This is the first book I've read of this years book club selections. Honestly, I forgot it was a book club book. Someone recommended it to me last year, but it sounded lame. I got another recommendation; and my SIL asked if I'd read it because she was getting recommendations for it, but also thought it sounded lame. Well I was out picking up my wedding ring (I needed it sized a bit bigger for post baby fingers) and Aiden had to go to the bathroom. So I pulled into Barnes and noble. They had one set left on a display and I grabbed it before anyone else could. I get like that sometimes. I read the first eight chapters in one sitting from an online excerpt, and the rest two days ago. I loved it. I loved getting lost in it. The action and budding romance. I love Four, I just do. If I detailed how much I like his character it would take way more time than I have at the moment. ;) I like Tris but felt like she was slow to catch onto things. (Like her mothers past, it was pretty darn obvious). I appreciated that it was easy reading. It's a little harder to get into more complex books at this point in my life. Having a 2 1/2 year old boy and a six month old boy takes up a lot of energy. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore my children. I love them. I love to play with them. But sometimes I want my own time to do what I love. And I love to read. Lucky (kind of) for me, I got a cold. So two days ago Aiden was fine playing by himself in the living room with pbs kids on for when he wanted an occasional break; and Carter was fine being held and playing independently in his jumper or on the floor when not napping. So I spent most of the day on the couch. Resting my body and reading Divergent. It's true that both being home and working have their challenges. At work I always missed Aiden. So much. I wanted to be the one to teach him everything and watch him grow. I love that I have that opportunity now. The hard part about being home is usually not getting a break. I've had to interrupt writing this a few times to tend to the boys. So now that this has turned into a mom post...shall we get back on track? I felt conflicting emotions about Al's death. It seemed like he was a really good guy who was just acting on hurt emotions. Although definitely in the wrong way. Then another emotions based act, and he's gone. Pardon my language but Peter can just go...you know. I really want to use bad language here because he's such a...you know. Oh and Will! Poor Will!
I recommend Divergent for a quick read and am looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy.
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