Slacker........

I've been slacking A LOT lately. I've only read 3 books since my last post, and 2 of them were rereads. And in the spirit of slacking, this blog post is going to be brief.

I reread a Tale of Two Cities (plus read the sparknotes AND the cliffnotes AND the bookrag notes) to study for my English test. I got a 98% :) And I enjoyed the book a lot more the second time around. It's really funny, and I didn't notice that the first time. I still don't like Lucie, and I like Darnay even less than I did the first time I read it. But, I found that I still like Carton a ton, and I also think I like Dr. Mannette. I should give some more Dickens a try. I haven't read much of his work at all.

I also reread Hamlet (also to study for English). Technically, I reread it cover-to-cover twice (once on last Sunday night and once on last monday night). I got a 99% on the test (no idea what I got wrong...). I also enjoyed Hamlet more the second time around. I once again realized how funny it is, plus I was able to really understand everything. There are so many great lines in Hamlet! I think it's Shakespeare's most commonly quoted play.

I also read The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (the first book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy). It was really good. It was just really fun :) It reminded me quite a bit of Harry Potter (although, obviously, it wasn't as good). The entire thing has a lot of footnotes, which were cute :) I also thought it was ironic that there were several references to Faustus, which is what we're reading in English class right now. After I finish that, I plan on reading the next Dresden Files Book, the next Bartimaeus, The World According to Garp, and hopefully some NonFic, as my percentage is slipping.

This is such a mess. It's all smile-y faces and simple sentences. Oh well.

Total Book Count: 35
NonFic: 16 (45.7%)