Monday, Apr. 24, 2017--Toulouse, France
I finished reading my current book Fortune Smiles
by Adam Johnson today. I checked it out on my Kindle only because it
won the National Book Award a couple of years ago, and I usually find
that award winners are well written. I didn't even know it wasn't a
novel when I started reading it. As I started the second story and
could figure out how it related to the first, I realized it was a
collection of stories instead of a novel. It story was good. They
cover an amazing range of settings and topics. All seem to revolve
around difficulties in life. I think it is a well written book, and I
appreciated each story. I gave it 4 1/2 stars out of 5.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Tuesday, April 18, 2017--Montpellier, France
Today I finished reading my current book I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. It's a young adult novel that has gotten good reviews. What I especially liked is it shows how the two main characters' minds think. They are artistically inclined, and their thoughts are nothing like mine would have been at that age. It helped me see how people can vary in the way they react and reason. And it had me laughing aloud several times throughout it. I gave the book about 3 1/2 stars out of 5.
Today I finished reading my current book I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. It's a young adult novel that has gotten good reviews. What I especially liked is it shows how the two main characters' minds think. They are artistically inclined, and their thoughts are nothing like mine would have been at that age. It helped me see how people can vary in the way they react and reason. And it had me laughing aloud several times throughout it. I gave the book about 3 1/2 stars out of 5.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2007--Avignon, France
I finished reading The Wonder by Emma Donoghue. It's about a young girl who claims not to have eaten anything for four months since her first communion and one of the nurses who was brought to the village in Ireland to watch her to make sure that she truly is not eating (since some hope a true miracle is happening that will bring tourism to town and possible result in the town being the home of a designated saint of the Church. It is well written for the most part. (There are some thoughts/statements by the nurse that just seem to crop up too often.) The characters and their motivations are believable. I give the book 4 stars out of 5.
I finished reading The Wonder by Emma Donoghue. It's about a young girl who claims not to have eaten anything for four months since her first communion and one of the nurses who was brought to the village in Ireland to watch her to make sure that she truly is not eating (since some hope a true miracle is happening that will bring tourism to town and possible result in the town being the home of a designated saint of the Church. It is well written for the most part. (There are some thoughts/statements by the nurse that just seem to crop up too often.) The characters and their motivations are believable. I give the book 4 stars out of 5.
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