Florence Reads!

I read a couple of books this winter break, but I just got the overwhelming urge to talk about Kurt Vonnegut (I'm in the middle of Slaughterhouse Five to be honest; I haven't finished it). I read Cat's Cradle the week before finals and fell in love with it--can I actually convert to Bokonon? But this is about a book I read during break so I should talk about Slaughterhouse Five. Tralfamadorians sound like an interesting species. Anyway, Kurt Vonnegut writes in such an honest way. In both Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five he writes as an author writing a novel, which I find really interesting. I'm looking forward to reading more of his books.

The only downside to falling in love with characters in a book is that you cannot hug them.

(Tardis BBC Television Center, Wikipedia) This is the Doctor's Tardis with which he time travels. Billy Pilgrim time travels! (So does Marty McFly, but that's beside the point) Like the Tralfamadorians, the Doctor is an alien that takes human companions to time travel. "Takes" is too strong of a word--he offers for people to time travel with him. Unlike Billy Pilgrim, the companions don't accidentally time travel from the war to their optometrists office and back to the same moment.

“It’s like being in a lunatic asylum and having another patient all dressed up as a doctor come over to you and start taking your pulse or something.” (Salinger 191)

I chose this book because I wanted to read J. D. Salinger's style, so when we read Catcher in the Rye I will already know it. Also if I read more by him I could make more connections and find more patterns through his different works.

I really like the book. The story, to me, is not very plot driven, and there isn’t that much figurative language, but the writing itself is very enticing.  The book makes you want keep reading, because it is so well written and the author likes to slowly explain things. The reader has to keep reading to understand what a conversation is referring to. The book has many complicated words, but it is also an easy read because the book goes by so quickly and it’s hard to stop reading. I would suggest this book for people who want a good read that poses intellectual discussion.

Killing Kennedy

New book

Big fishies at cayote point museum!

I finally learned how to read! Now I can finish the series that everyone read in third grade.

"The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green is an absolutely amazing book that I had the honor of reading this summer.  I am so thrilled that I came across this book because it is simply an incredible piece.  TFIOS opens your eyes to a beautiful love story dealing with emotion, passion, devotion, and tragedy.  John Green is completely genius and an incredible writer that created one of the greatest books I've read.     

This picture reminds me of all of Quentin's road trips to find Margo, especially the last one he shares with Radar, Ben, and Lacey all the way to Agloe, New York.  You don't know where the car is going, but you know that it is going somewhere.  I think that is how Q felt while he was searching for Margo.