Here are some books I've in the past little while:
-The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (a novel that mixes truth and fiction about current and past polygamy in the U.S.)
-Five People you Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (a different yet touching twist on what happens when you reach the other side)
-Eat This, Not That! by David Zinczenko (a great guide for what to choose when eating out- very eye opening)
-Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (a comical, thought-provoking memoir)
-Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (ridiculously crazy memoir of growing up under a psychiatrist's roof)
-Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (non-fictional reflection and study of success as we know it, and why it's not so random as we think)
-Push by Sapphire (see the entry a couple down for more info on this book)
...and my current read is a oldie but a goodie: Wuthering Heights. It's one I read in school but I hate to say it, I think I read 50% of it through sparknotes, so I thought that seeing as I now have the time that I'd re-read it, and wow. I definitely don't remember much of it, at least not up to the point I'm currently at (pg. 90 of 320).
ANYWAYS, why am I giving this run down of recent reads? Because I have read some GREAT books, but I know that at least half of them, though amazing, would never be read at BYU, naturally due to their mature content. Yes, admittedly, some of them even make me uncomfortable, but that's because they're so honest about what life can really be like. And I appreciate that. If nothing else it makes me appreciate the life I life, but usually it does much more than that. It helps me totally analyze and question everything in life. For example, in "Running with Scissors", the family totally just gets to do anything they want. Not only are they allowed, but encouraged to do what they want. They can and should also say whatever they want, and often what they say and do is a "little" reckless. But then it begs the question, what is better: to be reckless and say/do whatever, or be more "normal"?
So I think I want to start my own book club, most likely online. I mean I'm sure there are book clubs I could join, but I want to do one where people aren't afraid to learn and read from all books, and can be adult about the facts of life.
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I prefer to act "normal." If I want to do or say something weird, I do, but I tend to act normal.
Me too. But there's definitely something to be said for speaking your mind and being straight up honest about one's self. Then again, there still needs to be a bit of self-restraint in life.
Did you read the 19th wife yet? I read that up on Skagway and really liked it. What do you think?
Yes I did!! I thought it was interesting, but was sad to learn AFTER reading it that it was only based on history but not necessarily actually, entirely true..I'm still a little confused by that! But otherwise it was good.
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