Hey everyone!
Sybil, Sybil, Sybil, where do I start...I really genuinely wanted to like this book. But I couldn't. I found it so hard to follow, and it never really caught my interest all that much. I may have to go back and try to read it at some later time. The problem about books I read for school is that I have to read them in a certain amount of time, and be looking for certain things in it, and I don't end up enjoying the book for what it is. That really bothers me. I really don't have much more to say about Sybil other than that.
On the life side, today wasn't exactly a great day...hence the "bad monday" part of the title. I really hate prom season for starts. Just when you think you have an idea of who you're going to prom with, oh wait, you find out that you're probably not the one he's asking. That was a great situation, especially when I hadn't even thought about backups. Which is stupid because prom really shouldn't be this big deal, and I know that, but I'm making it one, and I don't know why. Nor do I like that I'm making it a big deal. Then I had this huge panic attack in school for God knows what reason. So that was pretty fantastic. Oh, and for the meantime I was in college crisis again. I got into Fordham today...which caused me to rethink Siena for a while...but ultimately, I think I made a good decision, and I wouldn't have made that decision if I wasn't certain. But I was pretty upset about it all earleir. Want to come back to high school, anyone?
Back to the book front, we're starting Frankenstein for BritLit sometime this week. I'm kind of excited for that. Other than that, I really haven't been reading that much recently, which I hope to change. I've made little progress in any of the other books I'm reading...but I think I'm going to read for a while tonight.
Jules
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
OO1. My First Post! And an overview of my current reads
Hey everyone!
So I'm very excited to start a blog. It's something I've always wanted to do, and I'm definitely excited that I finally found the time to get around to it.
Right now, I'm reading (or listening to) four different books: The Model Summer, Sybil, A People's History of the United States and Change of Heart.
I'm reading Sybil for a psych project for school. We had to pick a book with someone with a mental disorder, so I decided to read this one! It's a true story about a woman with multiple personality disorder, who has sixteen different 'selves'. It was kind of slow to start, but it's definitely really interesting. I'm currently on page 102, and I would get some more reading of it done tonight, except I kinda left it in my locker today--woops!
I have this thing where I always listen to a book as I'm falling asleep, and that book is currently Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. I'll often fall asleep to her audiobooks. There's something I love about them. It's pretty good, seems kind of different from her usual stuff though. I'm not very far along, so I'm sure it will pick up like her's always do. I have yet to be dissapointed by one of her books.
I'm also reading the Model Summer, which was written by a former model. It's about this young Swedish girl who goes to Paris for the summer to try to start a modeling career. Another book that I'm not very far into, but so far I really am enjoying it! I love how the main character is so awkward and definitely isn't your typical model character.
I've been reading Zinn's A People's History for a while now. My AP Euro teacher last year recommended it to me, and I've liked everything else she recommended, so I decided to give this one a try. It's basically like a history textbook, but instead of telling US History from the typical points of view, it tells it from the points of view that aren't mentioned ever and are usually the opposite of those told in the textbooks. I think it's really interesting to see how points of views differ, but then again, I also love history. So far, I just finished the Civil War, and I'm about to start Reconstruction I think.
Other than that, not too much is going on in my little life. Hopefully you'll follow me, and I promise I'll get more interesting!
Jules
So I'm very excited to start a blog. It's something I've always wanted to do, and I'm definitely excited that I finally found the time to get around to it.
Right now, I'm reading (or listening to) four different books: The Model Summer, Sybil, A People's History of the United States and Change of Heart.
I'm reading Sybil for a psych project for school. We had to pick a book with someone with a mental disorder, so I decided to read this one! It's a true story about a woman with multiple personality disorder, who has sixteen different 'selves'. It was kind of slow to start, but it's definitely really interesting. I'm currently on page 102, and I would get some more reading of it done tonight, except I kinda left it in my locker today--woops!
I have this thing where I always listen to a book as I'm falling asleep, and that book is currently Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. I'll often fall asleep to her audiobooks. There's something I love about them. It's pretty good, seems kind of different from her usual stuff though. I'm not very far along, so I'm sure it will pick up like her's always do. I have yet to be dissapointed by one of her books.
I'm also reading the Model Summer, which was written by a former model. It's about this young Swedish girl who goes to Paris for the summer to try to start a modeling career. Another book that I'm not very far into, but so far I really am enjoying it! I love how the main character is so awkward and definitely isn't your typical model character.
I've been reading Zinn's A People's History for a while now. My AP Euro teacher last year recommended it to me, and I've liked everything else she recommended, so I decided to give this one a try. It's basically like a history textbook, but instead of telling US History from the typical points of view, it tells it from the points of view that aren't mentioned ever and are usually the opposite of those told in the textbooks. I think it's really interesting to see how points of views differ, but then again, I also love history. So far, I just finished the Civil War, and I'm about to start Reconstruction I think.
Other than that, not too much is going on in my little life. Hopefully you'll follow me, and I promise I'll get more interesting!
Jules
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