Time to start the next book on The Bestseller Code challenge list, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer for Book Beginnings on Fridays.
Book Beginnings is a fun meme hosted by Rose City Reader blog. To participate, share the first sentence or so of a novel you are reading and your thoughts about it. When you are finished, add your URL to the Book Beginnings page linked above. Hope to see you there!
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Summary: Nine-year-old Oskar Schell’s father died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. When he finds a key, he thinks it is part of a scavenger hunt game he and his dad played, so Oskar goes on a quest to find out what it fits.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a work of literary fiction.
First Sentence or Two:
What about a teakettle? What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare, or just crack up with me? I could invent a teakettle that reads in Dad’s voice, so I could fall asleep…
Discussion:
Oskar Schell obviously isn’t a regular nine-year-old boy. He has a big imagination.
Below is the trailer of the movie based on the book. For some novels I don’t want to see any part of the movie before I’ve read the book because I want to envision my own characters in the role. (I have to admit Daniel Radcliffe has taken over for whomever I had envisioned as Harry Potter, but Tom Cruise will never be Jack Reacher ). In this case however, I wanted to have some idea what was going on, so I did watch the trailer.
What do you think? Have you read Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close? Have you seen the movie? Did you like them? Do you have any opinion which should come first?
I’ve been meaning to read this one…and see the movie. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “VERITY”
I think I was commenting on your post at the same time you were here visiting mine. Too fun.
Your lovely header makes me think I should do some work on mine.
Haven’t read this one yet, but it’s been on my TBR list for a while now. I do like that opening and cover. Also haven’t seen the movie — I really prefer to read the books first. Hope you enjoy the read!
I haven’t gotten around to taking a close look at this one–hope you enjoy it.