Really fun. This second book in the Carrie Diaries was a fun beginning to my summer reading. The Carrie Diaries was set in Carrie's hometown, and this book picks up when Carrie arrives in the Big Apple for her summer writing classes at The New School. She gets her wallet and purse stolen the minute she walks off the subway and has to get help from Donna LaDonna's cousin - the one, the only - Samantha Jones. If you know anything about SATC, then you know, once Carrie meets Samantha - wild times are ahead. I really enjoyed this second book. It was fun. I was a bit annoyed with Carrie for obsessing over boys, but you know, it is a Carrie book. Anyway - I will say that this book definitely has "the sex" in it. The first one wasn't too bad, but I'd consider the second book to have way more about relationships and sex than the first one. A fun read but definitely for high school readers only.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Summer and the City
Really fun. This second book in the Carrie Diaries was a fun beginning to my summer reading. The Carrie Diaries was set in Carrie's hometown, and this book picks up when Carrie arrives in the Big Apple for her summer writing classes at The New School. She gets her wallet and purse stolen the minute she walks off the subway and has to get help from Donna LaDonna's cousin - the one, the only - Samantha Jones. If you know anything about SATC, then you know, once Carrie meets Samantha - wild times are ahead. I really enjoyed this second book. It was fun. I was a bit annoyed with Carrie for obsessing over boys, but you know, it is a Carrie book. Anyway - I will say that this book definitely has "the sex" in it. The first one wasn't too bad, but I'd consider the second book to have way more about relationships and sex than the first one. A fun read but definitely for high school readers only.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Summer Reading List
So I haven't read nearly as much as last year. I don't want to blame it on the baby....but I'm going to blame it on the baby. It's definitely harder to find time to read now that there's a little one in the house, but I think I've done pretty good. Nine books in 2011 so far, and I'll have even more time during summer because I won't be planning lessons or grading papers. With school ending and summer vacation beginning, I thought I'd set my summer reading goals. This list is waaaaaay to long, but it's good to aim high, right? Here's what I would like to read this summer:
Catch 22
Ambitious, yes. Will I read them all, no. I know I won't get through every single one of these, but it's my goal. I have been reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor and was inspired to add more classics to my list than usual. I've really read tons of YA, but I might be teaching only AP Lit and English IV next year, so I might need to take a break from YA this summer and beef up my literature reading for my AP classes. Well, I have great hopes for my summer reading list, so we'll see....
Post Cards from No Man's Land
Jellicoe Road
Fixing Delilah
The Burn Journals
Blankets
Desires of the Dead
Summer and the City
Beauty Queens
The Mockingbirds
Tender Morsels
Fins are Forever
The Truth About Forever
This Lullaby
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Lolita
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Going After Cacciato
Song of Solomon
The Help
Catch 22Ambitious, yes. Will I read them all, no. I know I won't get through every single one of these, but it's my goal. I have been reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor and was inspired to add more classics to my list than usual. I've really read tons of YA, but I might be teaching only AP Lit and English IV next year, so I might need to take a break from YA this summer and beef up my literature reading for my AP classes. Well, I have great hopes for my summer reading list, so we'll see....
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