While we were choosing our top five books to read for our independent reading projects, my top two choices were Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, and Lucky by Alice Sebold. I chose Girl, Interrupted. Although I was satisfied with my choice, when I listened to Mariam's presentation for Lucky I had wished I could have read both books. Lucky was about a girl who had been raped and after all she overcame throughout her life, she managed to stay strong and considered herself "lucky" because she survived through all the obstacles life gave her and life could have been much worse. I am a girl and I may be able to relate to Lucky because sometimes men think they can do whatever they desire to women and they believe they will not be punished for it. Women are still not fully respected and men might be able to take advantage of them with their strength. Also, Lucky introduces an obstacle life can throw at you that God forbid might be thrown at me too one day. I do not enjoy books that just describe events from life. I enjoy reading stories and feeling like I am part of the settings presented in the books. That is also one of the reasons why I would choose Lucky.
The book I would least likely read from the independent reading projects would probably be Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer which was presented by Arek. From what I understood from Arek's presentation, this book was about a man climbing a mountain and all the obstacles he went through while climbing it. It does not interest me if a man can climb a mountain or not and how he does it. I do not think the idea of this book is that special or interesting to be used as an entire plot of a book. His autobiography Into the Wild seemed much more interesting because it had more to do with his personal life. Probably because I like reading more personal things instead of random events like mountain climbing, is the reason why I disliked the book Into Thin Air.
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