A bit late but ready to go.

So, I finished All Quiet on the Western Front and, it was a great book. It was a war book with a lot of action that was balenced out by emotion and feeling about the negitivity of war. The story is about a young German soldier in WWI named Paul Baumer. Right out of high-school he and his friends enlisted into the army with youthful enthusiasm that was quickly broken by the cruelty and violence of the war. As the war goes on Paul loses his comrades and begins to really realize that the only reason that he is killing these people is because of the uniform that they wear.
It is really one of the best war novels about a realistic person in a surreal enviornment. You really get sucked into the book and experiance the feeling and emotion of the caracters and the harshness of war.

I am planning to read a next book, Three Men and A Boat a humorous account of a fishing trip with three men and a dog.

TJLC Blog Entry

I just arrived at the airport and it is crowded. There are people everywhere, all shorter then me accept a few other tourists. I 'll try to work my way to security and the rest of that stuff.
Ok, after a while I 've wadded my way through this crowd of people and am now at customs and just gave my passport to the person there. After what could have been a long pause, I was thinking a lot, I pass through customs. An old woman just cried out something in chinese.

That woman was my father's aunt so I guess I'll have to end this here to talk to people.

New Book.

Sadly, my second attempt at getting "Hitchhiker's Guide" has failed.

I have found a new book though, All Quiet on the Western Front , by Elrich Maria Remarque.
It is about 300 pages long so I should finish within a month.

From what I know about it so far, it is about a German soldier during one of the world wars. Sounds intresting, getting a different take on the war.

Either way, I'm reading it and should have my next post up in about a week.

In between books

Well, I finished Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and am trying to get my hands on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

If I can't get it, I'd like you, the readers to help me find a book.

So, please post a comment, telling me what book you think I should choose. Remember, I like books like the two above and books like 1984.

Done

Well, I finished Dress your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris, and I liked it. It was a good book. I think I said this before and I'll say it again, I like his style of writing. How it is almost like director's commentary, or a voice-over in a movie. I found the book to be a nice series of essays about a normal life looked at in an abnormal way. I might read another of his books if I get the chance to. I would definatly recommend this to anyone, and I mean anyone. It has something for everyone, accept people without a sence of humor who only like things that remind them of "Star Wars" or the sort. Over all I found the book enjoyable and fun to pick up.

I'm having high hopes of reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy next.

Ok, so I'm a bit late.

Well so far I've read about 200 pages of my book so I guess I'm due for another post. So, here it is.
This book was given to me to read by my Uncle about two weeks ago. This would be my first time reading it and he said that I would like it. He was right. So about my uncle. His name is Matthew Waldman. He is in his early 40's and like David Sedaris, he is Homosexual. His life and David's could, I guess be easily comparable.
For one they both had older siblings, but that's not really important. What is important, I guess is how they have been treated throughout there lifes. My Uncle was, still is, and forever will be a nerd. David wasn't exactly popular. In one essay if the book, a rock was thrown at him by a popular boy and the only people who stuck up for him, was his parents. (Or is it "'were' his parents"?) They also had a brother that was more "Manly" then they were.
Now, skipping a few years into the future, both my grandparents and David's father never accepted their son's Homosexuality. My uncle ran away from home while David got kicked out.
Also like David's relationship with his siblings, my uncle, dad and grandparent's relationships are awkward. Unlike David's family though, sometimes I am unsure if my grandparents love my uncle.
Well, those are really all the comparisons I can really make so far with my knowlage of the book and my uncle's life. I do know why he picked this book to read in the first place and I do enjoy reading it.

Oh, and because someone might ask, I don't know if I am gay. I might be, I might not be or I might be "bi-". I'm not sure and ethier way I wouldn't really care.

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Yep, that's the book I'm reading for my independent reading assignment. It's a collection of auto-biographic essays about the author's, David Sedaris, younger years. While each of the essays are about different subjects and have different meanings they all share a tone that is comparable to a director's commentary.
The author, David Sedaris is 51 years of age and has had four best-sellers, including this one. He is a humorist. He was born in New York but rasied in North Carolina. He is Homosexual, and he talks about that in Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim.
I didn't exactly choose the book to read, my uncle did. Anyway's I got into it and I really like the book. I like it's tone and the essays always have a light feel to them.
Since the book is 272 pages long and I have to read about 100 pages a week, and I already have read about 100 pages, I should be done with it soon.