The second book on my list for this summer is Life of Pi by Yann Martel. This book was recommended to me by my friend Katie a while back. It's one of her favorite books. I attempted to start reading this book a couple months ago, but after a few chapters, I just couldn't get into it. Not off to the best start. So I'm going to try again now, and hope that it's as good as Katie says it is and I won't hate it.
Here are a few short reviews about the book:
"An impassioned defense of zoos, a death-defying trans-Pacific sea adventure a la Kon-Tiki, and hilarious . . . This audacious novel manages to be all of these." --The New Yorker
"Life of Pi could renew your faith in the ability of novelists to invest even the most outrageous scenario with plausible life." --The New York Times Book Review
"Life of Pi is a real adventure: brutal, tender, expressive, dramatic, and disarmingly funny . . . It's difficult to stop reading when the pages run out." --San Francisco Chronicle
This has gotten good reviews, and I know several other people aside from Katie who love this book. So I hope that once I get past the first couple chapters, things will pick up and get interesting. If this sounds like a book you'd like to read, you can order it on Amazon.com.
FYI: As I'm reading books, I will probably update on here how I'm feeling about the book, at least once or twice before I finish it and then write a final review about the book overall.
Thanks for reading!
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