July Book List

Avalon High by Meg Cabot
This is probably Meg Cabot's smartest book (and most suspenseful!). It's Arthurian legend set in a modern-day Maryland high school. Loved it.

Whatever Makes You Happy by Lisa Grunwald
The main character of this novel is writing a book about the history of happiness. Along the way she realizes that her kids and childhood-sweetheart husband aren't making her happy, so she has an affair with a famous artist. It's a well-written story and I could understand the character's motivations, but I'm so tired of how prevalent the boring-marriage, passionate-affair plotline is in women's fiction. It depresses me. I refuse to believe that this is my fate. :P

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
I've already said my piece several times. But it must be noted that Deathly Hallows is (I think) the first book I've ever started reading again as soon as I was done. I read it twice on my vacation. The best. Bar none.

Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
I randomly found this book at the library and was blown away by how great it was. It's about Julie and her best friend, Ashleigh, who tends to get carried away by crazes. Her latest craze is Jane Austen, so she talks Julie into crashing a dance at the local boys' prep school with the goal of finding some eligible young bachelors. :) They do, and then everything unfolds in an Austenish way with suppressed feelings, anonymous poetry, etc. LOVED IT.

Books for July: 6
2007 year to date: 60

Sorry for my continued absence from LJ. I remain insanely busy, both at work and at home. If something important happens, let me know. :|

July Book List

Avalon High by Meg Cabot
This is probably Meg Cabot's smartest book (and most suspenseful!). It's Arthurian legend set in a modern-day Maryland high school. Loved it.

Whatever Makes You Happy by Lisa Grunwald
The main character of this novel is writing a book about the history of happiness. Along the way she realizes that her kids and childhood-sweetheart husband aren't making her happy, so she has an affair with a famous artist. It's a well-written story and I could understand the character's motivations, but I'm so tired of how prevalent the boring-marriage, passionate-affair plotline is in women's fiction. It depresses me. I refuse to believe that this is my fate. :P

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
I've already said my piece several times. But it must be noted that Deathly Hallows is (I think) the first book I've ever started reading again as soon as I was done. I read it twice on my vacation. The best. Bar none.

Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman
I randomly found this book at the library and was blown away by how great it was. It's about Julie and her best friend, Ashleigh, who tends to get carried away by crazes. Her latest craze is Jane Austen, so she talks Julie into crashing a dance at the local boys' prep school with the goal of finding some eligible young bachelors. :) They do, and then everything unfolds in an Austenish way with suppressed feelings, anonymous poetry, etc. LOVED IT.

Books for July: 6
2007 year to date: 60

Sorry for my continued absence from LJ. I remain insanely busy, both at work and at home. If something important happens, let me know. :|