Book Review: Olive Kitteridge

Since this book is a Pulitzer Prize winner, I should've known that it would have elements of strangeness, be very heavy, and multi-layered...much like other Pulitzer Prize winners I've read. The story covers the lifetime of one Mrs. Olive Kitteridge and the many people connected to her. Some are connected to her rather thinly and you may wonder, "why am I reading about this person?" There were points in the book when I thought "why am I reading this book?" and I thought I would abandon it altogether but I persevered because it's very hard for me to leave a book half-read! I give it 3 stars...really strong character development and actually some very good writing...I just don't know if I really cared about the story that much.

You will get some insights into her life and how she deals with tragedy as well as moments of happiness.  Her reactions and her approach to life are all secular so it makes for an interesting analysis and made me think if Olive were written from a Christian perspective, this would've been a totally different book and probably much better. 

Book in a Month

A few month's ago, my friend, Heather took on a rather monumental task.  She decided she would write a book in a month!  She had started several books along the way and always knew there was a novel inside her just waiting to come out but as the busy mom of three children, time was definitely a factor.  So spurred on by the challenge of writing a book in a month and some other Facebook friends who were attempting to do the same, she embarked on her writing adventure.  One month later she had successfully completed her book! 

Now she's started a blog to share the beginning chapters of her book with the rest of the world and hopefully garner some interest from publishers and us, the reading public.  Check out her new blog...

http://bookinamonthmom.blogspot.com/