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I think what you're describing is exactly it for me. I was born in 1965... a bit too late to enjoy and feel a part of Patti's story.
Meanwhile, I'm not loving A Year and Six Seconds either! The first book of this memoir "set" (I see it as a set) was terrific. I should have known that the sequel couldn't keep pace. Anyway, I'll finish it. I can't toss aside two books in a row. I'd feel like a failure.
I'm reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I caught the movie while channel surfing a week or so ago and was so intrigued that I ordered the book right away.
The subject matter is depressing but the book is what I had hoped it would be. It's lovely. Ishiguro's characters have such depth. Their motivations and understanding of the human experience allow them to come alive on the page.
Just finished the 3rd book in the Hunger Games Trilogy called Mockingjay. I liked it. I hear they are making a movie of the 1st book called Hunger Games. These were my teen son's books. I did not seek them out for myself, but I don't regret reading them.
This trilogy is about a future America where the people who are left are divided up into districts with the leaders all being in the Capitol district. All of the other districts exist to serve the Capitol district by either providing soldiers, food, coal, deadly entertainment, etc.
I am now reading Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto in an effort to further understand corporate America and why public schools are the way they are (seeing how I have a son who doesn't buy in). I have read another book by Gatto and I liked it but it was older and I wanted to read a more current book.
Just finished The God of Animals. It was very engrossing,but I am not sure now what I thought of it. Lately the last few books i have read have reminded me why I did like book clubs.......... I think I need to discuss or read "cliff notes" (do they still have those???
And now I just started Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler thanks to mentions here.
Just finished The God of Animals. It was very engrossing,but I am not sure now what I thought of it. Lately the last few books i have read have reminded me why I did like book clubs.......... I think I need to discuss or read "cliff notes" (do they still have those???
And now I just started Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler thanks to mentions here.
I know what you mean. There are times when I would really like to discuss a book to get another person's take on it.
I really enjoyed The God of Animals and Breathing Lessons is one of my all time favorites.
Finished I Beat The Odds by Michael Oher. It was an easy read but I really admire Oher's successful attempts to improve his situation from an oft-abandoned child with a drug addict mother to now a successful NFL player. I also find it admirable that he has decided to use his fame to reach out to foster children and children who grow up in the same situation he did to let them know they can change things for the better. I'm glad I read it.
Now I'm going to read Animal Farm. Can't believe I've never read it before.
I am in the middle of Book of Names by Jill Gregory and Karen Tintori. Its fast and action packed with an interesting premise Thirty six righteous souls are born into each generation and they hold the fate of the world in their hands. But someone is hunting them down for their own evil purpose. Karen Tintori - The Book of Names
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