2019 Q4 Literature Appreciation Blog

The book I have been reading since my last post is  Elevation  by  Stephen King . Since my last reading a lot has happened. Scott Carey still has his disease and rapid weight loss and his friend Bob still can't find a name for this disease. As the days pass Scott is gradually losing more weight each day. Scott, after the race against Deidre, has now become friends with his neighbors and do all manner of things together. Although Scott is still losing weight he is just living out his life to the best of his ability before he dies. In the final pages of the book life becomes extremely difficult. He becomes so light he can't stay on the ground. He always floats around and can't control it. This makes simple tasks like cooking and even sleeping hard. At the end he gathers his friends Bob, Missy, and Deidre and reveals to his new friends (Deidre and Missy) his disease. After this he has Deirdre come to his house the next night and asks her to send him off into the sky. Deidre ...

The book I have been reading since my last post is Elevation by Stephen King . Since my last reading a lot has happened. Scott Carey still has his disease and rapid weight loss and his friend Bob still can't find a name for this disease. As the days pass Scott is gradually losing more weight each day. In addition to this he finds that his body is still not shrinking and that he feels light but doesn't look that way. Along with this new lightness he finds he can jump very high and swing on tree branches and lights in his house, and he also has more energy. He ends up competing in a 12 k in his city to test his new abilities. Along with Scott, his neighbor Deidre whom he is still on bad terms with is competing along his side as she is a former Olympic runner. As they start the race he stays in the middle for the first 8 kilometers and then starts to speed up to the front with Deidre and they are neck and neck. For the last kilometer they both give it all they got to beat each ot...

The book I am reading is Elevation by Stephen King . This book, a short but compelling story is about main character Scott Carey, who has a strange disease that causes him to lose weight at a rapid pace. Scott begins to make an interesting discovery that no matter what he wears he always weighs the same and no matter how much he eats he doesn't gain weight. So far, He has only told his friend Bob Ellis who was a former doctor that can't put a name on his disease, and is extremely fascinated with the fact that when Scott stands on the scale with weights he is still the same . In addition with his disease he is also in a battle with his neighbors next door Deidre McComb and Missy Donaldson who's dogs keep doing their business on his lawn. When Scott confronts his neighbors about their dogs Deidre becomes angry and wants nothing to do with Scott. As his life goes on he continues to lose weight at a rapid pace of about 2 pounds a day, and is scared of the day that he hits 0 lb...