I did a lot more reading than usual this month. Maybe all that vacation time had something to do with it. ;-) 27. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
28. Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown
29. One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
30. The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
31. Secrets of a Shoe Addict by Beth Harbison
32. The It Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
33. That Summer by Sarah Dessen
34. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
35. Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
36. Thirteen by Candice F. Ransom
I read the last two books while I was up in S.F., visiting my parents. I have always been an avid reader, but I thought I had packed away or donated most of the books I read as a teen. It was a pleasant surprise to come across a stash of my old favorites in the guest room closet. Skating Shoes had actually been out of print for quite some time (it's being re-released this fall!) and I must have read Thirteen at least twice a year through junior high. It was interesting to see the similarity of themes in young adult fiction from twenty years ago (#35-36) to the present (#32-34). While today's stories feature a bit more sex, drugs & drinking, the underlying plots in both eras seem to focus on friendships, rivalries, body image and finding one's identity. Perhaps there is some truth to the saying, "The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same."
1 comment:
That's cool that you rediscovered some of the old books you used to read. I wish I kept more of mine.
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