Thursday, June 21, 2018

2018 Reading: Stellaluna


Absolutely adorable.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

2018 Reading: Passive Aggressive Notes: Painfully Polite and Hilariously Hostile Writings


This came across my desk at the library and I KNEW I was going to love it.

Spoiler alert: I did.

2018 Reading: Mrs. Dalloway

#25 A book about feminism


Get thee behind me, Satan!!!

If there is one thing I hate, it is a long-running story with no plot. THIS! This is what I hate.

It switches perspective in the middle of a paragraph (paragraphs which can last for pages upon pages, by the way) and then follows someone else entirely who has nothing to do with the first person. It will flit back and forth between these people forever without anything actually happening! The characters are only linked in the smallest and least interesting way so when you get to the end and nothing has happened, it's all the more confusing and disappointing.

I have no idea what type of message I was supposed to receive from this book, feministic or otherwise. The only thing I am certain of is that I am glad I am done with this book.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

2018 Reading: The Screwtape Letters

#46 An allegory


I really had no idea what this was about before I picked it up. I knew it had to do with religion, but I was unfamiliar with anything else about this book. I've never read anything by C.S. Lewis before, so I couldn't even get a comparison of writing styles between his books.

I found myself chuckling during most of it. The idea that there is a hierarchy in Hell as well as Heaven that employs lesser demons and imps to do menial tasks and hold down office type jobs is something that we never really think about, but is kind of funny to picture.

I like the message that no matter what, evil will find you. I know that's probably not the message I was SUPPOSED to get out of it, but it came through all the same.

Monday, June 11, 2018