Pillars of the Earth

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

I have read only a small number of the books that Oprah has put on her book club list (aside from the classics).  A few I have liked:  Where the Heart is, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, & The Poisonwood Bible.  And then there was Vinegar Hill, Here on Earth, these books, well, they didn’t entice me to read any more from Oprah’s list.  Oprah endorses The Pillars of the Earth as a book different from the type of book she would normally read.  Additionally it is historical fiction, a genre I enjoy.  So I decided why not…

The Pillars of the Earth, is a long book, yet at times I felt the author was rushing, I wanted him to slow down, not to skim over the years and events.  So what if the book would end up being 1,200 pages instead of 600 plus.  This is a great read.