New Book Time

Welcome back my friends, to the wandering mind which never ceases, even to sleep. It has been a long few days of rain and I find myself introspective today. It has been weeks since everything major has happened, and I’m settling back into the ever-changing life that was mine before and is still after. What comes next I’m not really sure. So, from here it will be day to day of searching for a new job, no matter where that search takes me, as long as it isn’t the coast of California . Haha.

I’m starting to blog about some books again and right now the book of choice is a rather deep semi crazy book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. This book was just released at the end of last month and I haven’t heard too many critiques of it so far. I’m pretty thrilled to be reading this book. It caught my eye at Costco the other day and I didn’t buy it, and then today, I managed to forget everything I’d planned to bring to work, so I headed to Borders Express and this book, yet again, caught my eye. I only have to be told twice. I’ve picked it up and read the first two chapters. They leave me feeling as though I need to deeply exhale. The weight of the words in this book is enormous. Here is the back cover expose on the book. A quite interesting read so far, I would recommend it to readers, but, it has only been two chapters. I’m already aching to read more about what is happening in this story.

Back Cover:

“My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Suzie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.”

            So begins the story of Suzie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her—her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling.

            Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

That is it, for now. I’m heading into chapter three. I’ll let you know how it goes. When this one is finished there are ten others awaiting reading and review. I kinda feel like I’m back in English lit classes at school. Yay book reports. Can you imagine? I’m actually missing doing class work and book reviews. I’ve always loved writing about what I’m reading, and now I’m combining it with a journal that I’ve recently created to just write day to day. I’ll upload some of the entries from the last journal (deleted) on Jodi Picoult, who is a MUST READ author – well, most of her books are must reads. Some are…don’t waste your time reads… So, here we go… adventure time. So many books, so little time. I’m really looking forward to a lot of books, Perhaps tonight I’ll make a list of the ones I need to read and why I’m reading them. I’ll try and put them in some semblance of reading order!

Till then,

~M