The Road

Only 7 books left!  I just finished "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.  This was a good one.  Borderline sci-fi (which I am not a fan of) but still written as if it could be a reality.  Apocalyptic-like. 
What I loved most about this book was that the main two characters were so generalized that it was easy to relate to either of them.  There were barely any personal details given so it was left up to your imagination to develop their details. 
Basically, a father and son are left to fend for themselves because the world around them no longer exists.  They have to travel the road to survive.  Constantly searching for something, even though they don't have a clue as to what that something is.  Fire is one of the threads throughout the book- the world was burned and has left nothing but ash in it's place, in order to shelter themselves from the weather they must build and keep a fire going, and the boy and his father are carrying the fire as they struggle on their journey to nowhere. 
They encounter some horrible and unimaginable things as they try to find food and housing.  The only thing they have to protect themselves is a single bullet.  The map they use to find their way is tattered and barely readable.  They're robbed.  Threatened.  Chased.  So many trials are overcome.  They did their best with what they had and kept moving forward even when it seemed impossible- often lesson that is spoken or taught and overlooked.  

nanowrimo begins again

I am very excited for November.  My biggest challenge is going to be writing again for the National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org).  I did this last year and it's just what I needed to write my book that I had been putting off.  And in one month I had it down!  It's a year later and I am still editing it, but I've got my first proof in my hands.  Now the time has come around again to write a 50,000 word book.  I am hoping this will motivate me to continue on with editing my first book since my goal publish date is no later than December 31st.
I am right on track with my 52 books in 52 weeks.  I recently read a few books and have nothing really that great to say about them.  Another Oprah book-club book.  A classic.  A book written by an author that  I thought I liked.  And a book about someone's life and how they got to where they are today.  Sometimes good books are hard to find.