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Originally Posted by .ViciouS.
Wow finally someone who actually likes Tom Robbins. Which book is your favorite? I'd probably have to say Another Roadside Attraction is mine which was my first Robbins I read. Skinny Legs and Jitterbug Perfume are close 2nds. He is the one who really got me into reading.....
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i reckon we're tom robbins soulmates... if there was such a thing. my favorite book by robbins is Another Roadside Attraction as well, as it was the first book of his i read. i'd gone on a two or three year hiatus from active reading - and like you, it was he who inspired me to return to the world of reading great literature - an art seemingly lost on my/our generation.
i'm one of those cats who attempts to read an author's work in the order in which they were written, thus from Another Roadside Attraction i went on to Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Still Life with Woodpecker, Jitterbug perfume... and so on. i am the same way with films and music. i'll often hold day-week long marathons where i'll watch a particular director's films by order of creation dates, and albums by order of release. i'm a geek like that.
oh. my friends and i often swap books, and i also donate books to various places as i somehow end up with doubles of certain novels... i happen to have an extra copy of Slaughterhouse-Five. if you're interested, pm me. i'd offer a copy of The Bell Jar... but one is missing pages, and the other is... well, i dropped it in the bathtub, and it never fully "recovered".
