So sad, so good

Two excellent books for the reading:

Tuesdays with Morrie

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Both are written by Mitch Albom. I have been recommending them to people by telling them how much I cried. Turns out not everybody rates the quality of a book by how big their used tissue pile is at the end. So I will tell you that they have other redeeming qualities beside the fact that they are sad. Actually, Tuesdays with Morrie isn't very sad until the end. And then you are expecting it, so it's not so bad.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven was amazing. I had assumed that it was some crazy religious book like "Chicken Soup for the Afterlife", but not at all. It was so cool. I love different concepts of heaven. This had the feel of The Lovely Bones (also great), where heaven is different to different people. The five people who wait to talk to you when you first get to heaven may be people you know, or complete strangers, but they have all changed your life or been changed by it. The story follows Eddie who reminds me so much of my dad it hurts. That's probably why I cried so much. It starts with Eddie dying, and shows who he meets in heaven and what he learns about his life. I guess the theme would be something about how we are all connected. I dunno, I haven't written a book report in 10 years and for those I used Cliffsnotes.

Everyone should read this book. It's short, it's good, and I cried. I give it 2 tissues up.