Hello
Im currently reading "Demon of the Air" by Simon Levack. It's a book about the azteks in the prime days of their society, right before the spanish conquest. The special thing about this book is that it tells the story of a simple slave, and not of the king or priests of the aztek empire. I have just started the book not too long ago, so the "adventure" has not yet started, but for now it is very interesting. Since this is the first time we are doing this, I would like to tell you about one of my favorite books - "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt. This book is actually Frank's autobiography, or at least its begging. It tells about Frank's life as a child of a poor family in the Irish town of Limrick. Some would say it is an endless whine, and has nothing more than "we are poor and hungry and my father left us", but I saw something very special in this book. I liked the way the story was told, and I liked the way Frank McCourt took us into a journey inside his young-self's mind, including all of the christian superstitions he belived as a child. I guess I was not the only one to have liked this book, since it had recieved the Pulitzer prize. Anyway, Angela's Ashes has two sequels, which tell about the rest of the author's life - "T'is", and the very new "Techer Man". I have read T'is, but since teaher man is very new and was only available in a hard cover edition, I decided to wait until a pocket book edition would be available. Amazon said it would recieve the pocket book edition in september 19th, but here comes the twist : just a few days ago I was in a local book store near my house, and there I saw "Teacher Man" in a pocket book edition! I was very surprised and happy, and ofcourse I emmedietely bought it. So I just wanted to seize that oppertunity to share with you my excitement about starting "Teacher Man" soon. It was one of the only times I ever wayted for a book to be published, and I got a very nice surprise. That's all for now!