/twē/
adjective
Lately Angelie’s been acting nastier about a lot of things, and once or twice she’s told me flat out that something I’m wearing is way too twee, even though for as long as we’ve been dressing like this, that’s kind of been the whole point.
– Brenna Yovanoff, Paper Valentine, page 50
/vərˈtijənəs/
adjective
Beckett was ten, and constantly in motion, climbing up vertiginous things, practicing his ninja moves, and biking through our neighborhood’s streets with abandon, usually with his best friend Annabel Montpelier, the scourge of stroller-pushing mothers within a five-mile radius.
– Morgan Matson, Since You’ve Been Gone, page 12
So I complained a few minutes ago about Need by Carrie Jones reminding me A LOT of Twilight. Well, I just looked at the reviews on it and it looks like most people said that. Not sure if I should even bother continuing this book now…
Welp, I’m cutting out a little early because I have to keep to a schedule or I get all out of wack.
I’m pretty satisfied with how I did today because I’ve been reading more slowly lately. As some of you know I wasn’t able to do Paper Valentine for this Read-A-Thon because I went and finished the whole thing yesterday by accident… But I managed to read 2 books cover-to-cover and got some pages in on two of the books I’ve been reading for like MONTHS.
Book one was a novella, Orfe by Cynthia Voigt, that I have been meaning to read for years. It’s pretty much the only Voigt novel I hadn’t gotten to yet. It was strange, I could hear Voigt’s voice in there but it was different from all the others in a way I can’t quite put my finger on. I’m glad I read it though.
Book two was The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher. I actually listened to the audiobook that Carrie read herself, while following along occasionally with the print version. I think my new favorite way to enjoy memoirs is when the author reads it to me. I can’t believe I hadn’t tried this before this year.
I didn’t get a lot of pages on the books I’ve been stuck on (Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell & The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen), just 3-5 each, but it’s better than nothing. And I’m hopeful I’ll be able to keep up on The Truth About Forever. As for Wives and Daughters, I think I’m going to have to do that thing where I make myself read a chapter a week. If that doesn’t help I’m going to DNF it, as much as I hate to.
I’m so glad I did this Read-A-Thon, it was a great motivator! Thanks BibliophilicWitch!
Most importantly, I’m hoping to finish the book I’m currently reading: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff. After that I plan to read Orfe by Cynthia Voigt, and it would be really cool if I could finish that too, but I won’t get my heart set on that since Paper Valentine has been slow going.
If I get stuck during PV or Orfe, I’ve also got a couple other books I’m currently working on, Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell and The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen, which I can read a bit on as a palette cleanser.
Wish me luck!
/enˈsôrsəl/
verb
They didn’t think about the fact that it was pretty much falling down, that it was three stories and drafty, shockingly expensive to heat in the winter and, with central air not yet invented when the house was built, almost impossible to cool in the summer. They were ensorcelled with the place.
– Morgan Matson, Since You’ve Been Gone, page 11
/dīˈafənəs/
adjective
She walks through the house like a ghost. Sometimes she thinks she would be better off without a body. Better off floating and diaphanous and thin.
– Katrina Leno, The Half Life of Molly Pierce, page 212
This is so frustrating!
I have so many options and yet I just sit here, staring at my shelves, completely uninspired…
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