2020 Reading: No One Here Gets Out Alive

#47 A book with more than 20 letters in its title

Jim. Morrison.

Does any more need to be said. This book made me want to seek out his films and find more of his books of poetry. I have three of them, but I know there are more. I need them. I need them in my life. I don't know what it is about him that fascinates me so much. He was so intelligent but so broken on the inside.

I already knew about some of his exploits and happenings from previous readings, but this book had more details and I loved getting more peeks behind the mask of a man whom I admire so much.

2020 Reading: Fahrenheit 451

#30 A book that has a book on the cover

I thought I had read this book before a long time ago. Turns out, I had not. SO, this was my first foray into  this story and I absolutely loved it. This is the exact type of book that would have captured my attention in high school like Lord of the Flies or 1984 did. My little 16-17-year-old self would have been spouting poetic about its themes of mass hypnotic suggestion in the media or some such other non-sense. Love.

Still. I really enjoyed reading it now as an adult and think that it is a very important story, especially now. Even today, we need to keep in mind all these ideas of the past and don't let anything destroy them or silence them.

2020 Reading: Catch-22

#3 A book with a great first line

First line: "The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him."

For some reason, this book made me think of M*A*S*H. Something about the main character's wit and fast, circular thinking reminds me of Hawkeye.

Everyone in this book is insane. Everyone. There is not one single character that has all of their marbles. And the writing reflects that. There were times where I had to listen to an audiobook WHILE I followed along reading because I could not make the words make sense in my head unless I heard them out loud and read them at the same time. Luckily, I found an excellent one on YouTube of a guy who sounded a lot like Alan Arbus and that made me happy.

There was so much repetition and confusing back and forth in this book that I could barely keep up with it, but I believe I know what the author was trying to do with that.

2020 Reading: The Handmaid's Tale

#12 A book that passes the Bechdel test

Well, that was a disappointing ending...

I loved this book, though. I as so into it. I want to know why the world became this way. I want to know what happened to society. I want to know if the whole world is like this or if it was just this area and if it is possible to escape. I want to know what happens next. WHAT IS HER NAME? What happened to her husband and daughter? I need to KNOW!!!!!!!!!

Gah. Now my sister says I need to watch the show, but I still have so much on my plate that I don't know when I'm going to be able to make that happen.