Monday, May 6, 2013

A Year in Books: April


*The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
I re-read the Great Gatsby because the movie is coming out,
and I always like to revisit. I do this with any movie that has a book.
I also realized recently that I've read Gatsby at 3 different stages of my life
and each time have taken something different from it.
I read it in high school, I don't think that much registered.
College, the symbolism kicked in and I had a better understanding
of who the characters were.
Presently, I'm about the same age as most of the characters.
I see them for the kind of people they really are, and understand
the story much more than the last 2 times. Most of all I found
it to be extremely sad and a cautionary tale about living anywhere
but the present.



*Galapagos-Kurt Vonnegut

Believe it or not, Galapagos was my first Vonnegut experience.
I know, he's one of the husbands favorites and just an awesome
author in general but it just never happened.  I'm slow to read a lot of
the classics, mostly because I seek out either mystery novels or wine books
when I'm in a bookstore.  If you've been keeping up with this list
than you already know this.    I did love this book, it had the magical realism feel
that you find in the Murakami books, and there were so many interesting characters
all woven together in some way (usually through coincidence-another theme that I love)
We have a lot of Vonnegut's books in our library, I'm looking forward to reading more of them.


*How to Love Wine- Eric Asimov

 This is a wine book for everyone. It offers a great way to approach wine,
how to taste, how to learn, and-of course- how to love.  I like reading these
wine memoirs because it's a reminder that most people in the wine world started
in the same place.  The blessing and the curse about wine is that you'll never know everything,
and you'll never know everything.  But it's about finding the relationship that is right for you,
like any hobby or interest.  Highly recommend this one for anyone that is into wine, or wants
to understand it a little better.






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