Catcher In The Blog

Ah at last, Catcher In The Rye is finished. I felt myself trudging through it at the end but that is not to say it was an enjoyable read. I really liked the character Holden Caulfield and his little catch phrases of 'that killed me...' and 'he is such a phony.' However over the course of two night he got himself into so much trouble and had a real little adventure that it really was hard to keep up. I felt myself re-reading over his and his old teacher's little coffee meeting, I mean was the paedophilia moment necessary when you are so close to the end? It turned out that Holden was actually quite sick which we got the foreshadowing of this happening, again quite close to the end, so maybe he was 'flunking' school and smoking like a chimney because of his illness, whether this be mental or physical we never find out. A good classic to get your teeth into, I would definitely recommend.

Next on the reading list is either To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee or some very heavy Virginia Woolf? I need to give this one some thought...
Film this afternoon is not such a great classic of 'The Ugly Truth' what do you think? Worth a watch?