Thursday, July 15, 2010

the one with very short chapters.

I just finished the follow-up to The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.  This novel is a great book for those with lots on their plate and not much time to breathe.  The chapters are two pages - tops. 

Half Broke Horses is the true life "novel" (read: not memoir but fiction) about Jeannette's grandmother; a women who pulled out her dentures and let 'em have it.  Lily Casey Smith was a one room schoolhouse teacher and sold bootlegged liquor.  I've heard this book called "Little House" for adults.  Maybe, maybe not.

Please don't have overly high expectations of this book.  It was a good summer read and worth checking out but nowhere near as riveting and rocking as The Glass Castle.

I do LOVE the feeling of finishing a book and putting it on my shelf.  Such satisfaction.

1 comment:

  1. Good to see you and briefly talk books today. Hope you found some great deals that will leave you more inspired than this one.

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