The Shipping News

by Annie Proloux

Just finished this book after slowly reading this book on & off over many months. The main reasons i picked this book to read is

1) my year 12 English teacher recommended it & high school was a long time ago but for some reason i always felt the need to take her advice.
2) it got turned into a movie, so there must be a decent story there. mind you i don't watch the movie adaptation of novels but i always go out to read the novel.
3) i found it at the markets, it just seemed like a sign.

So the story is basically about Quoyle, a man/widower with two children who hasn't had it easy. Moving back to a small fishing town where his ancestors & family were originally from, how can there not be a story. I'd love to tell u what happens in the story but not a lot goes on but a lot happens. Does that make sense? There just seems to be this mysterious vibe throughout the book like so many things are going on and you want to know what happens next. For me personally, I'm a sucker for a protagonist who get kicked when he's down. I just want to know that he's going to make it and be OK. This book didn't change my perception on life, it didn't make me cry, it didn't really create any world shifting reactions in me. I just let me breathe. Breathing is good.

The next book i am currently reading is Beloved by Toni Morrison. I'm in the first 20 pages and this book doesn't let me breathe. Its a 'heavy' book. not literally but its not a 'light' read. gosh i hope I'm making sense. This is the kind of book i cant even read at night, just because I'm so freaked about ghosts and anything haunting. I ha vent read enough to know exactly what the story is about but i will be proud of myself when i finish this book. I have a feeling this one will stick with me, in a good way hopefully.