Sunday Salon Post

Here we go, first Sunday Salon blog.

I just finished reading Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs. I thought it was completely hilarious, and somehow tragic at the same time. It's even more interesting to know its a memoir, not a novel. Unlike other memoirs, you feel like you're actually there, and its one exciting ride. From playing with an old electroshock machine to discovering sexuality, Augusten has one interesting life. I didn't think much of the ending however, as I dislike abrupt ends. I'm looking forward to picking up Dry, another memoir by the same author.

I'm also about halfway through The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a collection of short stories by the author, all of them uniquely tragic in their own way. All the stories reflect in some way the human condition, as I like to call it. Basically, they reveal all the character flaws of your everyday person, from the people in the apartment who blame the stair-sweeper for a stolen basin, to the man unhappy with his arranged marriage. I recommend this one, because it isn't something you feel you have to rush through to discover the end. Just take it one story at a time, a few pages a day.

I'm hoping to pick up something new soon, like I said yesterday this gives me an excuse to go to the bookstore. Maybe I'll find something nice at the Half Price bookstore. :)