Interpreter of maladies

so far out of the short stories we have read from the book interpretor of maladies i have liked almost all of them. they are all very realistic and i think because of this it makes the stories alot better. All the stories have a very real feel to them and could easily happen in real life no question about it. I think so far my favorite story was a temporary matter. i liked it because once the secrets began to be told i was just waiting for the big secret to come out and it did. i liked how they had to confront each other and pretty much everything in the story seemed to fit together very well. i also thought the story the third and final continent was good. it was a good story that showed how arranged marriages can potentially work out and how crazy of an experience it is. you know nothing about the person but then something can happen that will turn everything around. i also have liked how all of them have more or less ended on a happy note rather than olive kitteridges more depressing side. the story ive liked the least so far is the treatment of bibi haldar. i think the only reason i wasnt as into this story as the rest was that we were givin such a far away view of bibi. i didnt like the narrator in the story just because it wasnt giving enough information about bibi and her condition or anything else about her really. it was still an alright story but i didnt like the point of view. overall i am liking the book and am hoping the other stories are as good.

Round Ireland With a Fridge

So far ive generally enjoyed this book. This is a story i wouldn't usually find myself reading. However it is entertaining and passes by the time. I find this book rather comical and interesting due to the fact the whole book is based off of a drunk bet. I like how the author knows from the start this is not a serious story and doesn't try to make it serious. I also feel the author isnt exaggerating the story very much which to me is a big plus. Its irritating if the whole story is exaggerate and not nearly as true as the person says it is. I thought in particular the whole baptizing of the fridge was pretty funny because of just how strange of an even that would be. I also find it pretty interesting that the author would even go through with the bet. I dont think id have the willpower to do such a task especially if it was after a drunken night. overall though the book gets kinda boring and i have trouble sticking with it at times but it is entertaining at parts but in the end im just not that into the story. it seems like it would be a much better story if it was told in person by the author since it is an event of his life and i just think it would be more interesting to be heard than to be read.

My Sisters Keeper (ending)

So the ending pretty much came out of nowhere and was a giant twist on the whole story. I thought because of the ending really made the book worth reading and was the only ending that could have worked for the story. If it had been kate that died the ending would have been too predictable. Im glad picoult didn't let kate die during the transplant. that would have just made the ending too sad and unrewarding. Overall i enjoyed this book a lot more than i thought i ever would have and most of it is due to the last chapters of the courtroom until the end. I can see why the last class would have recommended this book. Its hard to classify and is very tensioned at times with lots of emotion with a morale dilemma thrown on top of it all. One chapter i found i really liked was when Brian found the cigarette at the last fire and found out it was jesse who started the fires. It gave everything out of why jesse was doing what he was doing and showed how much he really cared about his sister and everything that was going on. This story was a surprising good read.

I dont know what the next book is really about but it looks very different and i am hoping it is somewhat comical for a change of pace from all the sad and depressing books we have been reading lately.

My Sister's Keeper

I was not very excited to read this book. I had seen parts of the movie and wasnt intrigued and other people have told me it wasnt too good either. However, after starting this book while i am not entirely into it and dont get excited to read it i am surprised at how much better it is than i thought it would. While the story is unique and presents a morale dilemma i just cant quite get into it completely. I do like how the story is told. I like that we can see all the different perspectives of the characters excluding Kate. i think it provides great insight into their opinions and works really well. I particularly like to read about Brian and Jesse. I like Brian's character because he seems to know everything thats going on around him and accepts it for what it is and does what he can to help even though he is a little less opinionated and is almost a 100% observer at times. Jesse is interesting to read about because he appears to be "the lost cause." I like having his view of everything because at first you really dont get much of him and then you see why he is how he is and how he interacts with the family. One character i cannot get over is Sara. At times i want to go into the story and just yell at her. She gets me frustrated with how blind she is to her other children and even Brian. While Kate does need some extra attention she is completely ignoring everything else around her. Overall im liking this story more than i originally thought and am hoping Sara has a scene where she realizes what she is doing and changes.