a new year, and three confusing new books!
cat's cradle, by kurt vonnegut (while i loved the first vonnegut book i read (slaughterhouse five), this book confused me A LOT. maybe that was the point? and if not - what WAS the point? apocalypse is imminent? something about colonialism in the caribbean? people smarter than me can probably offer some actual analysis. i will defer to them. put this on your "do not read" list.)
everything is illuminated, by jonathan safran foer (again, i thought his other book (extremely loud & incredibly close) was quite good, but this one was...confusing. haha - that seems to be the theme this month. am i dumber than i thought?!? i wasn't really drawn in by the characters or the plot, and just found it an okay read.)
breakfast of champions, by kurt vonnegut (i know you're saying to yourself, "miss claire, why are you reading another vonnegut book so soon after disliking that last one you read?" well, readers, book club waits for no (wo)man. when i moved to new york an acquaintance invited me to join his book club and i was so honored i said yes...and then only read one book in like four months. oops. i did enjoy the one meeting i went to, so i wanted to get back into it, and this was the january book. i liked this one better than cat's cradle, but was still ready for it to end. there's a weird author-becomes-character part at the end that seemed bizarre. i can't wait to see what the other book club members think of this one - maybe that will help me appreciate it more. it's safe to say i'm off vonnegut books for a while now, though.)
please oh please let next month bring better books...
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