I shall explain.
I recently asked a fellow book loving co-worker for a recommendation. He and I have a lot of the same tastes in books along the nerdier vein. We both love LOTR, and he is the one who introduced me to the Fables series of graphic novels comic books. With the exception of all the truly girl crap I love, I could be a 14-year-old boy. In any event, he recommended a book I had never heard of and when he told me what it was about I raised an eyebrow and said, “Really?”
It’s a book about rabbits called Watership Down.
Apparently this book is very well known and sometimes cited as a children’s novel because the author, Richard Adams, wrote it from stories he made up for his own children. Others argue that it’s not really a children’s book and I agree. I think it’s more of a high school level summer read than a book for children. This ain’t your typical Green Eggs and Ham type stuff. (The author actually had some trouble getting it published because publishers he went to couldn’t determine who the audience would be.)
I must admit I’m only about 200 pages in (out of about 500) and I’m enjoying it very much. It’s surprising how a book about rabbits has really pulled me in, but honestly it’s just a good story. The writing style isn’t what has grabbed me, even though it is well written. These rabbits have unique personalities and traits. And while they do “speak” to each other they also maintain their natural rabbit features of burrowing and fighting. I’m happy the author decided to learn more about rabbits in nature so that these rabbits aren’t knitting or wearing bonnets.
Quite like LOTR, it’s really just the story of a journey for a motley crew of outcasts and their search for a safer place to live. I’m finding this book has a lot of wonderful characters who look out for each other and rise to the occasion when they are needed, but also make time to play, smell the flowers, and run.
And thus, I’m thankful for rabbits.
Happy Friday.
I think once upon a time I was required to read this book for school (but I can't recall which grade) or possibly just excerpt from it. Regardless, I can't recall what it was about and I likely didn't read the whole thing (I never seemed to have time to read required books the whole way through). Maybe I'll have to check it out now that I'm capable of reading for the sake of reading and not because I *have* to.
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Awesome!
I had to read this at some point in middle school. I remember liking it. I bet it would be fun to go back and read it again now.
I wasn't scared or puzzled…..
I love that book, man. LOVE.
Have you read Y: The Last Man?
Never read the book but saw the movie in 1978 when it first came out. Would love to get my hands on it again as i think I probably didn't "get" it since I was only 8 years old.
I was thinking after our dinner conversation the other night that we should just start a book club. Ya know, for women who actually do like to read the book, but also can enjoy the chat over wine. 🙂