Book Ninety Four
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spooky_missBook Ninety Four - Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
I was, and still am, a little unsure about this book. After reading "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey, I'm a bit wary of any supposed "memoir", as for some of the stories are a bit unbelievable, and Running with Scissors falls into this group. Its about Augusten's childhood, where after his parents divorce and his mother starts to suffer with mental illness, he goes to live with his mother's therapist and his strange family. It also talks about him finding out he's gay, how he deals with his mother's illnesses, and what his relationships with the others in the family are like. It says that he faked commiting suicide so that the therapist could say that he didn't have to go to school, and so then just sits around with the family. They do things like tear down the kitchin ceiling, use the Bible to tell their futures, and have an assortment of the therapist's patients living with them. It was quite an enjoyable read, but I think I would have preferred it to be marketed as fiction as to me its just a bit too unbelievable. 7 / 10
Just seen something amusing - on Facebook I "like" Galaxy, and they keep posting about competitions to win books - the most recent one says something like "Win 12 books by (author's name) - thats enough for a whole year's reading!" !!!!!! That'd probably take me a month and a half at the most! I know I read *a lot*, but I thought most people read quicker than one book a month!
I was, and still am, a little unsure about this book. After reading "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey, I'm a bit wary of any supposed "memoir", as for some of the stories are a bit unbelievable, and Running with Scissors falls into this group. Its about Augusten's childhood, where after his parents divorce and his mother starts to suffer with mental illness, he goes to live with his mother's therapist and his strange family. It also talks about him finding out he's gay, how he deals with his mother's illnesses, and what his relationships with the others in the family are like. It says that he faked commiting suicide so that the therapist could say that he didn't have to go to school, and so then just sits around with the family. They do things like tear down the kitchin ceiling, use the Bible to tell their futures, and have an assortment of the therapist's patients living with them. It was quite an enjoyable read, but I think I would have preferred it to be marketed as fiction as to me its just a bit too unbelievable. 7 / 10
Just seen something amusing - on Facebook I "like" Galaxy, and they keep posting about competitions to win books - the most recent one says something like "Win 12 books by (author's name) - thats enough for a whole year's reading!" !!!!!! That'd probably take me a month and a half at the most! I know I read *a lot*, but I thought most people read quicker than one book a month!
