Sometimes a book will follow me around for ages, is how I think of it. I’ll keep noticing it wherever I go (mostly because I go into any bookstore in my path); eventually I will be worn down by its persistence.

Sometimes a book will follow me around for ages, is how I think of it. I’ll keep noticing it wherever I go (mostly because I go into any bookstore in my path); eventually I will be worn down by its persistence.

I’m asking for two that I’ve read but would like to own: The Shards by Bret Easton Elllis, and The Candy House by Jennifer Egan.