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If you haven't already read any of these, go BUY THESE for yourself for Christmas. To start with, "The
Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold is an abstract look at the world: a dead girl whose mystery is unsolved watches
painfully as life goes on without her. Its heartbreaking and all too childlike.
Secondly, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky was given to me by a friend
and is cherished as another attempt to put a face behind depression that borders insanity. The POV is incredible...
the only way to unlock this one is to read every word and download the songs the speaker suggests to truly understand the
main character, Charlie.
Last, and the best of three so far (while I'm still absorbed halfway) is "Memoirs of a Geisha"
by Arthur Golden. His description and grasp on femininity confounds me. He almost puts himself into the character or an old
lady, a four-year old child, a self-conscious burn-victim, and a yearning adolescent discovering her sexuality. There will
be a movie out shortly with my wife-to-be playing Sayuri, my favourite Geisha.
