The Great American Read: Day 51 The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold- finally a book I know a little bit about because I watched the movie.  Yes, I watched the movie but never read the book.  This book might be a little traumatic as it is about the rape and murder of a teen girl and told from her perspective in heaven.  I didn't really feel deeply about the movie except maybe a little skeevy- like how would you even come up with that idea for a book?  But I have also watched a lot of Criminal Minds in the last few months and have felt more deeply recently about victims.  I am not unfeeling person but more of a distant person.  One of the biggest reasons I read is to feel empathy and feelings I would otherwise not think much about.  Any way, I was able to give this book a couple more minutes and pages of my time while I was stuck in the kitchen and it is written so simply and beautifully that I think I could really dig down and appreciate what the author is conveying.

This book I will probably read sooner rather than later because I own it and bought it recently at Value village.  It joined me in my mess of packing for the youth group trip.