I'm Back...HI IT'S IMANI!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I see "Hello it's Matt..." again I am going to scream!!!!!!!!! HELLO IT'S IMANI and I am really back and i've just finished my readng spree!

Magical Thinking

Hello its me Matt again, Imani is going to start posting again, but for now I have another book to recommend and it’s by Augustan Burroughs. This memoir is called Magical Thinking, where Burroughs writes about true stories in his life in which he demonstrates the psychological term, "magical thinking" which describes the belief that one exerts more influence over events than one actually does. Burroughs writes hilarious stories that showcase Burroughs's sharp, funny and brilliant writing. If anyone loves authors David Sedaris and David Rakoff I recommend reading Burroughs, though Burroughs has a much darker and X-rated view of things, and that I recommend this book only to mature readers. I again recommend that people read Magical thinking as it is truly hilarious and is an excellent memoir, and is always good for a laugh.

The Seamstress

Hi it’s me Matt, here is another book I suggest people read, and it is called The Seamstress. The Seamstress by Sara Tuvel Bernstein is a Holocaust memoir about a Romanian Jew who was born into a large family in rural Romania between the World Wars. The author recounts the growing shadow of the building Fascist movement, the Iron Guard, a and the rising tide of anti-Semitic laws, and finally the open persecution of Romania's Jews. Then after a series of incidents that range from dramatic escapes, and a year in a forced labor detachment, the author talks of how she ends up in Ravensbruck, a women's concentration camp deep in the wilderness of Germany, with diabolical conditions within the camp. The author talks of how with her sister, and two friends join together and how largely due to the authors street smarts and intuition, managed to survive the Holocaust. This memoir is exceptionally written with a great writing style, and tells the author's story of survival of the Holocaust excellently.

Dry

Hello, its me Matt yet again, I have another book by Augusten Burroughs to recommend to people. It is called Dry which is another Memoir about his chaotic life. In this book we find out although adult Burroughs is doing well professionally, earning a handsome living as an ad writer for a top New York agency, Burroughs's personal life is a disaster. His apartment is filthy and is a sea of empty bottles of alcohol, he stays out all night boozing, and he fervently tries to mask the stench of alcohol on his breath at work. Then Burroughs is confronted by his employer and insists that he seek help, Burroughs then flies out to Minnesota for detoxification, and counseling, and through rehab Burroughs tells quite funny anecdotes of his experiences while in rehab. But after a month of treatment he goes back to Manhattan, sober. The rest of the book is full of Burroughs quest to remain sober, and to have his social life to fit his new sober life through his group therapy, his relation ship with a cocaine addict, and the chaos that surrounds his life. I recommend this book to mature readers as I have with the Running with Scissors as most parts of the book are X-rated. But ultimately Dry is a terrific read, and is a brilliantly written memoir with a great sense of humor.

What is the What

Hi it’s me Matt again, I want tell people about another book I read called What is the What. What is the What by Dave Eggers is about Valentino Achak Deng, a real live person who was a refugee from the Sudanese civil war (before the current Darfur conflict) of the 1980s and 90s. In this fictionalized memoir, Eggers tells how Separated from his family when Arab militia destroy his village, Valentino joins thousands of other "Lost Boys," who are against starvation, thirst and man-eating lions on their march to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, where Valentino begins to start his new life. Valentino eventually reaches America, but recalls his troubles in America while simultaneously telling his story to the people who cause him trouble and to the reader. I highly recommend this book to all as it portrays the story of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan excellently, is written very well, but also tells this excellent story of Valentino's search for home and of self in a world of unending upheaval.

Running with Scissors

Hi its me Matt, I just finished Running with Scissors a few weeks ago and now it is one of my favorite books of all time. Running with Scissors is a funny memoir by Augusten Burroughs about his life when he was a teenager and how his mother a poet, who in the book is describe as having "wild mental imbalance" leaves the teenage Burroughs to live with Dr.Finch (his mothers crazy shrink) when his parents are in the middle of a divorce and his mother comes out as a lesbian. While life in the Finch household is wild with no limits, Burroughs describes how he becomes accustomed to life with the Finches, and how his mother goes through psychotic episodes through out his teenage life. Running with Scissors is full Burroughs experiences with the Finches and of the wild life style the finches lead which he integrates into through out the book. I highly recommend this book to most people, though this book is for mature readers as most parts of the book are X-rated. But this memoir is written excellently with a great writing style, and sense of humor I highly recommend that people read Running with Scissors as it is truly a terrific book.

My Favorite Book

Hey this is Imani and I want to tell you about my favorite book. It is called The Wanderer by Sharon Creech and it is about this girl named Sophie who's parents drowned when she was younger. Their death haunts her and causes her to pretend that her adopted family is her real one. This book is about her struggle within herself to embrace her identity.