Cannery Row

So after reading all that Harry Potter, I was still itching to read, which I do more with books when my computer doesn't work, but at the same time when I'm on my computer I read so much on the computer and on the internet....

Anyways, my friend Cate gave me a suggestion, Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Was it good? I can't say... I definitely liked it. It was different from Harry Potter.

I loved Mack and the boys, they were all so good natured. Lee Chong always made me laugh and Doc was great as well. As were Dora and her girls.

It's so different to read about these small towns and their close communities when I live in what seems like a big town, which I do. There's no grocer down the street, there's no local doctor, and there are not cat houses that I am aware of.

Looking back at Cannery Row, the only thing that I can even think of comparing it to is Of Mice and Men because it's the only other Steinbeck I've read. I think Steinbeck does a real good job of creating believable characters and these tight-knit group of men... at least in both of his books that I've read.

Cannery Row was a good short read after Harry Potter.