Blog Post #2

Book: I Am Not Myself These Days

Author: Josh Kilmer-Purcell

    I  recently finished this book and I have to say it's one of the best books I've ever read. It's also really weird. This book took me on a roller coaster of emotions; I laughed, I cried. There were times when I wanted to rip my hair out and times when I was smiling from ear to ear. It's about a man living in Manhattan who doesn't really know his place in this world, and his adventures with the people he meets. This book has a lot of metaphors that I had to go back and reread several times to fully understand them.

     After reading this book, I became a lot more open-minded and accepting. It also taught me to appreciate the little things in life. I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone though, because it made me think a lot, and some people like books that are more straight-forward.

Blog Post #1 : Summer Reading

     Prompt B

     In Room by Emma Donoghue, the main character, 5-year-old Jack, needs to save his mother and himself after being kidnapped and forced to live in an 11x11 foot shed for 7 years. He has never been outside of the shed, which he calls Room. Since Room is all Jack has ever known, it is his whole world. Once Jack bravely and heroically saves himself and his mother, he has trouble adjusting to the outside world, since he was born in Room.
     Jack's interaction with other characters he meets is remarkable, as he is unfamiliar with social rules and everything seems alien to him. It's interesting to read from his limited point of view because it lets us see the world from a new perspective, and shines a new light on things we take for granted. Jack's interactions with the world around him take us through his journey and engage the reader, making this book a real page turner.

The following article is a New York Times review of Room. It is very thorough and I highly recommend reading it if you are interested in this novel.

Room review

The following is a short interview with the author of this novel as well as the opinions of The TV Book Club on the book.