I know this is a little late, but here it is.
After a lengthy facebook chat with Kris, I have ordered both Tweak and A Beautiful Boy by Nic and David Sheff. These two books recount the true story of a young man who is addicted to methanphetamines. One is told from the young man’s point of view and the other is told from his father’s point of view.
Keeping with the same event told from differing points of view theme, I am also going to read Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We knew It and the dead & the gone. From the inside jacket cover of the dead & the gone:
Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event from a small-town perspective. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City…. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
And last but not least, I am finally going to read Madeline George’s Looks. Talk about an opening paragraph, check this out:
Start in the sky. Look down in the valley. Green, plush, peaceful landscape. Drop down a little, toward the town, then skim over it, past the low beige buildings of the university, the clean white spires of the Congregational churches, the flat green welcome mat of the town common, out toward the edge of town, toward Valley Regional High School, a rambling, one-story brick building surrounded by soccer fields, field hockey fields, football fields, parking lots. Hover above Valley Regional High. Watch the crowd of kids as it streams into the school like water sucked down a storm drain. And listen: even from this high up you can hear the hum of a school on the first day back in September.
Can’t wait to read this one!!
In memory of John Updike, I have made my next TBR Rabbit, Run. In an 
Have you checked out what Amy Poehler is doing? 
This week I have abandoned Pretties by Scott Westerfeld, but promise to pick it back up by next Sunday. His use of the word bubbly just really started to annoy me and I had to put it down. Instead, I have been reading Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin and I am loving it. I can easily see how that became a tv series; it is like Melrose Place, but in the 70s and in San Francisco. I think I have also been convinced to read The Hunger Games as well. I have resisted for so long, but everyone is telling me that resistance is stupid. Sue Miller’s The Senator’s Wife is still sitting on my dining room table waiting to be read as well. I also read an ARC of Laurie Halse Anderson’s new novel Wintergirls. This one is promising- I predict it will rank up there with Speak.
One of the perks of working at a bookstore is that every now and then a promising Advanced Reader’s Copy falls into my hands. Yesterday was such a day. Nestled in the middle of a stack of books was Laurie Halse Anderson’s newest book Wintergirls. With this novel, it seems she has returned to her stream of consciousness style which appealed to the readers of Speak. Chains and Fever, while both well-written, seemed to sort of miss the mark with her teenage audience, but Wintergirls seems to hit that mark dead-on.
I will admit it; I enjoy reading books that are part of a series. When I find an author I like, I tend to read all I can by him/her. I have been searching for a a good series for a while now. A few months ago I caught wind of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City series and have been on the search for the first book ever since. Today my school librarian delivered.
How does your being sick (or injured) affect your reading? Do you read more? Less? Do you pick out a different book than you had already planned? Do you have a “comfort book” that makes you feel better?
State of Denmark 