Apr 18 2006
Books I’ve been reading–April
In the last two weeks I’ve read a few books Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It was recommended by my friend Cari and I promised her that I’d try to read it too. I hadn’t read it before because I knew (somehow, not sure how) that it was “sad” and I wasn’t up for it. Even so, it was an interesting premise and story. I enjoyed it.
Small Steps by Louis Sachar. This is one I bought for school and wanted to read before I placed it in the library. This book focuses on one of the characters from Holes and his life after leaving the prison camp setting of Holes. Armpit is trying to live a good life and stay out of trouble. Of course, if there wasn’t trouble, there’d be no conflict, and that would make for a very boring book. Loved it!
TTFN [Ta Ta For Now] by Lauren Myracle. This sequel to TTYL is another novel in instant messages. It’s amazing that a story can be told without narrative to describe setting, but Myracle pulls it off. If you haven’t read TTYL, you’ll miss parts of the story, but the book was a good read none-the-less.
Last night I started a first novel by Ronald Cree called Desert Blood 10pm/8c about a kid who is adopted at the age of 14 by 26-year-old television/movie star Nick Hernandez. I only read the first chapter, so I don’t really know much about it yet, but it looks to be a good one. (Yeah, another one for school!)
