Being an avid reader, with interests all over the “map” so to speak, I have read God-Knows-How-Many stories in my 62+ years. Some deeply moving, others barely creating or leaving the slightest ripple in my conscious brain. Some, seemingly, with the power to change the way I see things or think about things…sometimes subtly, and in others there are major thought differences after finishing the book. This book has affected me deeply.

The last book to touch me this way was some months back when I read “The Piano Shop on the Left Bank” by Thad Carhart The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier which I heartily recommend to you.

With “Water for Elephants” Sara Gruen creates the long-forgotten days of the Train Circus, and all that life entailed in those days…from the impossible “set-ups”, “knock-downs”, and in many cases “hasty retreats” from any particular chosen town before the authorities arrived upon the scene.

“Hard Luck Days” certainly would be a fitting genre to place this awesome story into. And, of course, with the depression, etc., they truly were hard luck days, for everyone involved with the exception of perhaps Uncle Al with his penchant for stealing, skimming, using and abusing everyone on the show. We also come to know August and his sickness that continually creates misery and unhappiness both for him, and also for those closest to him. There is Marlena, August’s wife and performing partner with her performing horses, and later her act with Rosie the Elephant (a charming, and all-knowing wonderful beast if ever there was one). There are dozens and dozens of other characters, distributed throughout all levels of the show, from performers right on down to the dung-shovelers and the guys who do nothing but put up and take down the tents for the big top, day in and day out endless
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Salinger was in his late twenties and early thirties when he wrote this book however it’s written like a teenager at the time might talk in terms of phrases, sentence structure, though processes etc,. and it’s very well written in that respect. It captures the angst and anger of youth, being somewhere between a boy and a man, wanting to be an adult but still having to rely on adults to a certain extent who are making decisions for you that you don’t necessarily agree with. This is the life of the books main character Holden Caulfield. Having re read the book I get it now. The story and emotions seemed familiar probably because I could reconcile it to my teenage years. I found Holden Caulfield to be fairly unlikable at times, he thought everything and almost everyone was dumb and then I wondered to myself was that peoples perception of me at times in my youth? At times inn my youth I was like Holden Caulfield in some ways. The last chapter of the book is Holden Caulfield reflecting on his youth . It really brought the book full circle and gives the reader a sense of Holden Caulfield the man being reflective on his youth.

The writing style in interesting because it’s written like someone is sitting with you telling a story keeping you involved in the conversation by using phrases like “I told you about that earlier” It’s writing in a one way conversational style.

Some of the phrases used in the book are a little Leave it to Beaverish by today’s standards. To off set that the God D… words app
Sweet Inspirations A Sugar

Pros
1. Much improved reception of GPS signals
2. Improved hardware integrity or sturdiness
3. Ease of transferring data to the computer and a
great software of mapping and analyzing the run data.
Cons
1. Not comfortable to wear this for a long run.
There is a sharp edge at the bottom corner which
rubs against my wrist and it gets pretty painful
after about 10 miles of run. I have to put a
bandage to reduce the problem.
2. Distance reading is consistently shorter by about
1% both with 101 and 305. It was annoying at the
beginning but I don’t think it is a big problem now.
I just remember I have to run 26.5 mile on my Garmin
for a full marathon.
Net
I recommend it(5 stars)for $150 with one waring;
This is an electronic gadget controlled by software
codes and you expect software glitches soon or later
just like with your PC. I had a few problems both with
101 and 305 (not turning on and a frozen display) but
the problems were fixed by resetting the software(and
perhaps reloading a software). You may have to contact
Garmin for the instructions of how to reset. Their
support by e-mail (used to be by phone) is not
that bad (you’ll get the solution), but it is
definitely slower than by phone. Garmin has some room
to improve.

And Some Sweet Day

Sweet 17 …

The Song by Heart …

For All Your Heavy …

Gates of Heaven …

Looking Down …

Absence Of A Negative …

Sun Never Dies …

Fallen …

Snap Out …

This in and of itself does not make the book a bad book the annoying part is that this is one of those books that attracts a really snobbish fan base think Atlas Shrugged, Brave New World or Lord of the Flies only if you can believe it Catcher in the Rye fans make Aynn Rand fans look sane. To those people I say reading a book that someone else wrote and having a strong opinion about it does not in and of itself make you an intellectual. If Catcher in the Rye was you’re introduction to the world of literature I can respect that but there are better books to read once you have finished this one Catcher in the Rye is not the end of the road.

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