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Every week I get an issue of People magazine delivered to my house. Luckily, there is a section in the magazine that focuses on books. One of the books that was reviewed this week was, "A Little Girl's Death, and After" by Ann Hood. The book is a memoir-which is a book that focuses on one particular event and creates a story around it. The review reads, "Some things that didn't help novelist Hood after her 5-year-old daughter, Grace, died in 2002: being told she should try Pilates. Going to church (she hated God).
'None of them,' Hood writes, 'know what it is to lose Grace.' This affecting memoir shows what it was, and what brought solace in the dark months and years after the little girl, who loved art, sparkly shoes and overripe kiwis, came down with a virulent form of strep one day and was dead 36 hours later. Undone by sorrow, Hood found respite in knitting-filling her empty arms with soft wool. Her husband's and son's love helped; adopting baby Annabelle in '05 cheered them all. Friends suggested that by sharing her story, 'I could help others,' Hood writes. 'Of course I can't.' In graceful prose, Comfort bears witness to the heartbreaking particularity of her-of any-loss. It's what she could do."
The other books that are highlighted in this week's issue of People include:
Evan Handler: It's Only Temporary
Nikolai Grozni: Turtle Feet
Janelle Brown: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
We could try to pick a newer novel or we could think about reading some of the classics. The only problem with picking one of the classics is that it would be harder to find something that we all haven't read. I am thinking that I would like to read a newer fiction novel. What is everyone else thinking about?
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Reading is a Beautiful Thing!
When I look back, I am so impressed againwith the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense ofmyself in the world, I would do that again by reading,just as I did when I was young.~ Maya Angelou ~
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested:that is, some books are to be read only in parts,others to be read, but not curiously, and some fewto be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape.It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to getthrough a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested:that is, some books are to be read only in parts,others to be read, but not curiously, and some fewto be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape.It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to getthrough a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
2 comments:
Books I have at my house that I am waiting to read are The Sun Also Rises and Into the Wild. I feel like I picked the last book though, so E, I think this can ultimately be your turn.
I've already read "The Sun Also Rises" for a class...so probably not that, but I am willing to take any other suggestions!
Is anyone else planning on reading the next novel?
E
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