Thursday, September 01, 2011

Booking Through Thursday: Stormy Weather

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.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Oh MAN, Oobleck is a CLASSIC! I hadn't even thought about it for weather. Very good thought.

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  2. caiteSeptember 1, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    my favorite weather book...The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger. Now that is weather!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    nice choice.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/09/booking-through-thursday.html

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  4. ClaireSeptember 1, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    Great answer (and blog - new follower)! I totally forgot about all the weather in Wuthering Heights.

    My BTT is here.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 1, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Oh yes, Wuthering Hwights for sure :)

    Here's mine:



    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/09/booking-through-thursday.html

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  6. bermudaonionSeptember 1, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    I couldn't think of a weather book when I saw the question, but Wuthering Heights is a great pick.

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  7. jlshallSeptember 2, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Thanks, everyone, for stopping by!

    Claire--
    Thanks so much for becoming a follower!

    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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