I might as well be honest, I did not enjoy too many of the books we read this quarter. I guess this is due to the fact that the topic of the American family as the plot of a book holds no real interest for me.

The Shinning was far more interesting because it had outside forces influencing the characters. Unlike Bastard out of Carolina, in which the father Glen, was an evil, heartless son of a bi*$#, the Shinning dad Jack Torance was driven to evil through the ghosts in the Overlook. I found this to be much more interesting than reading about what a looser Glen was and how he took it out on his step-daughter.

All in all, I would have to recommend some different books for next quarter.