2020 Reading: Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

#6 A bildungsroman

Not gonna lie, I totally had to look up what this word meant because I had never seen it before in my life.

Much like the Anonymous book series, I liked reading this because it was  a short read and it also appealed to my somewhat awkward and weird fascinating love of Schadenfreude. I normally don't go for books written in the diary style, however, it fit in with the narrative of the story and ultimately helped with the timeline and with the type of character development that this type of story really called for.

2020 Reading: Stay Awake

#40 Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

I have this chapbook that I bought straight from the source (got it from Billy himself, signed and everything). I had heard that this was a story in which features more of Steve and Ghost, who are arguably my two favorite characters in the PZB universe and I knew I had to have it. I don't know what it is, but I just love them both so much. I think that I relate to Steve so much with his anger and helplessness, but then also with Ghost is his love for Steve and need to care for him despite his own pain...

I loved the story. It was such a small thing, a little glimpse into their lives after the events of Lost Souls but it really speaks to their relationship with each other and the depth of Ghost's love for Steve.

Ugh. I just... I want someone to love me as much as Ghost loves Steve.

2020 Reading: Brokeback Mountain

#37: A western

I actually finished this a few days ago but I didn't get a chance to write up a review until now.

I must say that the people who took this short story and wrote up a script (I learned it was Western writer Larry McMurtry and another person) did a magnificent job taking the little that was on these pages and fleshing it out onto a screenplay. The dialog was word-for-word and they managed to take what few descriptions that Proulx provided and along with Ang Lee, make a magnificent movie out of it.

I knew as soon as I saw the category "western" on the list for this year that I was going to read this book because this genre is just not in my wheelhouse so I was going to get away with reading something that catered to me no matter what, but I think that this story is just beautiful without being overly sentimental and flowery (which I'm not really overly fond of anyway) while maintaining the characteristics of the genre.

First book of the year! Woo!