Ruined By Books Review

Title: Ruined By Reading

Author: Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Genre: Bio and Autobiography

Publisher: Beacon Press

Pages: 119

This is the first time I have read a book about the books an author loved through her childhood to adult years, but it is more than that. She discusses how her passion was discovered at a very young age and how it affected her and helped her see the world in new ways. She talks about the books she still has a passion for and those she doesn't. Also, she talks about how she had to be brought out of her single-mindedness about other forms of art and expression. I thought this was very strange until I read why she thought books were the ultimate in expression.

I especially love how she discusses that she also tends to forget the plots to stories she has read  (just like me) and the books she continues to go back to.

Even though it is a short read, it felt a bit long, but she is a writer and I guess that comes with the territory. I have never read anything by this author but I would be interested to read more of her works.

I give this a 3 out of 5.

The Gunslinger The Dark Tower #1 Review

My second book by this author and this is definetly the start of an epic series! The Gunslinger is after The Man in Black. The world this book is set in has bits and pieces of the world we know but added are creatures that range from good to bad and no one is to be trusted.

To catch The Man in Black, The Gunslinger must travel across the desert and always keep a look out for danger. There is definitely a reason why he is called the Gunslinger and I hope in the future to continue this series!

I give this a 4 out of 5. 

Die Nigger Die Review

Well I can't say too much about this book other than I am not a fan.

This "story" called Die Nigger Die by H. Rap Brown, as I will call it, because I have no clue of what is exactly the truth or what...is about the life of a man called H. Rap Brown. He was a radical during the sixties and was raised during the height of the Equal Rights Movement.

Some of his stories are fantastic as in, I really don't believed that happend, so prove it. What got me throughout the book was the hate. Hate on page 1. Hate on page 24. Hate on page 70. See a pattern? It was more like he was just ranting about the White man and he knew all the White man's schemes and what not. This got old because, one, I can't support so much anger. It gets you no where but obviously that doesn't stop people, and two, he wasn't accomplishing much except to boost his own ego.

The only thing interesting about reading a book like this is getting a veiw into someone's world you could never agree with and see another side of life.

Unfortunately, some young and impressionable youth will get their hands on this just to bolster their minds to feed into the hate but hey, freedom of speech is great right?

I give this a 0 out of 5.