* via D Sharon Pruitt
Hello July,
I'm not ready for you. You midsummer month that remind me the year is going by much too fast. What happened to my childhood years when time seemed to crawl?
Hello July,
I have no plans for you. Other than lemonade and mosquito bites and sitting in the AC. Trying to write. And squeezing in a new book to read or two. (And painting my toenails blue).
Hello July,
be kind to me. Changes are just around the corner and I feel them. Anniversaries and birthdays and back-to-schools will be here soon, like the tolling of the bell at midnight, bringing new eras, new years, new pencils, and thick magazines full of new fashions I'm supposed to be buying. Let me wear these sparkling glass slippers just a bit longer before the ball is over.
I love these monthly greeting posts. It's nice to see every month as a new beginning, a new set of chances.
ReplyDeleteAny idea what the reads will be?
I'm checking out The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi - the front cover says "astute social commentary in poignant revelatory prose". So we'll see about that one... Caught my eye in a bookstore.
ReplyDeleteAnd then at the writer's conference last weekend I was told by at least three people that I HAD to read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. So that's on the list to check out too.
Started reading The Windup Girl last night. Don't think it's my cuppa tea. The very thing that makes it exotic (multi-culti futuristic sci fi Asia) makes it feel a little choppy and hard to follow - constantly wondering what words mean and feeling baffled by the time and setting. And then, there is the poor Windup Girl. The very first scene about her was likely meant to be gritty realism depicting the way she's abused by society because she's not seen as human - but the abuse is too much for me. I'm just one of those people that can't handle - doesn't want to read - stuff about women who are abused in repulsive ways. Sorry! Onto the next book. Part of me wonders if only men write about women this way, but I'm not sure...
ReplyDeleteGood point on the men writing about women that way. I can't do sci-fi either. All the crazy names and ways of referring to time just drive me crazy - it's too much to learn and remember just for one book.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I've got Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake waiting on my nightstand. We'll see if I make it anywhere with that.
I've heard many times about The Help so keep me posted on that.