The book ended happily, perfectly, with romance and adventure and sorrow and solace. It is the ending that will stay with me forever; the rest, easily...moreThe book ended happily, perfectly, with romance and adventure and sorrow and solace. It is the ending that will stay with me forever; the rest, easily forgotten.(less)
Women put up with a lot of stupid shit from men. And these poor women didn't have a choice in the matter--it's set, after all, sometime BCE. They coul...moreWomen put up with a lot of stupid shit from men. And these poor women didn't have a choice in the matter--it's set, after all, sometime BCE. They could only suffer or sing inside the lives they were given.
I'm not sure Michael knew how to suffer or to sing. She said in the end that she would choose love over wisdom. Can one be accessible without the other? Is it at all possible to love without being wise? It took Michal 50 years, but she chose love. Wisely.(less)
Holli says: It came to me in a time in my life when i really needed it and after reading it I finally felt as if someone understood me all along. It w...moreHolli says: It came to me in a time in my life when i really needed it and after reading it I finally felt as if someone understood me all along. It was the first book that truly made me realize the way I think isn't crazy....I could read it a million times and never be bored if it. I recommend it to anyone who needs some spiritual guidance or clarification or just something to remind them that everything will be ok when life is handing them tons of shit. :) (less)
Something spilled in my bag and the cover got wet and stuck to something else and is now ripped.
These are the fragile pages that tear when I turn them...moreSomething spilled in my bag and the cover got wet and stuck to something else and is now ripped.
These are the fragile pages that tear when I turn them because of the way I hold the book.
The pages are yellow, the spine is creased, and once belonged to Susan Buchan, whoever that is.(less)
Jini is going to let me borrow hers! She says Dean Koontz is her favorite (from the teenage Jini's perspective) though she likes Phantoms or Intensity...moreJini is going to let me borrow hers! She says Dean Koontz is her favorite (from the teenage Jini's perspective) though she likes Phantoms or Intensity better.(less)
9/14--I also wish Bessie would shut up a minute...
9/15--I'm getting really sick and tired of Zooey whining and complaining a...moreSo far, so very very good!
9/14--I also wish Bessie would shut up a minute...
9/15--I'm getting really sick and tired of Zooey whining and complaining all the damn time. I think, perhaps, I'm not in the mood to listen to somebody waxing poetic about the pure drudgery of life and about how he just wishes everybody would just shut up. The fact of the matter is, they all talk to goddamn much. The whole goddamn family.
I think I didn't realize that this book would be a 200 page long conversation. I sorta expected some events to take place or something. Anyway, when I first started reading F&Z, I thought, "Holy shit! I think I might like this better than Catcher!" But now, not so much. I'm still holding out hope. I mean, I know I'm whining quite a bit about the damn book at the moment, but over all I do like it quite a bit. 50 pages to go...
9/16--I finished!!! And I have also eaten some "chicken" soup in celebration. Here's the thing. I think Zooey is kinda fucked up, and I don't think he's gonna get better any time soon. I think Franny will be ok, for a while, but not forever. Life is just like that, though. Ya know? No matter what, we are all gonna have times when we go through some shit, and sometimes we fully recover, sometimes we move on in pain, and sometimes we just break the hell down. Franny's breakdown was touching (bad choice of words). The kind of pain that keeps you tortured for days on end. Zooey was simply dull. Worn. Empty.
This is real life, set in an eccentric homeplace, to which there can be no turning back.
Perhaps I have more to say. But I am Zooey today.(less)
10/6--I'm having to concentrate when I read this! Yikes! I read 19 pages this afternoon, but I kept getting distracted by stupid shit: Why is the cat...more10/6--I'm having to concentrate when I read this! Yikes! I read 19 pages this afternoon, but I kept getting distracted by stupid shit: Why is the cat digging at the wires behind the television? Crap, I forgot to mail my Tea Hugger tax return; I guess I'd better go do that. I wonder how Tamela is liking her new job...
I think I'd better save this book for nighttime when I'm lying in my bed and it's quiet in the world.
10/9--p.46 Putting this down until it's no longer colored with bad karma.(less)
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