Book Club

Since it has been Winter break, I have been reading a lot lately. I love reading and being able to escape through a book, but I usually get too busy during the semester to actually finish a book. So over break I've finished two books and thought I'd tell a little bit about them, 'cause I don't know about you... but I like to find out about new books to read.

The first one I finished was All That Matters by Jan Goldstein. I found it at a book sale on campus and randomly picked it up. It was surprisingly really good. Basically a girl attempts suicide and fails, but is brought back to appreciate life by her grandma who is getting increasingly sick. It was cute and quite inspirational :]


The second one I just finished a couple of days ago. The Catcher in the Rye has been sitting on my bookshelf for quite sometime and I have tried to read it about three times and could never finish it. I think you have to be in a certain state of mind to read it, and kind of accept the negativity of Holden, the main character. Once you get past his pessimistic outlook, and read it as a character study you can get pretty into it. I'm glad after the fourth time reading it, I finished it and it was pretty good. There was a a lot of cussing and use of the word 'phonies' but it was pretty funny in parts because there's a part of me that goes through the same mental process as him sometimes.


Overall, they were both good books and I'm looking forward to finishing the next book I began last night. It was super dead at work today so I got a good portion of it started. What are you reading right now, or what is your favorite book you've ever read?
I worked all day then got home and did laundry, nothing too exciting, but it's relaxing and I'm enjoying it. Have a good night, and a great weekend!
Alex