Book Journal 1

so i've been reading lately. one time i decided i wanted to start a book journal. i'm not good at remembering book details so i decided that it would be a good idea to start writing that stuff down. the thing is, i never actually did it. so this is going to be my book journal.

i recently read Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. it's a classic and i considered it worthy of my time. it wasn't quite what i expected. honestly, though, i don't know what i was expecting. the front of the book said it was "hilarious." it wasn't that. it was about war and books about war aren't funny. the book is full of flashbacks to the war. this guy thinks there are aliens from this place called Tralfamadore and he was captured by them. everyone thinks he's old and crazy. really, though, i liked the book. i thought it was well-written and as far as anti-war books go, i think Slaughterhouse-five is a good one. the one part of the book i never got, though, was a phrase that was repeated throughout..."Poo-tee-weet."

also, i'm in a book club and we read a book called The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. i understand why it is a bestseller. it's a memoir about a girl (the author) who lives in poverty for most of her life. her dad is this brilliant guy who drinks alot and ends up losing jobs, etc. her mom is an artist who could do so much more but never does. she has 2 sisters and a brother and they are some sort of a team...working against their parents...almost trying to take care of them. the most stunning part of the book is when the author is an adult and sees her mom digging through trash as a homeless woman. she ducks down in the car so her mom doesn't see her...because she's so ashamed. at first i was mad. i couldn't figure out why the daughter wouldn't get out and help or give her mom money or do something. then i realized that isn't the way it works. for that set of parents, being homeless was a choice. it was devastating to see that they could have been so much more...better parents...better role-models. eventhough they weren't, the kids still turned out fine. in need of some major therapy but still fine. it was definately one of the best books i've read for a really long time. i would highly recommend it.

thanks for listening to my book journal.