TGIF: Books I'm Thankful For

TGIF is a feauture hosted by Ginger over at Greads!  Each week, a question is asked and bloggers can post about their answers!

Friday, Nov. 18th - Giving Thanks: Which books are you most thankful for receiving from other bloggers, friends, family members, or publishers?

I'm going to answer this post according to recent books I've recieved.


From other bloggers: The Predicteds from Angela at Book Angel, Dark Mirror from April at Book Away, and Daughter of Smoke and Bone from Ashley.


From Publishers:  Incarnate, Shatter Me, Everneath, and Arcadia Awakens from the wonderful people over at HarperTeen.  All those audiobooks from Macmillan Audio.  The Probablity of Miracles and the Future of Us from Razorbill.  Of course, there are many more books from publishers that I'm thankful for but, I can't list them all! :)


From Authors: The Pull of Gravity by Gae Polisner :) :)


Thanks to all! :)

A Rasin in the Sun by Lorraine Handsberry

Genre: Drama (Play format)
Source: Library
Series: Standalone
Buy It: The Book Depository
Challenge: No

This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena, called Mama. When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through, Mama dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago. Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans, however: buying a liquor store and being his own man. Beneatha dreams of medical school.

The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. Sacrifice, trust and love among the Younger family and their heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration. Winner of the NY Drama Critic's Award as Best Play of the Year, it has been hailed as a "pivotal play in the history of the American Black theatre." by Newsweek and "a milestone in the American Theatre." by Ebony.

     eh.  The only reason I picked up this book was because I had to read it for school.  I don't think that I would have picked it up otherwise but, I started reading it with an open mind.  If it wasn't a school night, it probably would've taken me an hour and a half to read but, I wound up finishing it in the morning.  In my opinion, A Raisin in the Sun was one of those books that wasn't great, wasn't awful, and wasn't special-at all.  It was completely "eh."  I actually thought that it was a little annoying and I rushed through it so that I would be done with it.