Thursday, January 14, 2010

Books

Okay. So I have this problem. I don't really know what to classify it as, because it consists of several different parts, but it is a problem nonetheless.

I have officially read 4 books in 2 weeks. And a play, but that was in English so it doesn't really count. I really don't know how I did that.
1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum...see previous post "The Wizard and I" as to how that affected me.
2. Paper Towns - John Green...this book took a spot in my top ten all time favorites. I read the first 2/3 of it within a day, and was really tempted to finish the last 1/3 the same night, but I was unfortunately falling asleep. I loved it all. It was amazing. I honestly don't even know what to say about it other than that. The last section is positively one of the most wonderful things I've ever read.
3. Please Stop Laughing at Me - Jodee Blanco...I had to read this for my English book chat. The second blog post isn't even due yet, but I've already finished the book. It was okay I guess. It was a quick read. I didn't hate reading it. I might have even liked reading it. Or maybe I was just anxious to get through it to read other things. It didn't change my life or anything, but it was alright.
4. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green...yeah, 'Paper Towns' kind of got me on a John Green kick. Katherines was nowhere near as good as 'Paper Towns,' but I still enjoyed it. It is without a doubt the nerdiest book I've ever read. But I'm a huge nerd, so I think it all works out in the end.

Here's the other part of the problem...I don't know what to read next. For Christmas, I got 'The Bell Jar,' which I'm looking forward to reading, but I'm too terrified to read it right now. I don't think junior year of high school is prime Sylvia Plath time, Jeanette Walls's 'Half-Broke Horses,' which is not a memoir, but it's about her grandma's life. (PS, if you haven't read 'The Glass Castle,' DO IT), and this interesting book of essays called 'This I Believe,' which is apparently in conjunction with National Public Radio (NPR). Since then, I've also purchased 'Freedom Writers Diary,' because book sales are incredibly dangerous for me ($7.50!!!) and I love that movie, pluse everyone says the book is really good and 'Pride and Prejudice,' because I've never read Jane Austen (shameful) and it was the one book on my Christmas list (Classic Christmas...I'm so funny) that I didn't get. Also I need to steal 'Looking for Alaska' from Wuh because I now feel compelled to conquer all of John Green's books.

I'm also an AP English student. Which means 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' are coming up soon.

So yeah. Do you see the problem?

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