The Sunday
Post is hosted by The Caffeinated Book
Reviewer. It’s a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, and
share news.
On The Blog Last Week
- On Monday I reviewed I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak.
- On Tuesday I listed 10 books to read if you’re in the mood for crippling depression.
- On Wednesday I reviewed Burial Rites by Hannah Kent.
- On Thursday I wrapped up February.
- On Friday I wrote a letter to all the horror books I’ve loved before.
On The Blog This Week
- On Monday I review The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer.
- On Wednesday I review The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan.
- On Thursday I talk about how I review books, not people.
- On Saturday I have another accidental book haul. (Oops, I did it again.)
In My Reading Life
Brace yourself. I’m about to say something
unpopular.
Um . . . I DNFed Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn. I know that this book gets a
ton of hype and has an insanely high rating on Goodreads, but I couldn’t do it.
I’m not entirely sure if it was the book or my own mental exhaustion. The writing
style reminded me of stories I’ve critiqued in Intro to Creative Writing
classes. I don’t think I could’ve gotten through 600+ pages of it. I won’t be
reviewing the book because I didn’t make it far enough into it to write a fair
review.
Better news: I also read Illuminae
by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff and Angela’s
Ashes by Frank McCourt. I liked both of those.
In The Rest Of My Life
Instead of listing 5 little
things that made me happy, I’ll just list one giant thing. The Giant Essay From
Hell is officially done! I have now written a critical thesis. I got this email
from my school:
Dear AJ,
On behalf of the directors and faculty of the Spalding MFA in Writing Program, I am very pleased to approve and accept “The Concealed Art: The Use of Nonlinear Narrative Structure in Holes by Louis Sachar and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: An Extended Critical Essay.” Congratulations to you and your mentor for successfully fulfilling this requirement of your degree.
I
hope you had a great week! See you around the blogosphere!
Yeah, you got through the essay! I bet that's a huge weight off your shoulders. Maybe that's why you couldn't focus on the book. I'm looking forward to reading Illuminae. Just grabbed it. Couldn't wait any longer. LOL Have a wonderful week:)
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The essay was hard. I had to figure out how to organize all the years of research I had stuck in my head.
DeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
Oh no!! I'm sorry to hear that about Mistborn. I've heard amazing things and I do plan to try it one day... I hope you love Illuminae though! It's such a great book! Congrats on completing your essay! I know you must be thrilled not to have to deal with it anymore! Have a great week! :D
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I really liked Illuminae. I hope you like Mistborn when you read it. I just have so many books on my TBR that I didn’t want to waste time reading something that I wasn’t enjoying.
DeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
Mistborn is good...if you have patience and like that kind of stuff. I will say I truly enjoyed the "trilogy" because when I read it there were only three...but it took a lot to get into the first book. I don't remember entirely why, but I remember struggling to really get into it and it took longer than expected. I hope to read Illuminae soon as I hear great things! Congrats on your essay!! Have a great week!
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I don’t think I have the patience for Mistborn. I read over 100 pages of it and wasn’t enjoying it at all. Maybe it’s not my kind of book.
DeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
Glad to see you liked Illuminae. I want to get to that somewhat soon. Yay for the essay being done!! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing your essay and having it approved!! And I'm on the holds list at the library for Illuminae and I'm excited to read it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope you love Illuminae when you read it.
DeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
I kinda want to read your essay now. Is that weird?
ReplyDeleteI considered DNFing Illuminae. It took me a while to get into it, but I'm glad I stuck it out.
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine your joy when you received that email. What a wonderful feeling to be officially done with such a huge task. It does sound interesting. I haven't read the Mistborn series but I have enjoyed some of Sanderson's other books. I do think that life is too short to spend it reading books that you are not enjoying. Have a great week!
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