Tuesday, July 8, 2008

OH DEAR!!!!

OK so for those of you who know me, and know me well, I can't (or maybe won't) put down a good book. So for the last year I haven't had the time to pick up a book for me other than to read to the kids, so I have been listening to books on CD. The latest and greatest books I have been listening to are the Twilight Series, by Stephanie Myers: OM!!!!! is all I can say. For an LDS author, it's been one of the most thought provoking series I have ever read, and not in the traditional sense of thought provoking either. It makes you look at good and evil in a light that you had never thought of before and can monsters traditionally thought of as evil be good. Out of this all comes your own personal opinions, but for those of us who thrive on symbolism and hair pulling thoughts, comes another book. A classic, that has been mentioned only briefly by the author of the twilight series, until recently I have never ever though about reading. What book might this be you ask, well it is called Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Like Charles Dickens Tale of two cities wasn't torture enough, I need my head examined!!! I have come to a conclusion, classics are classics for a reason, they are our beginning in literature, they were the first to give us in site to ones imagination, the first to let us know about love and illogical, family strife and the total difference between classes. For the lack of a better saying, they are the first to put into writing MAN'S IN HUMANITY TO MAN. The story of Cathrine and Heathcliff now have a very special place in my heart, a place I thought only reserved for one other person, but now are inhabited by 3. If you have not read this book, I highly suggest it. It will make you look at love and Class in a whole different way.

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