This week, BTT asks: "What’s your book with weather events? Hurricanes? Tornadoes? Blizzards? Real? Fiction? Doesn’t matter...weather comes up a lot in books, so there’s got to be a favorite somewhere, huh?"
I suppose that's true -- most authors do make use of weather at some point: as a plot device, or sometimes just to set a mood. But I'm not sure I have a favorite "weather book."
Of all the books I've read, I can really only think of two in which weather plays a major role -- Wuthering Heights and The Grapes of Wrath. Of course, there's also Dr. Seuss's Bartholomew and the Oobleck -- but I'm not sure I've ever actually read that one, or just read about it (brain getting a little mushy these days).
So I guess I'd have to say that, unless it's a major element in the story, I pretty much ignore literary weather systems. Wish I could do that in real life, too.
7 comments:
Oh MAN, Oobleck is a CLASSIC! I hadn't even thought about it for weather. Very good thought.
my favorite weather book...The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger. Now that is weather!
nice choice.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/09/booking-through-thursday.html
Great answer (and blog - new follower)! I totally forgot about all the weather in Wuthering Heights.
My BTT is here.
Oh yes, Wuthering Hwights for sure :)
Here's mine:
http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/09/booking-through-thursday.html
I couldn't think of a weather book when I saw the question, but Wuthering Heights is a great pick.
Thanks, everyone, for stopping by!
Claire--
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Caite--
Actually, I thought about The Perfect Storm, too. But I've never read that one. It's on my TBR list, though.
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