Beeridgett Female, 30, In a relationship. Daly City, CA, USA

This book is more like listening to Malachy spin a yarn in front of you. It's not really like reading a book. Great stories of a man (mid 20's and on) and his adventures in New York. My favorite so far is about his summer on an island in Long Island Sound, how he talked his friends into sharing "a great beach house" (actually a shack), so he then had it to himself for the summer, and told the ladies that if he is wearing his ascot to the side then "he is available for the evening". I really laugh out loud while I'm reading this story, and that is a very nice respite given all the work and other stress i'm dealing with currently.

The book caught my eye on the shelf because of its beautiful stained glass window cover. I picked it up and opened it - the quote inside says people will pick this up because of Frank Lloyd Wright, but they will keep reading because of Mamah Cheney. (That was so me! hmmm... maybe it's meant to be)
It's the story of a love affair between the incredible architecture and one of his clients.
I'm only into it the first 50 pages, but i love the story so far. I really reading of Chicago in the early 1900s. The author slips in the history and city very well, without it being a teaching lesson.
I hope it keeps up this well throughout the book!

I had a very interesting realization while reading this book in Mr. Gaydos' English class. I had read Lord of the Flies a couple years prior to this class, and I knew how it ended. We were having in class silent reading, and I was coming towards the death of Piggy, and i closed my book and put it down. I didn't want him to die. I looked around the room and wondered where other people were in the book. Was Piggy already dead? I thought about how if i just stop reading now Piggy will still be alive. I didn't finish the book that time. I wanted it to 'end' with Piggy still alive, at least in my book.

Besides "The Little Prince", this is the book that i have reread the most often. I passed along a copy to my godson a few years ago too. Being in the woods, surviving on your own, learning to trust yourself, communing with animals, this is definitely one of my favorite books. I think i should read it again soon too.