BEWARE: Extremely long blog!

So, we get out of school in less than a week. One thing I can't wait for is now I have time to read all of the books that I wanted to but couldn't because of all the assignments that we got. Stupid assignments!!! (Sorry to the teachers that are reading this!) But anyways, hopefully I'll get a lot of reading in.

Book: A Clockwork Orange
The book that I want to read this summer (and I think is a total summer reading book because of the style of writing) is A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. From what I've heard, it's supposed to be an amazing book & movie. I have tried reading it for the last couple days and it's sort of hard to understand, but once you've been reading it for a little while you sort of 'grow' into the writing. I don't know if that made any sense, but oh well!

Author: Meg Rosoff
A book that I have tried to read is Just In Case which is by Meg Rosoff. She also wrote the book How I Live Now. What I have to say about the book is that it wasn't very good. I don't like her style of writing and it just gets very uninteresting. Just In Case was about a boy who feels like fate is out to get him so he tries to reinvent himself. One of the things that I don't get is how he has an imaginary dog, but no one seems to see him. If you've read this book, can you explain it to me, please?!

Book: The Blue Girl
Anyways! The book that I am now reading is The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint. It's a fantesy book and they don't usual fit my fancy but all I have to say about this book is: WOW! It's about a girl named Imogene who is 17 and moves to a new town and becomes friends with a girl named Maxine. Everything seems to be going fine until she meets Ghost and his little fairy pals. I think that is all that I am going to give out, because I don't want to spoil it for anyone who is planning on reading it. I'm only about a little over halfway through, but I love it and want to read more of his books this summer.

I know this has been a long blog, and if you've read it, I give you props because it probably wasn't very interesting. But, if you have any books that you would recommend for summer reading, please tell me!
Thank you!

Finished Dairy Queen

Ok,
I finished Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. I was worried that the ending wasn't going to satisfy me but it did...somewhat. I guess I would give this book a one thumb up and one down. I didn't hate it but it wasn't my favorite. I don't want to discourage anyone from picking it up though. It's just that I'm not into sports very much. If you are, this one might appeal to you. Add in a bit of romance and the Wisconsin setting, and that's why I gave it one up.

Dairy Queen

I am reading Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. Here's a summay:
"After spending her summer running the family farm and training the quarterback for her school's rival football team, sixteen-year-old D.J. decides to go out for the sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her."

So far, I'd give it one thumb a quarter down and the other thumb down. It's not my favorite but I'll finish it and let you know if it redeems itself. BTW, we have this in our HS LMC.

Memoirs of a Geisha

The characters go from the bottom counter clockwise: Chiyo (Sayuri), Sayuri and the Chairman, Nobu, Mameha, Sayuri (the big middle one), the Chairman, Hatsumomo, and Sayuri.

I just finished reading Memoirs Of A Geisha. Its a really good book about a girl who gets sold into a geisha house when she is seven because her mother is really sick. She tries to escape to be with her sister but she falls off the roof and breaks her arm, and 'Mother' decides to not let her go to school anymore. Then, Mameha, who is one of the most popular geisha in all of Gion, decides to take Chiyo under her care as her 'Older Sister'. Chiyo goes back to school to become a geisha. When she is 14 she became an Apprentice Geisha, where she gets her name changed from Chiyo to Sayuri, meaning 'Little Lily'. she suffers hardships during the war but i wont give too much away ;). there is also a movie (the picture is the movie poster) that is really good too.

Finished Maltese Falcon

I finished The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett today. It read like a B movie starring Humphry Bogart...wait a minute it was made into a B movie starring Bogart in the early 1940's! I was a bit disappointed with the book but I was glad I read it because it is somewhat of a classic and I wanted to have it in my repertoire.

Victoria, I'm Impressed!

I'm impressed with your skills in adding a pic to your post! You're Uber Cool!

I am going to read How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff for sure this summer...probably my first one. As I told you in person, the reason I picked this book up was because it was a recommened read for teachers who were going to take a class with the CCBC in Madison about controversial topics in high school literature. Just give me the word "controversial" associated with a book and I'M GOING TO READ IT!!!!!!!

How I Live Now

How I live now is a very interesting book. It is about a girl that leaves New York to go to England to stay with cousins that she has never met until that day. For once, she finally feels like she has a home. Her real name is Elizabeth, but she says that it doesn't fit her so everyone calls her Daisy.

One interesting thing about the book is that it is very controversial. Another thing about the book is that it can get sort of confusing and hard to understand.

This is my second time trying to read this book, so hopefully I'll be able to understand it. This book would definetly be better to read during summer when you have more time.

-Victoria