Updates on Reading

Hello new seniors! So, somehow I blinked and three weeks of summer went by. Here are some updates on my reading.

1. I finished the Bluest Eye, and thought it was engaging as Morrison always is, but thought that it shows the early developmental stages in an author compared to what I feel are her much stronger works like Beloved and Song of Solomon. I'd be interested in discussing it with people, but in my opinion, not the best Morrison out there.

2. My next "genre" for reading is Dystopia, so I'm trying to get into 1984, which shamefully I've never read. It's been slow going for me, mostly because I'm finding much of my "reading" time is going towards working on the junior class redesign. Regardless, is you like to read something in this sub-genre, you might consider:

1984
Fahrenheit 451
A Brave New World
Cat's Cradle (which we do read senior year after the AP test)

3. Audio Book updates:

- I'm almost done with Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, which I've begun to really enjoy. It would make a great text for coming to understand rigid societal roles in the Victorian Era. So if you can get past Eliot's habit of busting out into reflective essays in the middle of her writing, I'd really recommend it.

- I finished the first book of the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. It got better in my opinion as it went on, but I've not had a burning desire to continue on with book 2 yet.

- I'm re-listening to Patrick Rothfuss' a Wise Man's Fear, which I'm finding MUCH better the second time around. I kind of hated on this book a bit the first time I listened to it. Actually, I just kind of found it "meh"- not bad, not great. This time I have a lot of respect for Rothfuss's narrative--a good lesson for why we should give things a second try sometimes, I guess.

Anyhow, KEEP READING! Hopefully I'll check in again soon.