Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Finished book uno
The Seas by Samantha Hunt: "The street was dreaming it was the silver asphalt of fish scales, and it looks that way, too." (pg 97) The book reminded me of being little and laying in the bathtub. I wanted to breathe in the water so badly. I didn't want to die but I wanted to become someone else, experience a new sensation, feel something unfamiliar yet sense something recognizable. My hair would be floating in the bathtub and would resemble the ends of a jellyfish covered in soot. As I grew older this feeling stayed with me always, me seemingly floating in the sea waiting to grew a fin and go exploring deep into the unknown. There is a sadness in this book that I think everyone can see. This feeling that we all have when we love someone, or want to do something, or feel so alone, when someone we know goes away forever, when no one believes in you even though you try your hardest to make the impossible possible. But there is a small light everyone possesses to navigate these treacherous paths and obstacles which you can feel through these words. Please read this book because it is lovely. Next up:
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