I finished my Odd Thomas book on Monday, and started on "The Secret Life of Bees" for one of the reading novels. I remember when the movie came out and seeing the advertisements on the TV, thinking that I wanted to see it. Imagine my surprise at Barnes and Noble when the book was sitting on a table in the middle of the aisle. I quickly snatched it up and added it to the growing stack in my arms.
I'm only about 75 pages into it, but already am "hooked". Of course I don't want to re-tell the story and ruin your chance to discover the characters for yourself. Right now the main character, Lily is fourteen years old. Because I don't know much about the book, I don't know if she will age at all. It's set in 1964 in South Carolina, right about the time of Brown vs The Board of Education. I can't wait to see how it turns out. Since I read the mostly in bed, I have a feeling I will be spending a considerable amount of time there this weekend. Bring on the bees.
This week I have thoroughly enjoyed the short stories. Some, like Nipple Jesus and Catskin were a little on the bizarre side. The Peed Onk story was very long. I became emotionally connected to the characters and because I am a mother really associated with them. One of my best girlfriends' son has Hodgkins Lymphoma, so having lived through that with her, this story struck very close to home. Fortunately he is in remission right now.
The Catskin story was interesting because children often dress up and pretend to be something or someone else. It seemed to me that maybe that is what Small was doing. I love the reference about house cats. That made me laugh out loud.
I cannot wait to dive into the rest of the stories for next Tuesday.
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I loved "The Secret Life of Bees." I haven't seen the film version. I thought the characters were amazing, and I could appreciate the familial relationships. It's Chick Lit, for sure, and the best of it!
ReplyDeleteI think I might be too old for Catskin? CRAZY.