Dry by Augusten Borroughs Pg 121-243

So far, not much has changed for the main character. He is still sober, working on his job, and so on. One of the minor characters, Greer, actually plays a bigger part than i thought in the book. Greer was the person who eventually made Augusten go to rehab in the first place. She is his partner in the advertising business. Greer, although she has a very cold personality, must actually care about Augusten. Although she made him go to rehab to save her own and his job, when he comes back, she is always checking on him and making sure he is okay. Greer keeps Augusten in check. These two characters are foil characters. Greer is hardworking, strict, and put-together, while Augusten is a slacker, and really has messed up his life. By putting these two characters together, Greer's sharpness is emphasized, and Augusten's sloppiness is also emphasized. This minor character adds a lot to the book.

Dry by Augusten Burroughs Pg 30-121

So far, I am loving this book. Augusten is an alcoholic who is sent to rehab by his job. So far, he has made it out of rehab and has been sober for over a month. Now, Augusten is going to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) Meetings so that he can stay clean. This can be connected to the previous book I read, Fight Club. In fight club, Tyler, an insomniac, goes to random meetings with cancer, parasite, tumor, and other kinds of patients. Listening to how unfortunate these other people's lives were made him feel better about himself and helped him to sleep. In Dry, Augusten realizes from these meetings that his situation is not a bad as a lot of other alcoholics' situations and this drives him to continue to try to stay sober. In both books, the drive for the main characters to accomplish their goals is seeing that if people worse off than them could do it, so could they. I'm really liking the book Dry because it is a true story, so it really shows how people can overcome addictions.

Dry by Augusten Burroughs Pg 1-30

The book Dry by Augusten Burroughs is a memoir about an alcoholic trying to get through rehab. So far in the book, Augusten's job has realized that he has a drinking problem and is forcing him to go to rehab or lose his job. At first, Burroughs is reluctant to go, but after he accepts, he begins to feel as if rehab will be sort of a vacation for him. He drinks as much as possible in the 3 days before he has to go to rehab, trying to stock up on as much alcohol as he can before he has to cut off his drinking. In one moment of the book, I love how the author describes Augusten's bosses actions in comparison with her emotions. After Augusten shows up late to a meeting at work as a result of his drinking, his boss scolds him and gets very angry. As she is leaving, he says "Her heels sound like ice picks on the marble floor." (11) His boss is angry, and ice picks are sharp and usually cold, so I love how he affiliates the two. So far, I am loving this book. It was actually recommended to me by a friend, and I would also recommend it. It only gets better as it goes on.

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (pgs 95-end)

Fight Club was a great book. I liked the ending a lot. Towards the end of the book, the narrator finds out that Tyler Durden is not real friend of his but in fact more like an imaginary friend. Tyler Durden is in fact a separate personality of the narrator. This other personality, Tyler has created something separate from fight club, something called Project Mayhem. This project is designed to destroy cooperate America, and in this project, Tyler and his followers have planted bombs in the tallest building of the city. When the narrator realizes that his alternate personality has done this, he tries to stop it from happening. This is when the movie and the book get a little different. In the book, the narrator decides to shoot himself in the mouth, the only decision he has control over, and wakes up in a hospital, with his alternate personality's (Tyler) followers waiting for him to continue Project Mayhem. In the movie, when he shoots himself, his alternate personality just dies and he is left standing to watch the building blow to pieces. Personally, I like the movie ending more because it finishes the story more. With the book's ending, I am left wondering whats going to happen. I love Palahnuick's storyline and I love how he made the narrator and the other main character the same person. You can tell that the narrator began to think he was crazy by the end of the book because his narrating style changed a lot. It was a little confusing, but I would recommend this book to anyone who can stand violence and a bit of profanity. I LOVED this book.

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (pgs 1-63)

When I found out Fight Club was a book I was really excited to read it, because i had just watched the movie a few days before. So far, it's almost exactly like the movie, even word for word, so while I was reading the book I could actually visualize the characters. So far in the book, the two main characters, the man narrating the story (no name given) and Tyler Durden have started a secret club in which men fight. They fight for fun and because it makes them feel like they can accomplish something. Tyler and the narrator develop a strong bond with each other while living with each other. Neither of them have any family, so they keep each other close. Overall, the narrator learns a lot from the fights in fight club. "You aren't alive anywhere like you're alive at fight club." he says. "Fight club isn't about winning or losing fights. Fight club isn't about words." This quote sums up the book into 2 sentences, I think. The narrator is not so successful at his job, or at many other things he does, but when he goes to fight club none of that matters. All that matters is fighting. I love this book because I love how the author has created a club in the book to which anyone of any class, race, or religion can go, and not be judged. I find it really interesting also how the narrator copes with his life, as he seems quite apathetic about it. He basically lives for fight club. I love this book so far and hope that it gets even better!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Whole Book)

This summer I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In this book, Harry sets off on a journey to find and destroy his enemy, Voldemort. His two best friends, Ron and Hermione follow him on this very important adventure. Throughout the book, the 3 friends develop an even stronger bond between them, and their relationships with each other begin to change as they become closer. Ron and Hermione even start to date! By the end of the book I couldn't put it down. It was so good! I find it so interesting how J.K. Rowling tied this book to the rest of the series so perfectly. Everything was planned out so that it would all fit together in the end. Personally, I think this is the best Harry Potter book, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy, and even people who dont, because a lot of it is about the friendship and adventure.