Book #44--American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld. I combined two books together for this post because I don't have much to say about this book. I decided to combine a post so it looks like I have more to say than I actually do. American Wife is good for learnng how to skim read. That is about it. I did not like this book at all. It was over 500 pages of skimming. This book did not have to be this long. She could have said what she wanted to in a much shorter book.
Book #45--The Film Club by David Gilmour. Thank goodness I read this book after the above clinker. This book is the opposite of American Wife in every possible way. This book is tiny and only has about 250 pages. This book has a purpose (education comes in many different forms.) This book gives you the warm fuzzies. I loved this book!
David Gilmour agrees to let his 15 yr. son quit school on the following conditions: he does not do drugs and he has to watch three films a week with his dad. That's it. The book is a commentary on the movies that they watch and how they intertwine with Jesse's real life. The language is rough but if you can skim over that part (skimming a few words is easier than skimming 500 pages) you will find a gem amongst the pages.
This book got me so excited about watching movies again that I actually watched Crimes and Misdemeanors on the weekend. I dislike Woody Allen very much, so much that I have never watched any of his movies. After reading Gilmour's critique of this movie and other Allen movies, I decided to bite the bullet. I was shocked to discover that I really liked this movie. It was quite deep. Who knew?