Beasts of No Nation (21)

31 Dec 2006

Title: Beasts of No Nation
Author: Uzodinma Iweala
Genre: Fiction

This was a very short, very direct story about a child soldier in an unnamed West African nation. It was very disturbing. I'm not saying it wasn't good, but just, I didn't enjoy reading it. With a book like this perhaps the best compliment you can give is that it's disturbing and you didn't enjoy reading it.

With this short book, that I read in it's entirety today on New Year's Eve, my 2006 reading comes to a close. I'm very disappointed that I only managed to read 21 books this year. I don't make New Year's resolutions but it is a soft goal to read at least 40 books in 2007. With the 6 or 7 wonderful sounding books I received as holiday gifts I'm well on my way to getting started on that goal. Happy reading to everyone in 2007.

Posted by Michelle on Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 12:54 PM

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