I would describe myself as an enthusiastic reader. Often I don’t have time to read but I can always make time. Recently I have been reading a lot. I love books and I make time by staying up till 1 in the morning reading. Its not particular healthy but what the heck.
For the personal choice reading project, I choose the book The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy. I had no idea what it was about, but it had been highly recommended to me by a friend. I had putting off starting to read the book, but since I eventually had to start it, I for some reason decided to wake up at five in the morning to start it. Why? I have no idea. So when my alarm clock went off at 5 the next day I started the book. My first impression of Tome Wingo, the main character, is not a great one. His life is a mess; he hates is parents (mostly his mother), his wife is having an affair, he has been unemployed for a over a year, his sister just tried to commit suicide, and his brother Luke has done something terrible to him. All that, in the first chapter of the book. Yet, despite all the sympathy I feel for him, I just don’t like him. I think it is the way he talks. I find it annoying. It’s probably all the self-pity that he exudes. Don’t get me wrong, he has a right to pity himself, it just isn’t attractive. There’s still time for him to grow on me though.
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