weeks 24-28 (June 10 - July 14): books 28-36
28. Love Marriage, V.V. Ganeshanathan
29. The Silver Chair, C.S. Lewis (reread)
30. The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis (reread)
31. The Magician's Nephew, C.S. Lewis (reread)
32. The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis (reread)
33. Batman: Year One, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (Illustrator) (reread)
34. All-American Girl, Meg Cabot
35. Twilight, Stephanie Meyer
36. New Moon, Stephanie Meyer
It's been a while since I did one of these updates. Considering how quick some of these reads were, this isn't a lot of progress. But I just made a big library trip, so perhaps this means the next update will be full of interesting things.
Brief thoughts on the new-to-me books:
-In Love Marriage, the familial and political narratives were both interesting enough, and the narrator has a voice that I can relate to. However, the purposeful fragmentation of the narrative didn't actually seem to accomplish what Ganeshanathan's narrator claims it should. That is to say, things never really seemed to fall apart - the fragmentation wasn't jarring or confusing or something to puzzle through. It just was.
-I always have enjoyed fluffy teen lit, and I liked Princess Diaries, so I thought I'd give All-American Girl a try. I think I liked it even better than Princess Diaries. Definitely a guilty pleasure read, but I'll be picking up the sequel soon.
-The Twilight series is good, melodramatic, fluff. I'm not entirely getting sucked in by any of the lead characters, but I am still enjoying myself.
29. The Silver Chair, C.S. Lewis (reread)
30. The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis (reread)
31. The Magician's Nephew, C.S. Lewis (reread)
32. The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis (reread)
33. Batman: Year One, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (Illustrator) (reread)
34. All-American Girl, Meg Cabot
35. Twilight, Stephanie Meyer
36. New Moon, Stephanie Meyer
It's been a while since I did one of these updates. Considering how quick some of these reads were, this isn't a lot of progress. But I just made a big library trip, so perhaps this means the next update will be full of interesting things.
Brief thoughts on the new-to-me books:
-In Love Marriage, the familial and political narratives were both interesting enough, and the narrator has a voice that I can relate to. However, the purposeful fragmentation of the narrative didn't actually seem to accomplish what Ganeshanathan's narrator claims it should. That is to say, things never really seemed to fall apart - the fragmentation wasn't jarring or confusing or something to puzzle through. It just was.
-I always have enjoyed fluffy teen lit, and I liked Princess Diaries, so I thought I'd give All-American Girl a try. I think I liked it even better than Princess Diaries. Definitely a guilty pleasure read, but I'll be picking up the sequel soon.
-The Twilight series is good, melodramatic, fluff. I'm not entirely getting sucked in by any of the lead characters, but I am still enjoying myself.