Book 21, Final Blog...delayed

Ok, so I completed Book 21- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - quite some time ago.  I read it very quickly.  I enjoyed it thoroughly.  I don't remember much more than that.  My brain has been a bumbly jumble of thoughts, lines, ideas - some mine, some others - so much so lately that I am losing track.  I'm entirely too young for this kind of behavior which leads me to hope - at the very least HOPE that this is merely an attention issue.  I am not paying as much attention.  I'm letting things slip. 

Wow...my blog suddenly became about me, rather than about my reading.  Annoying. 

Anyway, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was a beautiful and moving 9/11 story from the perspective of a child (for the most part) but I wouldn't necessarily call it a children's or Young Adult book.  There is some tough stuff in there...nothing a kid couldn't handle...but just some stuff you might want to know about before handing over a copy to Jr. for summer reading. 

But an excellent read.  I want to read more of Jonathan Safran Foer's work and definitely read and see Everything is Illuminated. Talented writer. Moving story. Good book.

Updates & (Official) Book 21 Begins

Since my last posting, I completed three of the books I was in the midst of: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Great Lion of God, and The First Part Last.  All, excellent books with varying levels of difficulty, topics, etc.  I was asked, "how can you read several books at one time?"  But with each one being so different from the other, I didn't have a problem.  I also watched the film of The Two Towers, so now I can begin reading The Return of the King.  However, this will NOT be Book 21 (Official). 
Book 21 will be (drum roll, please)...Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.  Set in post-9/11 NYC, this award-winning novel is hailed as "an uplifting myth born of the sorrows of 9/11" (quote from the Boston Sunday Globe).  I've only read the first paragraph...but I can tell I'm going to enjoy this writer very much.  The narrator opens the novel talking about making his "anus talk"...and in French, no less.  I am guessing that the narrator is also the 9 year-old protagonist...and I love the idea of a smart and witty 9 year-old hero.  Now, onto more reading...I'll keep you posted!