Books

Just thought I'd share what I'm currently reading. I think I mentioned that I joined three book clubs... I'm really excited about them, but starting up is throwing me off just a tiny bit, because it means I'm reading four books at once!! (I usually avoid doing this like the plague.)

The first one I have to read (and coincidentally the one I've read the least of) is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult. I think it's going to be really interesting. It's about a family with two daughters. The first was diagnosed with leukemia as a young child, so the parents had the second daughter specifically to be a match to the first, and she grows up living her life as basically the "cure" for her sister. Very screwed up concept in my opinion, I'll be interested to read the consequences it has for this (fictional) family. Has anyone read it? Thoughts?

The next one "due" is Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (same guy who wrote Fight Club). If you've seen Fight Club you know, kind of, what to expect. I'm probably 2/3 of the way through it and it is even more twisted and psychotic than Fight Club. Lots of twists you totally didn't see coming, but then looking back on the book, you're like "Duh!" I'm really enjoying it... if that's even an appropriate word to use for a book this odd.

The third book club book is The Secret Life of Bees, which I read a while ago but will reread to make sure I can contribute to the discussion. Part of me feels rather old for joining three book clubs. I'm slightly concerned that I will show up and the women will all be my mom's age with kids, and I would have to pretend to be someone else and just go eat brunch by myself... ha! I'm only kidding. Sort of. I'm hoping it will be fun, though.

The last book is one I started before I joined all these clubs: Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi. It's a memoir by an English teacher who lived and taught in Tehran during the "revolution", the times of upheaval there. It's fascinating.

So, that's what I'm reading. I'd better get back to it. :-P