What are you reading mark II

[fuzzyoctopus]

How was the Toni Morrison book? I LOVE Jazz, but hated Song of Solomon.  So Morrison can go either way.

[stacer]

Haven't picked it up from the library yet. I ordered it, though, and I think it came in. I just need to go get it.

[MsFish]

Forever would still be considered edgy.

Edgy?  Or just explicit?  I read that one when I was in high school, and I remember it being exceedingly graphic, but not particularly ground breaking or thought provoking.  Usually I think of edgy books as doing something new, and that one didn't seem that revolutionary.  Then again, I guess maybe it was when it was written...

House on Mango Street is a great book, though.  I love Cisneros.  So is the Outsiders.  

[stacer]

In this teacher's mind, edgy=explicit. Which is why I think I'm going to have a rough semester.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Jeffe and I read that Morrisson book for a "Families in Fiction" class in Greensboro. It was all right, I guess. the problem was that every family we read about in that class was dysfunctional and it was kind of hard to keep going with. I don't remember any graphic sex in it, but maybe I just blocked it. In the end, I wouldn't put it on my favorite reading list.

[fuzzyoctopus]

a "Families in Fiction" class in Greensboro.

Ooh, I had one of those, once!

[Peter Ahlstrom]

I hated the Robert Cormier books. I never want my kids reading junk like that.

[stacer]

I did too, Megan, at BYU. Wouldn't it be weird if we took it at the same time? I think it was the year before I joined TLE. But then, I think you were a freshman that year, huh. It was a joint MFHD-English class, so it counted for my major.

In fact--the day that we saw Lemony Snicket, a girl from that class, Liz, who I always randomly running into on campus the year after that class, was in line right next to me, and recognized me--three years later!

[fuzzyoctopus]

no, mine was in high school.  We spent an entire semester in my AP English class reading "literature" that all seemed to be about disfunctional families.

[MsFish]

In this teacher's mind, edgy=explicit. Which is why I think I'm going to have a rough semester.

Ah.  That's lame.  Sex scenes in young adult lit bug the heck out of me.  

[stacer]

Well, to be fair, it's not all about that for her, but that's one thing she seems to applaud, that kind of "daring."

[42]

finished reading Marvel 1602. Yes it's a comic book, but it's written Neil Gaimam, one of the more accredited comic book writers. Anyways, I enjoyed it and I'm hoping to get a reveiw written about it sometime.

[fuzzyoctopus]

Oooh, we'd been thinking about getting that one.  Do post a review.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Not long before I do 42! =P But nah, go ahead. I could possibly try and write one, just to get into the habit. But I probably won't submit.

[Fellfrosch]

I read 1602 over the summer, and was kind of disappointed. I liked some of the ideas, but...in the end it just wasn't satisfying enough for me. Maybe he was trying to cram in too many characters, and wasn't able to do enough with any of them. Still a fun read, but nothing special.