recent reading activity
Hello, blog. I apologize for my long absense. I’ve had a lot of insanity going on in my personal life for the last few months, and haven’t really been able to focus on reading and writing as much as I’d like.
In my time away, however, I’ve finished two noteworthy books that I will unfortunately NOT be writing detailed reviews on. I’ll write brief blurbs on each here.
The Oral Biography Of Rant Casey – Chuck Palahniuk ***1/2
This book took me a while to get into. It’s futuristic-ness was kind of hard for me to understand, but once I finally “got” what was going on, I thought it was pretty amazing. The story revolved around rabies, time travel, immortality, and REality. I’m sure there was a much deeper meaning than that which I ascertained, but I just read the book to take my mind off of the crap that’s going on in my life (it worked). I loved the character of Echo Lawerence. That’s all I have to say.
Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls – Danielle Wood ****1/2
This book was very enjoyable to read. I consists of short stories written mostly in first person, all dealing with life issues. The about truth, Elephantiasis, is about an obese woman who’s family and friends have somehow gotten the misconception that she loves elephants. They constantly buy her elephant-themed gifts, and she always feigns a smile and tries to be polite despite her inner disdain for the things. The story almost made me cry… which makes it an excellent piece of writing in my book!
I’ll be working on reading more books and actually paying attention to them in the near future, as my personal issues are starting to finally resolve.
