Loved this, Alex - hope 2024 is a good year of reading, and of life! Audiobooks changed my reading landscape dramatically, and I've perhaps tipped too far towards relying on them. One of my reading goals right now is to restore the balance of consuming with my eyes versus my ears. That said, if you are reading a printed form of Tom Lake and enjoy it even in the slightest, give the audio a listen - Meryl Streep is divine. (Ann Patchett is also my favorite living author - she has provided me so much insight and comfort over the years, and especially in recent months.)
Yes, and Tom Hanks reads Dutch House, and now knowing the friendship Hanks and Patchett (and Hanks' assistant) struck up, that one hits me hard. They're all so lovely.
Loved this, Alex - hope 2024 is a good year of reading, and of life! Audiobooks changed my reading landscape dramatically, and I've perhaps tipped too far towards relying on them. One of my reading goals right now is to restore the balance of consuming with my eyes versus my ears. That said, if you are reading a printed form of Tom Lake and enjoy it even in the slightest, give the audio a listen - Meryl Streep is divine. (Ann Patchett is also my favorite living author - she has provided me so much insight and comfort over the years, and especially in recent months.)
Yes, and Tom Hanks reads Dutch House, and now knowing the friendship Hanks and Patchett (and Hanks' assistant) struck up, that one hits me hard. They're all so lovely.