He accepted this fact now, and he had finally resolved to give the dream of being a famous comedian a decent burial during the trip. After that, Graham’s life – all three of them – intersects with those he loves and others who have also got the ‘breakfast’ tattoo until he has to make a choice and stick with it forever. Carroll is my favorite author, the one whose books always jump to the top of the TBR pile when they arrive. Two pulled pork sandwiches and a large Royal Crown Cola later, he felt a tad better about the shape of his predicament.

Lines intended to be profound (“I’ve never been able to see or feel, to create from the middle of my soul”) occasionally seem sophomoric, and the descriptive writing once in a while seems half-hearted (The tattoo is “insanely intricate”). She knew she wasn’t being fair or telling the whole truth because there were so many other things she had loved about Patterson. There are so many things about life and living that we don’t know that we really should know, need to know, to make a decision.The novel started off with promise, and I was reading at a clip until the narrative fizzled and seemed to go off-course. Breakfast” is the first Carroll novel in several years, but it seems to me as masterly as his earlier books. Every month, Book World’s editors and critics share their favorite books that they’ve read recently. The book introduced several hallmarks of Carroll’s writing, including talking animals and worlds that straddle the thin line between reality and the surreal, a technique that has seen him compared to South American magical realists. But life is too short, and my reading list too long to justify trying to power through a book which is such a profound bore, even one from a favorite author.

His debut book, The Land of Laughs (1980), tells the story of a children’s author whose imagination has left the printed page and begun to influence reality. The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing revealed that children achieve higher IQ scores if they eat breakfast. The first whiff was so gorgeous, so overpowering, but best of all so utterly foreign he just stood mesmerized in the doorway of the plane with eyes closed, sniffing.I'm glad I read a novel like this to start off 2023 and it is good reminder that life is what you make it. Il finale non poteva che lasciarmi senza fiato, e io che mi emoziono quasi sempre, devo ammettere che è scesa l'inevitabile lacrimuccia. Not only my favorite book of the year so far but maybe one of the more enjoyable reading experiences of recent memory.