I will have substantive content again in the near future, I promise. I’m still recovering from writing finals, grading finals, offering feedback on final grades, filling out grade correction forms, cleaning out my classroom (I accumulate a lot of junk in there over the course of a single year, and a large portion of that involves going, “What the fuck is this shit?” while trying not to say “fuck” or “shit” out loud at school), and hunting down all of the MAGIC DISAPPEARING PEOPLE who need to initial my check out list before I’m allowed to collect further paychecks from my place of employment. I’ve been doing a lot of doing, a lot of giving out; I haven’t had much of a chance to take anything in.
Which is why I want to read and to talk about books.
Book I most recently finished: Looks by Madeline George — It was an interesting mix of solid character development and frustrating stereotypes about eating and body size. I think I’m frustrated because these are the only stereotypes I see play out in books, especially young adult books. Telling the same tired story better does not impress me as much as does telling something new. I will be interested in reading more books from this author, but I am maybe not going to rush out to buy them new in hardcover.
Book I’m reading now: Requiem, the third book in Lauren Oliver’s Delirium series — I don’t remember how I came across the first book, but I know that I bought the second one new in hardcover (i.e., I wanted to read it badly enough that I didn’t want to wait until paperback or take the chance that it would make it to the used book store). This one I seriously considered pre-ordering because I was anticipating it. I didn’t, and then the book came out when I had no money and was super busy (you know, on a day that ended in Y), so I didn’t. But I’m reading it now and liking it a lot and hoping it will bring the whole trilogy nicely together and not sputter and flail (Mockingjay, I am looking at you).
Anyone else reading anything good, bad, ridiculous or mediocre?
