Just this one time.

-Erin

I've recently discovered I don't really have a "kind" of book that defines me. But I'm used to having favorites. What's wrong with me?

You know how it goes, I like lots of music, but I'll always be a country girl.

And so many colors inspire me, but green will always have my heart.

And while I might enjoy a cold coke on a hot summer day, it will always be dr. pepper whose taste I crave.

I've found that while trying to put myself in a box when it comes to books maybe the best thing is to just realize that I know what I like and it doesn't have to fall into any specific category. I like lots of young adult and I like plenty of fantasy and a little romance never hurt anyone and politics always keeps things interesting.

So I'll just keep reading and when I come across something I like, I won't try to define it. I'll just enjoy it.

And I'm okay with that.

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Huck Finn - Anna's Review (June)

-Anna
As an English major I reveled in the idea of reading Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. As a lover of grammar, my reading was slowed down by wanting to correct all that gloriously authentic vernacular!
Nevertheless, I enjoyed Huck Finn (some parts more than others), and I am of the opinion that Mark Twain knew how to write a story with style!

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August's Book Club Pick

-Anna
I recently bought a used copy of A Country Doctor by Sarah Orne Jewett. She is an author I'm aware of but don't know much about. I think I read a short story or excerpt of hers sometime in my educational past, and I seem to remember liking it, but it's vague to me. In reading the opening chapter of A Country Doctor, I was immediately captured by her descriptions and insights on human behavior. So, I'm willing to go on this life journey with Nan Prince...and see what happens.

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Victory

-Anna

I have finished Huck Finn! Now I can go to book club with a clear conscience.

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Me too.

-Erin

I'm in a reading funk too. I have no desire or will to open Huck Finn. But I want to want to read it. Does that make sense?

If only I had a place like this to go then I'm pretty sure I could get out of any funk. But alas, this beautiful library is in New York City. And I, well I'm not.

 
 
 
 

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PaPaZ Update

- Anna

I'm about halfway through PaPaZ and so far the only comment I have is that it is giving me confusing dreams about Jane Austen and zombies. I keep wondering (in my dream) what zombies have to do with my beloved Pride & Prejudice. I have to say that outside of my slumbering subconscious, I am wondering the same thing. But I have not finished, so the final verdict is not in.

In other news, the book funk persists, though a Taylor Swift music video did lift my spirits. Could it be that I am craving a simple girl meets boy story? And no, Time Traveler's Wife does not qualify!

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Reader's Block

I know, I know. It's only writers who are supposed to get block. They are the ones who stare at a blank page and pray for something brilliant. But no, I meant reader's block. I just haven't been excited about the last couple of books I've read. I'm still way behind on reading Huck Finn. I want to read it, I just don't want to read it. I am in a book funk! Somebody help me. I've sent my husband to the library to pick up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - will this be the push I need to get me back in the reading groove?

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