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I've been listening to the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, as it's on my daughter's summer reading list and we are on a lengthy college road trip. One of the things that Holden says at the beginning of this classic is that when you read a really good book, you want to meet the author and really hang out with him/her. I agree, and I would love to hang out with Megan Jean Sovern who wrote the Meaning of Maggie.If I could have a conversation with Holden, I would suggest to him some additional ways to judge a book. I love when I care about the characters. I finished the Meaning of Maggie on Tuesday and I really miss Maggie. I miss her quirkiness, her humor, her commitment to learning, her analysis of her sisters, her sense of unfairness... I even miss her sisters and their vanity and quick tongues with Maggie. I would also suggest to Holden that really good books demand that you read them out loud or at least share parts of them. I found myself begging anyone who was in the room around me to "just listen to this one part." I've left the book on a nightstand so that my number one reading daughter will join me as a Maggie reader.
Suffice it to say the Maggie is a wonderful first person narrator. Loved, loved, loved this one.
Happy Reading!
Thanks for writing about this! Sounds great! I will have to grab this book this summer!
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your review - it almost seems as if Holden Caulfield and Maggie are talking out loud here. :) It's been so long since I've read Catcher in the Rye - I should probably re-read that one soonest.
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