Middle
Posted: December 6, 2011 Filed under: Great Expectations 8 CommentsI have absolutely no concept of “middle ground.” Case in point: realizing that I will most likely not get a 4.0 this semester, I’ve spent most of today not working on the 4 papers I have due this week.
Instead, I made cards with Evan and June (lots of stickers were involved), saw a counselor for the overwhelming anxiety that results from my all-or-nothing mindset, went to the grocery store with both kids and Jarom, skipped class, read the internet, started blogging, and waited for Doctor Who to load. (Season 6 isn’t available from any legitimate sites, so we have to watch from somewhat shady sites with names like megavidz.) Also, ate cinnamon graham crackers.
How do you find balance? How do you accept that you might be neither exceptional nor a failure? Seriously, I could use some help.
In other news, Evan and I made a countdown chair. We’ll be in California in two weeks!
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Posted: November 21, 2011 Filed under: Book of Sand 2 Commentsby Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
{ 2008 | The Dial Press | 288 pgs }
I’m secretly a little disappointed that this book was good. I didn’t expect it to live up to its hype. Or maybe I just wished I had more unique taste than “the masses.” Honestly, that’s the same reason I held off on reading the Harry Potter series…what’s my deal?
Alright, so The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is written entirely in letters (with the odd telegram thrown in) and takes place during WWII. It’s amusing, touching, interesting, and educating (insofar as it’s historically accurate, of course). For a moment I was going to say that the only two epistolary (!) books I’ve read were both British, but I remembered that Dear Mr. Henshaw is another – and definitely American. (The other British book was Sorcery and Cecilia. But – silly me – I also read its sequel, The Grand Tour, which I guess makes four epistolary novels I can think of at the moment.) Back to where I was, though: TGLAPPPS was every bit as good as I had heard. My only complaint is that despite its solemn topic and sometimes tragic storyline, at the end I almost felt as if it lacked substance. The plot finished a little too neatly and happily.
Have you read it? Am I way off here? Maybe I just wanted some tiny aspect to criticize so I felt superior to the masses…
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Kidlets
Posted: November 18, 2011 Filed under: Dangerous Book for Boys, Little Women Leave a comment
June has her own idea of style, and it doesn’t involve the “proper” use of sleeves.
Jarom
Mika
hilleries 