Reading 2012

[vjs2259]

I've notice many people discussing what they wrote and read and watched the past year. I can't give an exhaustive list by any means, but I was thinking about my on-and-off media consumption habits and what it all MEANS. Which is not much, but it's a post, eh? First we'll do books, since that's the longest list.

I re-read the Anne of Green Gables

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[kungfuwaynewho]

Ah I love book/media posts! A bunch of people at work were defensive about reading YA, proffering all these reasons and excuses for it (oh, it's easy when I'm busy; I want to be able to knowledgeably recommend to young readers when they ask; I read what my kid wants to read first). And I was like, YA is great. Not all of it, same as everything, Sturgeon's Law, but there is some great fiction out there written for a teen audience. No reasons necessary.

I love the Anne series, from start to finish. Anne of the Island is probably my favorite, followed by the first two, and then Rilla of Ingleside. I do love all the boys going off to war, the girls at home, Rilla becoming a woman; it really affected me as a young reader, the idea that stories could continue, that new characters could be introduced, that things didn't end just because the writer stopped writing.

You've reminded me that I need to post my media lists. I have them all written up in my little notebook, but I haven't typed them up since, like, June. Not that anyone cares, but I like to have a quickly-accessible list wherever I am.

[vjs2259]

Accessible to teens doesn't mean restricted to teens, right? I find myself in the YA section all the time. Even the kids section. Where else can I find my Daniel Pinkwater books?

I never want things to end, even when they end well.

[kungfuwaynewho]

Definitely not! I totally read picture books all the time at work, hee.

[vjs2259]

I love picture books. I have some of my own and some of that my boys have outgrown that I'll never give up reading. Creating picture books must be like writing poetry, words (if any) and images that are distilled simplicity.