The right book exactly, at exactly the right time
Ever have a TV show, movie, or book come into your life at exactly the right time? You experience the thing exactly when you need to and you slip back into a groove (when you didn’t even realize you had slipped out), and everything flows. Pieces click into place and everything feels right.
I don’t know how, but this work happens all by itself.
I was talking about Haven, which I have been catching up on and obsessing over, thanks to Netflix and a talented group of actors, writers, and everyone else who works on the show. But that bit of writing was also a reaction to Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, which found me at about the same time as Haven.
Tonight I finished Penumbra. Check out the final paragraph:
The final line?
I never skip ahead in books, so tonight was the first time I turned to that page.
Whoa.