...And Across The Internet, A Plaintive Cry Rolls.

[redbrunja]

I want to read books for pleasure again!

On of my professor's required that we visit a bookstore this weekend, which was both fun and made me crave pleasure-reading. (Which is so not happening right now because any time I'm not reading textbooks I'm researching for my Europe trip).

Also, I bumped into the book A Northern Light, which I remember reading and loving. Even more than Maddie herself (the protagonist), what I recall most is here poetry-publishing, cigerette-smoking suffragette teacher and her black best friend. I didn't care about it being early 1900s - I wanted him (I can't remember his name) and Maddie to wind up together. They would have vocabulary duels, people. That is how adorable and OTP they were.

Comments

[meitah.livejournal.com]

I want to read books for pleasure again!

I second this. The last book I got to read for pleasure was Soon I Will Be Invincible, but it was while I was writing papers for at least three different classes, so I hardly got to enjoy it.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's just not the same as killing an afternoon with a book guilt-free.

[amaiko.livejournal.com]

Also, I bumped into the book A Northern Light, which I remember reading and loving.

This sounds really interesting. Hopefully one of the nearby libraries will have it. *goes off to check*

Edited to add: I am a tremendous sucker for turn of the century-set stuff.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Then I think you will love it.

[syl-luvs-silver.livejournal.com]

Ah, Jennifer Donnelly. I remember reading and enjoying her other books (The Tea Leaf series or something), but not the one you mentioned. I shall check it out after exams!

And I haven't forgotten about the 5 questions meme, I've just been too busy. ;)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I'm going to try and check out her other book when I'm on break.

Don't worry about it - I have fic prompts from May I haven't posted yet.