I'm reading ANNE FRANK: THE BOOK, THE LIFE, THE AFTERLIFE by Francine Prose. Good reviews convinced me to buy it. I've always been captivated by the diary. I'm not very far into the book, but so far it's intriguing. Prose looks at the diary as a piece of literature and posits that Anne approached the writing of the diary very much like a professional writer would approach the creation of a piece intended for an audience. If Anne was indeed that astute, it makes her diary even that much more remarkable. I didn't realize the diary had gone through so much actual revision by Anne herself.
I finished UNDER THE DOME in three weeks. I was proud of myself for doing so, considering I was at my busiest, working about 60 hours a week. I thought it was great. How Stephen King can keep people wanting to turn the page over the course of 1,100 pages is remarkable. I found some of the characters a bit cliched, but oh well, it was a slick read.
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That's a really fascinating look into the diary of Anne Frank! I'll have to check out that book for myself.
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