April 24 Reading Log
Read a REALLY strange book called “The Seventh Beggar”. The author was trying to write in a different format, and it didn’t come off all that well. The first half of the book was one story about a 17 year old kid who gets obsessed with an author and mystic from 300 years ago. The second half was little folk tales, thoughts about the kid from everybody else’s point of view, and a whole different story about the kid’s nephew that takes place 18 years later. Oh, and in the middle of the book the author includes the series of mystical tales written 300 years ago that the first boy was obsessed with. Sounds confusing? It was. I’m sure it was a great book, but above my level for fun, relaxing weekend reading. Looking at Amazon.com, I see that people either loved or hated the book, but everyone agreed it wasn’t easy.
