I did not realize that my last blog was my last for this class. How sad. I would have made it a little better, then again, Terry Woods did not give me much to go on.
It feels very weird to be graduating. I was in the program for two and a half years and going through it I felt every minute of everyday but now that it's over, it feels like it flew by. I guess that's how most things are.
And, now that I won't have class to discuss Twilight in, I hope I don't have to resort to posting on twi-hard message boards to get my Twilight fix.
G-d, I hope everyone knows it was like 60% a joke...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
True to the Game
I think I have to say this. I just don't like Urban Fiction. I think that must be what it is. I found this book depressing. I am not sure if these books are supposed to be light and trashy or like, somehow subversive commentary on what's wrong with living that sort of lifestyle. But, either way I was depressed.
And, I found the dialogue ridiculous. Like, when Q was randomly Muslim when he answered the phone but otherwise he wasn't. Also, he kills people and is a drug dealer, but he has moral issues with having a christmas tree. REALLY????? Plus, why not just go be a dentist if you are a freakin' dentist.
But, I know teens love this sort of stuff and maybe some of them can relate so they like it even more. But, I just didn't.
I don't have the energy to compare this book to Twilight. I can't think of anything either. Oh, now I feel compelled. Maybe Edward is Bella's drug. Eh, that's not good. But it's all I feel like doing.
But I did love No Regrets. I love tattoos, not those particular tattoos, not that I can ever get one. But I would if I could. Maybe laughing at how terrible those are will make teens pause for a few minutes before getting their own ridiculous tattoos.
And, I found the dialogue ridiculous. Like, when Q was randomly Muslim when he answered the phone but otherwise he wasn't. Also, he kills people and is a drug dealer, but he has moral issues with having a christmas tree. REALLY????? Plus, why not just go be a dentist if you are a freakin' dentist.
But, I know teens love this sort of stuff and maybe some of them can relate so they like it even more. But, I just didn't.
I don't have the energy to compare this book to Twilight. I can't think of anything either. Oh, now I feel compelled. Maybe Edward is Bella's drug. Eh, that's not good. But it's all I feel like doing.
But I did love No Regrets. I love tattoos, not those particular tattoos, not that I can ever get one. But I would if I could. Maybe laughing at how terrible those are will make teens pause for a few minutes before getting their own ridiculous tattoos.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
It's a good thing I don't twitter and follow Demi Moore, because I may have had to post suicidal status updates after reading Living Dead Girl.
I know teens like depressing books. And, I know that bad things happen in the world, however, I am not sure why this book was necessary. I understand she was brainwashed, and afraid to run away from him because he would kill her and her parents. But, just how depressed does one need to get while reading a book?
I wonder if anyone reads this book and likes it. Actually, I'm going to look up book reviews for it right now... Ok people seem to like it. Then again, it's not like I disliked it so much as did not want to deal with the story it told.
This might be my English degrees speaking, (oh I knew that MA would come in handy one day,) but I generally split writing up a few ways. One is books that are "good" i.e well written, well crafted, plotted, thought out, whatever. And, books that I like. These "good" books I don't necessarily have to like, but that doesn't mean I will discount it for it's literary merit. For a few reasons, but most importantly, who the hell am I? I mean, I HATE Mark Twain, but I don't think I'm in a position to say that he was bad at what he did. Clearly, most people disagree with me. So, he's good I just don't like him. (This is probably something teens should learn, their opinion in terms of good and bad usually aren't important, how the author does it is sometimes more important that what they are saying...but that opens whole areas of lit critique and I'll bore myself if I go down that path.)
I'd say Living Dead Girl falls into the "good" category.
And, just to be thorough, I also have a classification of books that I like but are actually not particularly well written or provide any lasting literary value.
Dare I say it? TWILIGHT falls into this category.
And, now for my coup de grace, because I neglected to mention Twilight in my last blog.
Living Dead Girl is like Twilight, in that Alice (the name is the same, but that's too easy) is constantly worried she is going to do something wrong and get killed by Ray, these are fears that Bella has too.
Ugh, I feel dirty writing that and minimalizing the horrors that Alice went through, even if it's fiction, there are probably real-life situations that are far too similar. And, now I'm depressed again. Where's Demi Moore?
I know teens like depressing books. And, I know that bad things happen in the world, however, I am not sure why this book was necessary. I understand she was brainwashed, and afraid to run away from him because he would kill her and her parents. But, just how depressed does one need to get while reading a book?
I wonder if anyone reads this book and likes it. Actually, I'm going to look up book reviews for it right now... Ok people seem to like it. Then again, it's not like I disliked it so much as did not want to deal with the story it told.
This might be my English degrees speaking, (oh I knew that MA would come in handy one day,) but I generally split writing up a few ways. One is books that are "good" i.e well written, well crafted, plotted, thought out, whatever. And, books that I like. These "good" books I don't necessarily have to like, but that doesn't mean I will discount it for it's literary merit. For a few reasons, but most importantly, who the hell am I? I mean, I HATE Mark Twain, but I don't think I'm in a position to say that he was bad at what he did. Clearly, most people disagree with me. So, he's good I just don't like him. (This is probably something teens should learn, their opinion in terms of good and bad usually aren't important, how the author does it is sometimes more important that what they are saying...but that opens whole areas of lit critique and I'll bore myself if I go down that path.)
I'd say Living Dead Girl falls into the "good" category.
And, just to be thorough, I also have a classification of books that I like but are actually not particularly well written or provide any lasting literary value.
Dare I say it? TWILIGHT falls into this category.
And, now for my coup de grace, because I neglected to mention Twilight in my last blog.
Living Dead Girl is like Twilight, in that Alice (the name is the same, but that's too easy) is constantly worried she is going to do something wrong and get killed by Ray, these are fears that Bella has too.
Ugh, I feel dirty writing that and minimalizing the horrors that Alice went through, even if it's fiction, there are probably real-life situations that are far too similar. And, now I'm depressed again. Where's Demi Moore?
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