Tell Me a Story

  Dear Readers, I am going to shift gears and use my writing blog, Tell Me a Story , as a way to help you guys find great books to read.  I hope they change and move you as they have changed and moved me. Every Sunday, I will create a new post and include a book I recommend you read.  Some will be old, some will be new.  This week I will be posting the novel I spoke about for our July read.  Moving forward, I will be shifting to Tell Me a Story focusing on short story collections.   I highly encourage you to check out one of my favorite author's novel, The House of the Spirits .  It is written in the style of magical realism and tells the story of several generations of a family in post-colonial Chile.   Let me know what you think of the book when you finish reading it or feel free to post questions in the comment section. Happy Reading! Dina

  Photo by Stephen Paterson on Unsplash         I apologize for not writing more posts about our June read of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest  by Ken Kesey named one of  Time Magazine's 100 Best English-Language Novels .  I just relocated from Chicago to Indianapolis and am in the process of creating a new life!     As we read, the novel is set in a psychiatric novel in Oregon and is narrated by a half Native American named "Chief" Bromden.  Bromden pretends to be deaf and mute and why is explained later in the novel.     There are several other characters introduced as the story progresses including two other main characters-- Randle Patrick McMurphy and Nurse Ratched.  The two have a highly antagonistic relationship primarily because Randle, as a new patient on the ward, is highly encouraging of change both in terms of rules of the ward and the spirits of the men.  I won't go into too much more of the plot but some things to consider is the topic of lobotomies