For One More Day

I finished my third Mitch Albom novel this morning, For One More Day and it definitely did not disappoint. I read his previous novels about two years ago and fell in love with the way he tells his stories. Each book is fairly short and a very quick read. The stories are filled with life lessons that make you think and re-evaluate your life and the way you are living it. This book followed the story of Chick Benetto who was a previous professional baseball player who tried to take his life, but failed. He was given a second chance. The book goes back and forth between him telling the story of his attempted suicide and the story of his childhood and what it was like growing up with his mother. He was a daddy's boy even after his father left his family and throughout the rest of his life he questioned the actions of his mother and how she chose to raise her family. The creativity of how the story was told is what amazed me. I finished the book in two days and tried to read in almost every spare moment. I wanted to re-read the other two books as soon as I finished it, but I have so many other books taking up my shelf that I need to read. So I began No Limits by Michael Phelps and will try to read them another time after I've finished a few others.