Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.
day 01 | a song
day 02 | a picture
day 03 | a book
day 04 | a site
day 05 | a youtube clip
day 06 | a quote
day 07 | whatever tickles your fancy
Today is officially two days in one, because honestly, that's what it felt like. Ahhh, work stress, how you have decided to kick your heels in my brain cavity this week. It's actually my own doing since I am trying to get the ball rolling on Stuff Due before I head out on my family trip next week -- and I hesitate to say "vacation" because I am almost afraid of an entire week of relentless bonding. I mean, it's all love until I start dreaming of estrangement. Kidding! Mostly.
That aside, I hope you are all celebrating Banned Books Week accordingly! I started reading The Hunger Games earlier this week. I finally caved in and bought it after despairing over my public library's wait list. But it was so worth my Costco discounted price! I actually had trouble sleeping Sunday night, like visions of sugar plums were dancing in my head, or something.
Okay, I love teenage girl protagonists about a thousand times more than boy protagonists (sorry, Holden), and so it is on par that I loved Katniss from the get-go. And she is badass in a no-nonsense way that is totally refreshing. And then I got to Prim, and that pretty much sealed the deal. If you want me to love a book wholeheartedly, all you have to do is whisper SISTER RELATIONSHIPS and I will coming running. The hills are alive! With the sound of my heart breaking.
It's a dystopian future, guys. I probably shouldn't have enjoyed the suffering so much, but it hits all of my book kinks that I developed as a kid: heroines being heroic, surviving in the wild, and I'm almost embarrassed to admit, but hurt/comfort, ahaha. I knew from the beginning that there was the makings of a love triangle, which I normally hate, but I am putting my faith that it'll be handled -- well, in a way that won't make me curl up in ball of sadness. Because I always, always pick The One that will get kicked to the curb. Oh, Mellark! So sweet and steadfast and with a tragic name (he is the baker's son and HIS NAME IS PEETA. How can he get the girls? AN UPHILL BATTLE OF WILLS?). I haven't read the second book yet, but I'm hoping that the story's just as riveting, so that I don't really have to invest much in the boy sitch. I want to learn more about the other districts! And Panem! And Prim's goat!
One thing that stuck out about the books is that they feel weirdly asexual for YA. I understand that Kat has things on her mind other than boys, like hey, KEEPING HER FAMILY FROM STARVING, but I could not buy that she hadn't thought about her studly older boy best friend at all in That Way. I mean, she's grown up fast, has her head on straight, is utterly unromantic, and I get that. But it's not about acting on anything, or even crushing (attractiveness is relative, and the gene pool seems to be shrinking in the Seam), because come on, she is sixteen. There's disinterest or denial, but hormones do things to you, like against your will almost, I swear.
Anyway, I almost had to cut off my arm from buying the sequel at Borders the other day, but I am delaying the inevitable 'til the last possible moment before I pack up and ship out. Catching Fire is meant to be plane reading, self. Stop contemplating that there is still one hour and eight minutes left before the nearest bookstore conglomerate may kick me off its premises.
I wish I knew about some Cool Hip Website like all you Cool Hip Kids do, but the fact is that I steal from you all everything ever. So here's just some website that I am in all likelihood regifting (you're welcome):
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes -- because knowledge is half the battle.
day 02 | a picture
day 03 | a book
day 04 | a site
day 05 | a youtube clip
day 06 | a quote
day 07 | whatever tickles your fancy
Today is officially two days in one, because honestly, that's what it felt like. Ahhh, work stress, how you have decided to kick your heels in my brain cavity this week. It's actually my own doing since I am trying to get the ball rolling on Stuff Due before I head out on my family trip next week -- and I hesitate to say "vacation" because I am almost afraid of an entire week of relentless bonding. I mean, it's all love until I start dreaming of estrangement. Kidding! Mostly.
That aside, I hope you are all celebrating Banned Books Week accordingly! I started reading The Hunger Games earlier this week. I finally caved in and bought it after despairing over my public library's wait list. But it was so worth my Costco discounted price! I actually had trouble sleeping Sunday night, like visions of sugar plums were dancing in my head, or something.
Okay, I love teenage girl protagonists about a thousand times more than boy protagonists (sorry, Holden), and so it is on par that I loved Katniss from the get-go. And she is badass in a no-nonsense way that is totally refreshing. And then I got to Prim, and that pretty much sealed the deal. If you want me to love a book wholeheartedly, all you have to do is whisper SISTER RELATIONSHIPS and I will coming running. The hills are alive! With the sound of my heart breaking.
It's a dystopian future, guys. I probably shouldn't have enjoyed the suffering so much, but it hits all of my book kinks that I developed as a kid: heroines being heroic, surviving in the wild, and I'm almost embarrassed to admit, but hurt/comfort, ahaha. I knew from the beginning that there was the makings of a love triangle, which I normally hate, but I am putting my faith that it'll be handled -- well, in a way that won't make me curl up in ball of sadness. Because I always, always pick The One that will get kicked to the curb. Oh, Mellark! So sweet and steadfast and with a tragic name (he is the baker's son and HIS NAME IS PEETA. How can he get the girls? AN UPHILL BATTLE OF WILLS?). I haven't read the second book yet, but I'm hoping that the story's just as riveting, so that I don't really have to invest much in the boy sitch. I want to learn more about the other districts! And Panem! And Prim's goat!
One thing that stuck out about the books is that they feel weirdly asexual for YA. I understand that Kat has things on her mind other than boys, like hey, KEEPING HER FAMILY FROM STARVING, but I could not buy that she hadn't thought about her studly older boy best friend at all in That Way. I mean, she's grown up fast, has her head on straight, is utterly unromantic, and I get that. But it's not about acting on anything, or even crushing (attractiveness is relative, and the gene pool seems to be shrinking in the Seam), because come on, she is sixteen. There's disinterest or denial, but hormones do things to you, like against your will almost, I swear.
Anyway, I almost had to cut off my arm from buying the sequel at Borders the other day, but I am delaying the inevitable 'til the last possible moment before I pack up and ship out. Catching Fire is meant to be plane reading, self. Stop contemplating that there is still one hour and eight minutes left before the nearest bookstore conglomerate may kick me off its premises.
I wish I knew about some Cool Hip Website like all you Cool Hip Kids do, but the fact is that I steal from you all everything ever. So here's just some website that I am in all likelihood regifting (you're welcome):
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes -- because knowledge is half the battle.