This blog...
I have made this blog for the sole purpose of keeping track of the books I have read. Some day I will look back and say "WOW! I sure do read a lot!"
For those of you that come across this blog, I hope you find it useful. It may help you find your next book, get a new perspective on a book you've already read, or at the very least, provide a new way for you to waste a few minutes of your day.
This was a very strange book. I am not really sure what I was expecting when I picked it up from the library, but it was not this. I do not think I will be recommending this book to anyone, however I do want to see what others think about it. I come from a very strange, large family and there is always some sort of drama. This book, however, puts the term 'dysfunctional family' in to a whole new light. The entire book is about their inability to coexist...and not I am not giving it away, there is plenty more that happens that I will say nothing of.
I cannot believe it ended the way it did! All I feel like asking is: Seriously?! I really loved the way it was written, so different from everything else I have read. If anything it is worth reading for the experience. Such different perspectives and ways of thinking between the two characters.
And then there is the actual topic of the book. The conformity to social expectations due to class and wealth, because wanting more is not worth the trouble of fighting for it. I am not sure exactly why, but I found this book to be inspiring. The struggle to conform versus personal liberation.
When something is bothering me, I seek refuge. No need to travel far; a trip to the realm of literary memory will suffice. For where can one find more noble distraction, more entertaining company, more delightful enchantment than in literature?
~The Elegance of The Hedgehog
(Quote #1 is back in July 2009)
