Here is what I said:
DeleteLinda! So nice to see you at the List! This poem is so soft and inviting, and in the end, poignant and wistful.
I wrote for this one thinking it was the latest word list. It is not my usual. As always I never know where I'm headed with your lists. Thanks for the inspiration!
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