Outiside Reading (The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver)

So, for my outside reading book I decided to read The Bean Trees. Being very sceptic when I first started reading it, I was pleasantly surprised with the very rural like language that's used. Also, I really like one of the main characters of the book, Taylor Greer. She's very quick witted which makes for very easy reading for me. But when the past of Turtle was mentioned, i almost cried. How can anyone abuse a helpless infant? Especially sexual abuse, that is the worst of them all! It makes me sick just to think about it.

I'm not sure what to think about the other character that the book switches to every other chapter though, it really confuses me. I know that Lou Ann and Taylor's stories are going to come together somehow, but I cant figure out just how. This makes the plot line a very fuzzy line to try and keep track of. This book reminds me of one a read awhile ago, Four Cups Of Tea is what I think it's called. That book also switched from many point of views during the book. The thing about that book though, is that from the very beginning of the book you knew how they were connected to one another. For me, this fact made it much easier to read than The Bean Trees.

For the project that my group has to do at the end of our book, we have decided to do a movie. It sounds like a lot of fun to make, and also a lot of fun to watch. The quality will probably be a little questionable, I'm not going to lie, but it will definitely be entertaining.