The book Thats Not A Feeling by Dan Josefson is about a young boy who gets tricked into by his parents to attend a boarding school in upstate New York for troubled kids. This book is about the hardships of a boarding school. Throughout the reading Josefson was not exactly consistent with his voice and seemed to be a little shy at first. After the first reading he seemed to be more comfortable and warm up a bit.
Like i said this is a book about a boarding school for troubled kids. The first person you meet at the school is Ellie and in Josefson's first reading she is giving Benjamin, the main character, the tour of the school and introducing him to everyone such as the fat kid Pudding. The head master Aubrey develops an unnamed illness about half way through the book and as his health declines so does the quality of the school. In my opinion i would buy this book and from what I've heard from the reading i would also recommend it to friends.
As far as the reading goes he seemed incredibly shy at first. After the first reading he slowed down a bit and stopped stuttering for the most part. Although he stopped stuttering he wasn't very emotional and applied a very monotone voice while reading. Since he's an author and not a public speaker i wont really factor in his voice when deciding to buy the book.
His Q&A was very interesting because we found out that he worked at a boarding school and thats where he got his inspiration for the book. He answered all the questions brilliantly and gave a lot of insight when it came to revision. Hopefully in the future i can take his advice and maybe even write a book of my own.
