With a few book clubs and courses I’m taking, I’ve been trying to read as much as I can, yet I can’t find the time to actually post. So, I’ll make this quick and try my best to keep up. I just finished Flight, a new one by Sherman Alexie. I have to admit, I was a little thrown with the back to the future chapters, but it all wrapped itself nicely into a pleasant package by the end. The swearing will definitely keep the guys’ attention, but will the subject matter and flashbacks keep them reading? The second book, that I had to lend out immediately, was Such a Pretty Girl by Weiss. I had started this one on audio about a year ago and stopped it pretty soon into it because the narrator was awful, but then I picked up the book and was enthralled. Chirp is a strong character, who sacrifices a lot because her mother is so short-sighted and her father is such a pervert. I was frustrated most of the book for good cause, Weiss does an excellent job of making the readers’ skin crawl whenever her father walks into a room.
Fight On! January 29, 2008
I couldn’t be more behind Junior as he fights his way off the reservation to a better life in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. If there’s one book you pick up, pick up the National Book Award winner. Between the illustrations and dark humor, it was right up my alley anyway, but then there’s were the endearing qualities of moving on and pushing through that definitely should push other kids to want a better life for themselves, just like Junior. Three words: pick it up!
