What happened to all those avid readers out there?
So, I'm a little guilty of not having been the best little bookworm out there these past months (got pneumonia, could not move) but my English teacher has decided with the new year how better to break in than astonishing poverty!? We have started "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt. Granted I have only skimmed the first few chapters. Neglected children and horrible living conditions really are not my cup of tea, say if someone where to be murdered and an intricate story plot arose from such a miserable and sorry town as the one in this Irish memoir, I might take a bit more fancy to it. Above is the movie poster for the cinema rendering of the tale.
To be fair I am not far enough into the book to hate it wholeheartedly.
I also have begun to delve into the John Grogan books, after my younger sister read "Marley and Me" then dragged my family to the movies to see it. She is one of those really really passionate dog lovers. "Bad dogs have more fun" is a collection of Grogan's columns for the Philadelphia Inquirer. So far the ones I've read where very well written and a pleasure to read.
Also Marley and Me was a really cute movie
6 comments:
Oh, what a coincedence....I'm in the middle of Angela's Ashes! I think it's pretty good, (but miserable.)
Awesome review!!!!
I. Can't. Read. Animal. Books.
I always end up sobbing my eyes out then falling into a state of deep depression. I LOVE ANIMALS.
Ohhh! I am also reading Catcher in the Rye. It's awesome, but I'm not very far in, because I lost it....
liltomboyblue: I've read Catcher in the Rye and I honestly thonk it is very overrasted. it was a boring book.
Well, I love it! It's hilarious, but really sad at times..... I like it a lot also because I am really close to someone like the main character, so....
Whose noticed in almost all dog books, the dog dies? Where the Red Fern Grows, Marley & Me... The list goes on & on.
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