Click on the following link and you will see what we will be reading
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/bookletter/showlist.html?sid=5649&list=CNL1
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
We Read and discussed in September
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty. This book had a very good review in Kirkus Reviews. It is a follow-up from her debut novel The Center of Everything. This book follows a family following a fatal car accident
The group as a whole seemed to like the book. We agreed the main character (mother: Leigh), was a bit socially challenged but once we read the back story, it was clear, she did not receive the parenting that her own children received. All the characters were finely drawn, although I thought the father less so. Perhaps because we were reading from the perspective of the lead character whom we all agreed was fairly self-absorbed. This was a very interesting character study of a family a tragedy that effects an entire town.
The group as a whole seemed to like the book. We agreed the main character (mother: Leigh), was a bit socially challenged but once we read the back story, it was clear, she did not receive the parenting that her own children received. All the characters were finely drawn, although I thought the father less so. Perhaps because we were reading from the perspective of the lead character whom we all agreed was fairly self-absorbed. This was a very interesting character study of a family a tragedy that effects an entire town.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)