Moon & Sixpence; Housekeeper & the Professor; (George)

112. (George) by E.L. Konigsburg

 

This is a book I put on my wishlist a long time ago after hearing a school volunteer rave about it.

 

I started out loving it and ended up liking it.

 

I loved the idea of a person inside a person and enjoyed that part of the book. Then the psychiatrist labeled it “multiple personalities.” That ruined it for me, made it something undesirable.

 

I do like Konigsburg. Her characters are always clever.

 

113. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

 

The main character of this book, Charles Strickland, was a thoroughly unlikeable fellow. His departure from home left his first wife in despair. He took up with a woman in Paris and destroyed her life. It was only when he went to Tahiti that he found a haven for his art and lifestyle.

 

That Strickland was based on the artist Gauguin adds to the story.

 

I didn’t like the character, but I did like the book.

 

114. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

 

Lots of buzz around the blogosphere about this one. Not the usual hyped book, though. Very quiet story. Very Japanese.

 

Exactly the book I wanted to read this week after the read-a-thon last weekend.

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