I know I'm a little crazy, trying to write a whole blog post in the brief time I have before school. But I've been thinking about my poor, neglected blog all week, and I figure the only way to get something done is to take what small chance you have to do it.
So, gentle reader, I give you a basic update on life:
Reading: I haven't been doing very much of it all. I think this is due, in part, to the fact that my stack of library books looks rather empty at the moment. There are plenty of books that I would like to have read and that I think I should read at some point, but I haven't had the inspiration to get very far into any of them. The one book I picked up in the past week that I thought was going to be interesting -- Split Infinity, by Piers Anthony -- I had to put down after the first dozen pages due to sexual content. Blegh. And he had such an interesting concept, too...
Anyway, what I really need right now is a quick, engaging read that I can blaze through in a couple of days. Probably something YA -- but you know my standards. I won't go for anything with adult content or swearing. If you have a book in mind that fits this description, please send it my way.
Writing: I have been participating in an informal Poem-A-Day (since this is National Poetry Month), but I started a couple days late and missed the last three days. Oh well. I figure that any poetry I write because of PAD is more poetry than I would have written otherwise. Writing is good.
Also, I've been a little concerned because it feels that with every time I sit down to write, I make less and less sense. Of course, it doesn't help that I don't have a specific project I'm working on. But it's like I've spent so much time away from writing that as soon as my pen touches the paper, all this esoteric goop spills out. And that's not what I want. I don't write with long words because I want to sound sophisticated. I use those words because they best express what I want to say. There's nothing nearly as wonderful as knowing you used exactly the right word for what you meant. But still, I'm not sure what to do with myself. I would like to be at least a little intelligible.
Final Note: My life doesn't consist solely of reading and writing, I hope you know. But I have run out of time to talk about anything else.
"But words are things, and a small drop of ink / Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces / That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." ~Lord Byron
You might like The Limit by Kristen Landon--it's a real page-turner, and I liked it pretty well until the ending. It has some thought-provoking themes and is sort of dystopian. Airborn (Kenneth Oppel) is a better book, but not quite as well-written.
ReplyDeleteIf you can get your hands on Lights of the Veil I would recommend it. It's adult, but so fast paced you can breeze through it. Also, it is by a Christian author so has nothing to be avoided.
ReplyDeleteI understand your feelings of finding such things in a book with good story. I've run into a few and it is such an annoyance.
I'm most sorry about your writing. I understand how hard that is. If you need assistance or anything feel free to email me and I will see what I can do.