Yes, I continue to struggle through The Last of the Mohicans. Unlike other reads I've enjoyed, this novel seems to command my full attention and focus during a read. In other words, I can't simply read while my hubby watches Seinfeld in the same room or catch a paragraph here or there on a slow work day...this is a "weekend away with just the book" kind of books.
Which is why I'm still reading...
But in the meantime, I am gearing up for an intense interim course focusing on National Book Award winners in Young Adult Literature. The class starts in May, but I'm jumping on it now, by getting hold of each of the required texts. My theory? Read now, leisurely and then read again frantically and academically during interim. I want to earn an A - because I am an overachiever - but I also want to enjoy these books...and they each sound interesting. Here's the list:
Jumped - Rita Williams-Garcia
The Disreputable History of Frankie Laundau-Banks - E. Lockhart
Stitches: A Memoir - David Small
Lips Touch Three Times - Laini Taylor
Charles & Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith - Deborah Heiligman
What I Saw and How I Lied - Judy Blundell
This list presents some interesting topics and challenges. Jumped deals with three teen aged girls and their interactions, involving how one wants to "jump" the other after school. The Disreputable History is (according to another blogger) the story of a teen aged girl at a newly-coeducational boarding school who is working to break through some still-existing "male only" barriers. Stitches is a graphic novel-style memoir of the author's life in an extremely dysfunctional home. Lips Touch... is three stories about how a kiss changes things forever in three fantasy-based worlds (i.e. - vampires, demons, etc.). Charles & Emma is a biography written for young adults about the Darwins. What I Saw...is a coming of age story in post-war America involving the step-daughter of a veteran and some other intrigue.
The library just emailed me - I can pick up Stitches tonight...I'm excited! This one sounded the most intriguing to me. I'll be double blogging, once again!
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