Hello everyone!! It's been a loooong year and I have successfully completed my freshman year of college!!! Yay me. It's been a shame that I have had to give up Blogging though, a day does not go by when I do not miss it! That said, I am going to try and make more time for blogging, whether its as simple as posting the title of a great book or writing a full blown review. This post is a little of an inbetweener.
At my university, we have what is called a Common Reading Experience, which is when all the freshman read a book prior to coming to campus in the fall. This year, the selection was The Unforgiving Minute by Craig Mullaney. Because I am a freshman mentor, I have to read the book also, and Thank God For that!!!! Here is my mini-review of The Unforgiving Minute, followed by my QLC---favorite quote, lesson learned and the character I most relate to.
The Unforgiving Minute was an exceptionally amazing read!!!! At first I was really reluctant to read it. I felt as though I would not be able to connect with the characters, but once I go past that and started reading deeper into the book, I thoroughly enjoyed it! One of the reasons I LOVE this book so much is that there is soo much to learn from Mullaney from his experiences. Also because I definitely gained a better understanding and greater appreciation for the military. This is the first non-fiction and "grown up" book I've read in years and it was amazing. Not only do I actually want to re-read the book to catch what all I missed the first time around, I always want to read more books like this one; expand my horizon form just YA Fiction to life-changing, soul seeking.
Quotes:
1. "No Excuse Sir." this is because there are a
lot of things we do in life which literally are inexcusable. We need to learn
to take charge of our actions and be able to learn from our mistakes.
2. "Pain is weakness leaving the body." and
"If you're going through Hell, keep going." These two are very
inspirational and it gives you hope in your worst of times. They remind you of
what your end goal is and it keeps you going.
Life Lesson:
"doing everything right might still entail
heart-wrenching consequences." life is unpredictable, you can do
everything right and still something goes wrong. it doesn't mean it's you fault
or you could have avoiding that wrong-doing, it just means you did everything
you could but some things are just meant to happen. and you need to learn to
accept that.
Character:
I believe I was more like Mullaney. One of the reasons he
went to West Point was so he could have something to connect with his father, I
am the same way. I live to make my parents proud. He wanted to badly to protect
his brother that he didn't want to share his story with him. I always want to
protect my siblings and seek their approval also. As an older sibling, you
always want your younger siblings to be able to look up to you and see is great
image of you with no faults. Mullaney seemed to not have great confidence in
some of his decisions but he quickly overcame that. I am the same way, it takes
me a long time to make a decision and even then, until i see it all the way
through, I second guess myself a lot. I hope that I can one day be like
Mullaney and be able to come at peace with myself that I did and am doing all
that I can for what is best for me and the ones I love.
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