Book or sleep? The hard choices in life :)

[alee_grrl]

For brain candy I decided to read Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed, a copy of which I found at the thrift store last week. It's a kid's chapter book, so while it deals with some heartbreaking topics and realities (animal welfare related) it does so in the same way that Roald Dahl and others do by balancing the grimness with humor and love. I'm a bit more than halfway through, and could easily finish it in another hour (or less). It is not a long book after all. I can sleep in tomorrow so I might just stay up and finish it. :D

Comments

[calissa]

Book or sleep? Ah, the perennial choice :D

I'm glad you're enjoying yourself.

[alee_grrl]

Thank you. The book won out, and it was sooooo goood. :D

[raze]

Aw, I have loved Berkeley Breathed since childhood and have both the poetry book by the same name, and the chapter book.

[alee_grrl]

I grew up reading him too. I'll have to find the poetry book, because I did not know it existed. Thank you for that tip. <3

ETA: Found the poetry book on amazon and added it to my wish list. :D

[raze]

Oh, it is a WONDERFUL, quirky little book of poems and artwork, and final the message at the end is lovely. Many of the characters in the chapter book are in the poetry book (which pre-dated it), so it's fun to have visuals of how they were imagined by the author.

[shanaqui]

Book or sleep? The hard choices in life :)

Book, every time.

[alee_grrl]

I've been pretty good about not staying up and reading all night for the past few years. It was kind of night to push that a little bit and know that I would be able to sleep in the next day. :D