In Which I Attempt a Book Review....
One of the best things about being on vacation is getting to read. A good book is indispensable in airports and a one of my favorite luxuries. First I read this...
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Perhaps you have heard of it? It's about a clutzy, whiney teenage girl that hates everything in her life until she meets the yummiest, prettiest, shiniest, sparkly superhero vampire who wants nothing more than to know everything about her (like her favorite color), watch her sleep (cree-peeee) and to drive really fast in really expensive Volvos. Once you get past the fact that Bella is a total helpless victim through the whole book and is continually saved by the growling but chaste Edward, it's a fast read and a guilty pleasure. I'm embarrassed that enjoyed reading it even though I annoyed my poor husband every five minutes with snort laughing and "Can you believe this?". It was like eating a bowl of sugar babies.
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Then I read this book by Tamora Pierce...
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Alanna is about a teenage girl who disguises herself as a boy so she can train to be a knight. When a bigger boy is bullying her and beating her up she trains really hard so she can kick his butt. Which made me really happy.
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Guess which sequel I will read next? :-)
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A disclaimer here, Tamora Pierce is a friend of mine. We met at a conference where we both speaking and I asked her what she wrote about, she said, "I write stories about girls that kick ass." She is one of the wittiest, coolest people in the world. I've never met Stephenie Meyer. If I did, I'd ask her how she managed to have three kids and write a bestselling novel by the time she was thirty.
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What's on your nightstand?
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Marilyn.
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"...those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers..."
~ Anna Quindlen
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