Showing posts with label Anne of Windy Poplars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anne of Windy Poplars. Show all posts

5.02.2014

not dead yet

   HAHAHAHA wow. Thanks, April, for being a weirdly non-productive-but-productive-at-the-same-time month. I think I read maybe two books in April, which is way low for me. Granted, I was busy doing things like finishing a semester of university (woot woot) but still: one post? Two books? In my defense (not in my defense) I did get through an entire season of Lost and a lot of Psych (which is full of hilarity, I gotta say. I recommend it. Crime procedurals! My dearest televised love. [It is available on both Canadian and American Netflix, as is Lost]) And I wrote some big papers and some exams and finished some courses sooooo, April: not a total write-off. I also wrote, but never posted, an extremely long quasi-essay about body image and how I came to stop hating the meat-machine I live in, but it is very long and rambly, and I haven't decided whether or not to edit and post it.

   Okay, I just looked at my Books 2014 list and the number of books I've read since my last post is a whopping ONE. Wowzer, WTH happened. (A side note here. You may have noticed that I often punctuate questions with a full stop instead of a question mark and I want to reassure you that yes: I do know how to use punctuation and am rather good with grammar. It implies a different tone of voice, and I find it funny. When grammar is misused, it should always be done with full knowledge and some motivation/justification as to why. If you know the rules, you can judiciously break them.)

   The book I read was Anne of Windy Poplars / L. M. Montgomery, and it was delightful. I came late to the Anne train, but oh boy do I love her now. And to think I used to revile Anne Shirley. I blame the various Anne of Green Gables movies/miniseries, except maybe the first one which I only have a vague picture of in my head. Anne is great! Long live Anne.

   Here's looking at you, May. Let us hope for a vast improvement in reading amounts.