Monday, May 19, 2008

Quick entry of my Yearly Page Count. [remember bolded means favorite, asterisk means reread!]

1. Extras--Scott Westerfeld : 417 pages.
2. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close--Jonathan Safran Foer : 326 pages.
3. Midnighters: The Secret Hour--Scott Westerfeld : 383 pages.
4. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist--Rachel Cohn &David Levithan : 183 pages.
5. Midnighters: Touching Darkness--Scott Westerfeld : 439 pages.
6. Midnighters: Blue Noon--Scott Westerfeld : 505 pages.
7. The Host--Stephanie Meyer : 619 pages.

= 2,872 pages.

Still trying to complete 20,000 by the end of the year. I hope it can happen. I plan on reading a whole lot this summer. And a comment on Stephanie Meyer and the Twilight series and The Host. Now I can't deny that Stephanie Meyer really does write a good story and I will be the first person to defend the complete awesomeness of Bella, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen clan. But in reading The Host and in reading some reviews and such on Twilight, I realized that Stephanie Meyer really isn't that good of a writer and her writing style...well it kinda stinks. She's very repetitive and pretty predictable. She uses the same adjectives and phrases over and over. Also her female characters are very self-centered usually and annoyingly self-sacrificing but...well I dunno. Like I said, the stories really are fantastic. I really did love The Host. BUT I do stand by what I just said about her writing style.  ANYWAY. Enough about that. I have a lot to read this summer. Currently I'm reading--Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. AND I highly recommend it, it's hilarious. 

Okay quick entry over.
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1 comment:

  1. hey babe! i miss you! how was Indy? i'm reserved--i heard there were aliens!? anywho how are you? we need to blog :] my brother is reading Lamb!! great minds...
    <3 ya jen

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