Tuesday, September 7, 2010

WHAT KIM READ THIS SUMMER AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD READ IT AS WELL

Tomorrow I am going to start a 30-Day Challenge I found on my friends Nadine's blog. It sounds like alot of fun and I really want to try something new. However, today is WHAT KIM READ THIS SUMMER AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD READ IT TOO, as shown in the title.

This will be done by alphabetical order of the author.

Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451. I had to read this for summer reading. Otherwise I would have tossed it over my shoulder and gave it the finger. It had the potential to be an amazing book, but it wasn't executed, towards the end as well as it should've been. Too bad. :/

Capote, Truman: Breakfast at Tiffany's. I liked this novella a lot. It had a surprisingly surprising story, a quite eccentric-yet-lovable main character. The narrator, too, being unnamed, is also quite fascinating. OHMAIGAWD I DIDN'T SEE THE END COMING.
In Cold Blood. This modern classic has everything a murder story needs. A murder, the murders trails, the reason, the sentence, their lives in solitary confinement, their backgrounds. You know all of these facts and history isn't boring. This, for mah SHS buddies, is also, for now, a 10 EngH summer reading book.

Collins, Suzanne: Mockingjay. This is the final installment of THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy and it is INTENSE. Seriously, the hijacking, and new twists, the change of almost EVERY chracter's personality. And I almost started crying.
Yeah, that intense. THE HUNGER GAMES is amazing and everyone should read all of the books and LOVE THEM.

Smith, Betty: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Honestly, this wasn't a bad book. Many of my peers, as this, too, was a summer reading book, hated it. I liked it. I thought it was a real story that was written very well. There were, despite the book taking place nearly a century ago, things to relate to. The things that piss the narrator off pissed me off too. And I think that that's very important in a book.

Steifvater, Maggie: Shiver and Linger. They're right next to each other in the series they are in, so I figured I'd do them together. Imagine the supernatural sexiness of werewolves without the suckiness of vampires. (It's a PUN, get it?!) But, for serial, this intense real-deal teenage love people. AND I LOVE IT!

I didn't read alot this summer. FORGIVE ME, GIANT FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER!

And tomorrow you shall see the 30-Day Challenge thing. :)

Dude, I have a crudload of blog lined up for you guys. The challeneg, a couple of promos, maybe another sneak peek...
:D

1 comment:

  1. Yayy, Kimmy! Lmao, I haven't even finished A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, but I agree 100% on Fahrenheit 451. It could've been really amazing, the idea was captivating, but it wasn't executed properly and it flopped.
    Also, YAY to me giving you the 30-day challenge thingy! And YAYAYAYAY to more Kimmy blogging! :D

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