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I finally read a book this month! Two books, actually!
"From One More Day" by Mitch Albom, which is a story about a broken man who spends one more day with his mother, who had been dead for a few years. I bought this book because![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bangflip reminded me of it, and I've read his previous books and enjoyed them. It's an easy read and it's cliched, but it's not so cliched like Jodi Picoult's books are. (I'm sorry, Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper was horrible and I hope you guys never read it.) Albom writes them in such a natural and sincere manner that draws the reader into his characters' world and predicaments. That, and the mother described in this book reminded me so much of my own. Reading it on the way to Ohio really made me homesick. XD;
"Orange Is Not The Only Fruit" by Jeanette Winterson. This one is about the author herself. Jeanette was destined to become a Pentecostal Christian missionary through her adoptive parents' upbringing. The novel follows her inner-struggle with her sexuality and the "exorcisms" she undergoes through her church. It's the first novel I've ever read from Jeanette Winterson. It left a pleasing impression. I'm not sure how factual this autobiography is, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was all true, based on what I know about certain religious groups. If you want an idea of who Jeanette Winterson is, I recommend this book. Also, if you want an idea of what her work looks like, I've taken a direct quote from the book and placed it under the cut.
( Orange Is Not The Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson )
"From One More Day" by Mitch Albom, which is a story about a broken man who spends one more day with his mother, who had been dead for a few years. I bought this book because
bangflip reminded me of it, and I've read his previous books and enjoyed them. It's an easy read and it's cliched, but it's not so cliched like Jodi Picoult's books are. (I'm sorry, Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper was horrible and I hope you guys never read it.) Albom writes them in such a natural and sincere manner that draws the reader into his characters' world and predicaments. That, and the mother described in this book reminded me so much of my own. Reading it on the way to Ohio really made me homesick. XD;"Orange Is Not The Only Fruit" by Jeanette Winterson. This one is about the author herself. Jeanette was destined to become a Pentecostal Christian missionary through her adoptive parents' upbringing. The novel follows her inner-struggle with her sexuality and the "exorcisms" she undergoes through her church. It's the first novel I've ever read from Jeanette Winterson. It left a pleasing impression. I'm not sure how factual this autobiography is, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was all true, based on what I know about certain religious groups. If you want an idea of who Jeanette Winterson is, I recommend this book. Also, if you want an idea of what her work looks like, I've taken a direct quote from the book and placed it under the cut.
( Orange Is Not The Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson )
