8/30
The Book: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
ISBN: 978-1-59448-329-5
Suggested By: Ed Vela
Where: Home
When: 5-6P
Music: None
Company: The Family
Pages: 12-67 (55)
The Lead In: Excited about this book. Ed recommended it with glee. If you know Ed, you know the glee I am talking about.
The 411 on the 55: Oscar Wao is a fat sack of crap. He loves comic books, fantasy novels, D&D, stereotypical nerd. Can’t get with a chick, and when he thinks he is a bout to, he finds out she is back with her old boyfriend who has a large member, so to speak. Oscar is incredibly unhappy with his life. His mother is bossy and doesn’t understand him not being like every other guy. His sister is punky and off to college. At the end of today’s reading, Oscar is off to college where again, he doesn’t fit in.
The second “chapter” of today’s reading tells the story of Oscar’s sister. Her struggles with her mother’s dominating personality lead her to run off and live with a boyfriend. Once there, she realizes he is a sack of crap and is unhappy with her situation as well.
Line of the Day: “Jesus Christ, he whispered. I’m a Morlock.” pg 30
Fact on the Fiction: This book won a Pulitzer. Wikipedia
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