Hole In My Life, pg. 1-54

The first chapter is called "look straight ahead." He starts out by saying the picture on the cover is of him in prison. He was always afraid of getting beat up for no reason. He came for a good family. He remembers, as a child, his father would point out all the criminals. His father implied once a criminal, always a criminal. Prison changed him for the better. He started writing in prison.

The second chapter is called "misfit." It starts when he's nineteen and living alone. In his junior year of high school, his family moved from Florida to Puerto Rico. He didn't care that he was moving. He didn't speak Spanish, so he couldn't go to public school, and his family couldn't afford private school. He got a job at a hotel. He moved into the hotel. However, he wanted to go back to school. He moves back to Florida to live with the Bacons. They needed the money from his rent. One night after partying, he came home at threw up everywhere. The Bacons kicked him out. Then, he found an ad for the King's Court in a newspaper. It was a welfare motel. He moves in. This place is kind of ghetto.

The next chapter is called "king's court." He settles in and goes to school. He decides that he needs to better his writing. He sets up a diary with four sections. His school was a former prison. It had been re-purposed. People drew explicit things on the walls. Someone drew a naked lady on the wall. Jack liked thinking about her because she looked BA. The only girl he liked in high school was his psychology teacher. He wrote her a letter to tell her he wanted to major in psychology. He just wanted to get closer to her. She told him she was leaving because she was pregnant. The last time he saw her was when he got framed with stolen goods. It was okay though because he just had to sign a form and was let go. One day at school, they had couple prisoners come in and tell them how prison sucks. He never thought he would go to prison because he was a good kid. Jack had a friend, Glen, who sold shirts. Glen invited Jack to a weed party. Jack went and left ASAP. Weed wasn't for Jack. Jack enjoyed living at the king's court. It was unique and people didn't believe he lived there. His family moved to St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. They were broke. Jack decided not to go to college and to move there with them to help out. He was accepted at the University of Florida but wasn't going.

The fourth chapter was called "pair of jacks." He grew sick of his life and wanted an adventure like in the book, On the Road. He quit his job and decided to move out of the king's court. Then, his friend Tim decided to visit. They got high and decided to become drug dealers for extra cash. They drove to Tallahassee and got hotel. Tim went to get the drugs but never came back. Jack left. He decided to drive around and visit the homes of his first authors. Then, he called Tim and found out he got busted. Jack lost two hundred dollars, which was a lot.

I am really enjoying this book. It's an easy read. I hate when books have a slow beginning, but this book doesn't have a slow beginning, so that's good.