What did you expect?
January has a new record attached to it. In the span of my most recent years (being the last two) I read more books in January than I did in any other month. 21 is the grand total. Be proud of me, please. This is a huge feat, coming from the girl who only managed to read 4 books all summer (and that comes down to one book a sad month...) Some celebration is due. I think I'll go watch a movie. Galaxy Quest is always fabulous.
Since my last update I have read several interesting books, one of which would be An Abundance of Katherines. That book finished the work that The Royal Tennenbaums had begun and helped me to understand once and for all that I am well pleased that I skipped the whole child prodigy thing. Subject settled. Also, John Green (the author) may be the genius that Colin (the character) so badly wished he was. Even if the actual math formula was his friend's invention.
I read a weird book by Ursula Le Guin called Very Far Away from Everywhere Else. It confused me. Why, when her fabulous mind contains world upon world of amazing characters and the circumstances that surround them, did she write a book about confused teenagers in the world that I already have to live in? If I wanted to read about people similar to me in somewhat similar situations I need only turn to Cecil Castellucci who wrote about it much better in Boy Proof. Yikes. Did I just say that? Did I just sort of indicate that I was displeased with one of The Queen's books. Er...Well.
Hey, on a better note I bought a book! From an independent secondhand bookseller!! Be proud of me Leila. I bought a book called Amphigory Too by Edward Gorey. He's the guy who I know mostly for his illustrations in Joan Aiken's books. Which are cool and creepy. Tucked in among the tattered graphic novels and comic books I found a whole collection of illustrations by the man, in the form of short stories. Weird and vaguely disturbing stories, the perfect match for his bizarre black and white imaginings. I bought the book impulsively and got the bookseller all excited by doing so. Apparently, I have fabulous taste. I'm all right with that opinion. :)
Since my last update I have read several interesting books, one of which would be An Abundance of Katherines. That book finished the work that The Royal Tennenbaums had begun and helped me to understand once and for all that I am well pleased that I skipped the whole child prodigy thing. Subject settled. Also, John Green (the author) may be the genius that Colin (the character) so badly wished he was. Even if the actual math formula was his friend's invention.
I read a weird book by Ursula Le Guin called Very Far Away from Everywhere Else. It confused me. Why, when her fabulous mind contains world upon world of amazing characters and the circumstances that surround them, did she write a book about confused teenagers in the world that I already have to live in? If I wanted to read about people similar to me in somewhat similar situations I need only turn to Cecil Castellucci who wrote about it much better in Boy Proof. Yikes. Did I just say that? Did I just sort of indicate that I was displeased with one of The Queen's books. Er...Well.
Hey, on a better note I bought a book! From an independent secondhand bookseller!! Be proud of me Leila. I bought a book called Amphigory Too by Edward Gorey. He's the guy who I know mostly for his illustrations in Joan Aiken's books. Which are cool and creepy. Tucked in among the tattered graphic novels and comic books I found a whole collection of illustrations by the man, in the form of short stories. Weird and vaguely disturbing stories, the perfect match for his bizarre black and white imaginings. I bought the book impulsively and got the bookseller all excited by doing so. Apparently, I have fabulous taste. I'm all right with that opinion. :)