Missouri in Mazury

In November, two of my very good friends and I decided to start a book club. Each person picks a book, we read them, and we discuss them. Simple! The fact that we're all located in three very different cities doesn't matter, because that's the joy of the internet (specifically Messenger). It's great, because we all like different genres, so I'm able to branch out a bit more than I would normally. The Power by Naomi Alderman was AJ's pick. It's set in a period similar to our own - except that girls have a special physical power that can cause severe pain and they can even kill. With just this little change in nature, the whole world changes. I thought this novel was fascinating. It shows how the world could change if power were just slightly altered - and it also (as the description says) exposes some truths in our current world. Our patriarchy becomes a matriarchy, and the descriptions you'd previously have used for women are now used to ...

If I read books, but don't write a blog post about them.... were the books really read at all?

I read The Book Thief in 2014 and was really not impressed. When a local book club named this as their next read, I was skeptical, but read it anyway. Needless to say, I hated this one just as much as the other and didn't end up going to the book club discussion for fear that I'd be too critical of a book most people seem to love. I Am The Messe nger is about Ed Kennedy, who is basically a 20-year-old waste of space. After a bank robbery, Ed receives messages that he then has to deliver. First annoying thing : the writing. It's like... This. Which is fine. But only for so long. And then I just get annoyed. Really annoyed. Second annoying thing : Ed is creepy. The female characters aren't necessarily viewed by their personalities, but rather by their legs. And beauty. And the smell of sex on them. Even the fifteen-year-old. Third annoying thing : Ed in general. He's a waste of space who barely finished high school,...

Harry Potter! Harry Potter! Harry Potter! I started reading the books in 1999 or 1998, sometime after I turned 11. I remember being heartbroken that it meant I was a Muggle. After I started reading, I became one of those who'd go to the bookstore and movie theater at midnight to see or get the new Harry Potter. My friends and I made t-shirts relating to Quidditch. I was (am?) a nerd who very much loved (loves!) Harry Potter. When Cursed Child was announced, I was thrilled that a Harry Potter-related book was coming out - I'd get to re-live the magic again! Sadly, I was extremely disappointed in that book. It wasn't written by J.K. Rowling and you could tell. But then Fantastic Beasts was announced! It is another screenplay, which obviously isn't the same experience as a full book, but at least it only contains J.K. Rowling's name in the author line. I was very excited about this one, but also quite hesitant, as I didn't want to be let down as with t...