I had read this book some days back now, and I apologize that I’ve not been able to blog about it or blog period. It was a hectic weekend that started Thursday morning with my Technical Math finals.
In either case, The Prophet was amazing. A masterpiece that takes less than an hour to read and more than a lifetime to digest. Actually I had just recently lent a couple of books to a friend of mine but withheld this one knowing I needed it beside me for the rest of my life =P I’ve adopted it as my own personal poetic reference guide to love, children, marriage, work, giving, and other basic topics, all covered by the books main character, Almustafa.
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet was first publsihed in 1923 and has since been considered “universally inspiring.” Of course, the drama whore in me had to find a sort of scandal in this highly spiritual book, and whoever else has read this book, or will read it, please respond and tell me if you agree. Does it seem like Almustafa had a relationship with Almitra the seeres? Just something in the ending that left me sort of “Huh?”
Anyway, I definitely would recommend this book to everyone but probably will not be lending it out anytime soon. Sorry. It’s that good.
The next book I will be blogging about should be Crime and Punishment since I started and intend to finish reading it wherever it is. Most likely I will give up and just buy another copy tomorrow. It was really starting out to be a great page turner and I really don’t want to miss out on it anymore.
And as for the past weekend, it was a lot of studying for the finals, preparing for fall semester, cleaning and getting the house ready for Ray’s grandma’s visit. As well, we had our usual Friday night dinner, this time at Carabba’s, pool at the Pumphouse, and finished off at Finn’s. Ray had that bachelor’s party he attended Saturday night, and I had dinner and movies with my friend Carly and her husband Kyle. Oh, yeah, that’s a movie review in the making, though some people have already heard me ranting about it. Sunday Ray and I had dinner at his folks and then joined Ching, Brian, Brian’s parents, and everyone else at the Loony Bin and watched Ricky Gutierrez. And no worries, also a blog about that soon as well.
Tons and tons of stuff, happening all at once. Give me a little breather and I’ll be back, hopefully before Ray and I go back to Vegas for a visit, which we’re planning will be within the next two or three weeks.
