a tweet in the life
- 17:38 [snailednet] Mail Call! bit.ly/dsiLzz #snailmail #usps #
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Archive for the ‘love& life’ Category
a tweet in the life
- 21:26 WATCHING: an episode of "My So Called Life". #
- 00:23 Thank you, Meg Cabot, for writing a light, fluffy, frothy, yet entertaining novel for me to read. #
- 00:24 Up next, I plan on reading "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter. #
a tweet in the life
Selected posts from Twitter.
- 16:35 How much do I care about the Tony Awards this year? I’m still undecided. #
- 18:50 Going to make sure the DVR is set to record the Tonys & then off to take a shower. Hope this doesn’t get screwed up. #
- 19:29 I kinda want to change up the tweets that get shipped to my blog. Like, maybe shipping tweets that somehow relate to each other. #
Kristin Cashore is love
I was first introduced to Kristin Cashore last year during my quest to find young adult fantasy novels with strong, female protagonists. I’d been pretty disgusted with the sexism and racism in Twilight and hoped for something better. So I read both Graceling and Fire and felt like they were the answer to everything I’d been looking for. Some of you might think it’s pretty sad that an adult is going all fan-girly over a young adult author, but let me tell you why I love Kristin Cashore’s work and am looking forward to her next novel, Bitterblue.
For starters, both Graceling and Fire take place in a fantasy world that seems incredibly unique, I didn’t feel like I was reading a poorly written version of something a different author already wrote. Both novels feature female characters who posses “talents” that they loathe but learn to accept and live with over the course of the novel. Katsa and Fire may be flawed, but you see them grow and change over the course of the books; I thought they had really nice story arcs. Most importantly, at least to me, was that both women eschew the traditional idea of marriage + children = true happiness. Instead, both Fire and Katsa seek out relationships that suit them (Fire even has a friends-with benefits type relationship for part of her book), make use of contraception, and define family on their own terms. I’ve read some complaints about Graceling and Fire in which people have said that they didn’t approve of this and see Cashore as a man-hater. I suppose these reviewers are more conservative than I am, because quite frankly, I see this as being very refreshing. I’ve read so many books and seen so many movies in which there was a female character who swore up and down she didn’t want a traditional marriage…and then she met the “right” guy and she ends up falling madly in love with him and they’re married by the end. Books and movies like this annoy me to no end, not because I’m necessarily opposed to people getting married or changing their mind but because the mainstream media likes to tell us that there’s only one acceptable type of relationship that women should aspire to and if you want something different, there’s something wrong with you. I think this is why I like Cashore’s books so much: her novels include characters who take part in relationships on their own terms and they’re not treated like there’s anything wrong with them.
Oh, have I mentioned that I can’t wait for Bitterblue?
A big brother briefing
Selected posts from Twitter.
- 16:00 Hey kids! If you’ve made it to college, you’re old enough to Email professors/instructors yourself. #
- 23:57 "The Sky Is Everywhere" is not all it’s cracked up to be. I should’ve known – I’m generally disapointed in books that have tons of hype #
Sue. 20-something. Unemployed bum. Philadelphian.Plans on attending graduate school and hopes to be a librarian. Likes 
