You guys know I love me some Stephen King. I am reading Hearts in Atlantis right now and in the first little chapter came across this gem:
” ‘There are books full of great writing that don’t have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don’t be like the book-snobs who won’t do that. Read sometimes for the words- the language. Don’t be like the play-it-safers that won’t do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and a good words, treasure that book.’
‘Are there many of those, do you think?’ Bobby asked.
‘More than the book-snobs and play-it-safers think. Many more.’ ”
Good stuff, huh?
I was trying to think of, for me, books that have had both. Tough question.
Off the top of my head I thought of The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, The Stand by Stephen King, and (of course) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Maybe there are more, but these are the ones that immediately came to mind.
What books, for you, have both?
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Oooh, I love that! I’ll have to think for a bit about which ones have both, but what a great quotation!
Well, the one that comes to my head is definitely To Kill a Mockingbird. I’ll have to think about the others.
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