Are Snippets Enough??

  Having just suffered through, The Guest Book by Sarah Blake, I took pause.
  I did not like anything about this book, but I don't concentrate as well in the summer.
  I almost never, dislike a book, and if I do, I will not finish it. I stayed with this mixed up story, wondering why.
  So I decided to see what, if anything, I had highlighted. What snippets of pearls, did I need to read again. There were many, and wicked, awesome. How can these many great sentences and parts of, end up being a bad book. I even thought, maybe I should read it again, in winter?? ( not happening)
   I leave you here with some highlighted material, of a not good read.
               1. What good could come of flushing everything up to the top! ( Nothing!!)
               2. drank in his smell ( delish)
               3. Someone once asked me if I thought there was a story for each of us. ( For sure)
               4. You got to have an endgame. You've got to give people the tools to get them there.
               5. "It's all over your face." He was smiling. " A girl like me ought not to look out loud."
               6.  " The ought's" ( think about that for awhile!)
               7. venom is best defanged by calm.
               8. Words are just empty boxes stacked on a shelf.
               9. Adumbrating ( I had to look that up!!)
              10. tumescent quiet
              11. it ceded glory to daylight, which lingered, longing to stay
That is just a snippet of highlighted stuff, and it was not enough. I did not care about these people nor could I keep up with who was who?? Honestly I could not connect the dots in the family, or what time period they were talking about. It baffled me, and caused me to think about how often, all we get are snippets of someone's life. Texting, email, facebook, cards or letters ( if you are lucky), have we lost connecting the dots. Listened to someone tell their story? How was your day? What are you doing? OK, and nothing are snippets!! and it is not enough.
  I probably overshare my thoughts and day to day hoopla, but you know where I am coming from. You share my grief and my joys. I hope you learn from my mistakes and my victories.. I tell my story, in pieces but you get the idea.
  The book was not good to me, but it taught me a lesson. So was it really a good book?
  I need to listen more, look at a person in the eyes, and hold onto their story, long or short.
  I do love the highlighted verse though!!
  Highlight something good, everyday!!
  Yes, even a snippet.