The Boyfriend List, etc.
If Carina is Jessica Darling then I would like to be Ruby Oliver (though I am actually Lee Fiora—*sob). The Boyfriend List made me realize that I do need a shrink. Should I be making lists like this too? Girls, we need to talk about this series in person.
Currently reading: The Boy Book
How we holdin’ up, guys?
So, as you probably have heard, because I’ve been prattling on and on about it, I’ve got a new book blog! I’ve been reading like crazy the past few days, and it’s a great feeling—one that I kinda want to never go away, but have a feeling that it inevitably will—and I’ve been making a conscious effort to make more thoughtful assessments of books… Just because I think it will really help me both as a reader and a writer.
John Green said that one of the best things he has done before he became a successful writer is writing reviews for a publication. I think it’s important that we are able to sort through the messages in the book and articulate them in the most premium way. I don’t know… but it’s much more fun when you actually get all the layers of the story, no?
So, it’s kind of funny how this has evolved into some kind of support group instead of an actual book club. I’ve already posted my thoughts on Mockingjay, but talking to the both of you, I think maybe I’ve changed my mind on some parts. It’s not as amazing as I initially thought it was. I think I just got caught up with all the craziness that led to that even crazier ending. I mean, what even!
You can post your thoughts here, too. We can all mourn, etc. And then, you know, if you want to re-read the series, I’m all for that. If only to wash away the bitter taste that Mockingjay left in my mouth. I miss Peeta and Katniss and the Hunger Games and the cheese and Peeta’s cheesy bread and their love~* I think I will go write fic to console myself.
Lover, I Haven’t Been Any Good
I’ve been punishing myself since mid-July to make up for thesis frakkage.
- No buying new books.
- No buying old books.
- No reading fun stuff.
- No borrowing fun stuff.
- No YA till Mockingjay.
- No YA till you get your A.
This is sort-of my life right now. I apologize for being useless.
Let’s not allow this to decay.
Hoy Carina and Karen.
BLOG! :D
Labyoo.
It’s always a joy to rip off the tape on cardboard boxes, revealing a glorious set of freshly packaged books. Not to mention, the scent of new book paper sets my excited hormones ajitter.
So let me tell you about these new books which I plan to read probably after the 2 Percy Jacksons Karen lent me.
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer: A sci-fi novel about a young clone who is being raised to provide spare organs for the powerful drug lord known as “El Patrón”.
- Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller: Non-religious thoughts on Christian Spirituality.
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss: A novel in the form of a homage to things lost, as well as to unsolved mysteries.
- The 13 and a half Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers: (details were too long to c/p) In a nutshell, it’s a sci-fi novel which involves a furry blue bear named, uh, Bluebear. Oh, it involves Atlantis too.
- Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures by Walter Moers: Again, sci-fi which involves fuzzy creatures.
Grrr, I don’t know which to start on first. Hay, so many books, so little time.
Source for book descriptions except for those by Moers:
Behold, WIKIPEDIA :p :p :p
If you’ve spoken to me about books in real life, you would know that this is one of my favorite YA novels. And I know the sappiness of the book is a far contrast to the two “darker” novels in this blog SO FAR. But I hope that the following paragraph would compel you to buy it if you haven’t read it, or draw your senses to reading it again for old times’ sake. If you hated it, then I hope I could convince you to give it another shot.
At one point of your life: if you felt awkward and vulnerable and brave and scared and resilient but wavering, and you felt that this world was inadequate because you have this burning fire of passion and energy and love…this beautiful love which is strange and empowering…consuming you. If you felt fragile and misunderstood and invincible and infinite all at the same time. If you felt all these, and could still manage to burst into song and talk about rainbows and butterflies and the beauty of this broken world and smile despite life’s ironies…then this is the perfect book for you.
I finished Middlesex this afternoon. You know that sense of loss when you finish a book that matters? You know the ones that you feel grateful enough to have gotten the chance to read? Well that’s me. Walking around in a stupor. Went to the bookshelf tonight to figure out what to read next, and went “nope too soon”. I hope the next book I open comes close to the experience I had with Middlesex, but I have my doubts.
Not really related to anything we’re reading/gushing about right now, but for Karen, who was thinking of reading this. Which is to say, you probably should. :)
Thank you, Urban Dictionary, for speaking the truth.
