Spring Break

Ah...the glories of spring break! Nicey nice. So many things and so many days...and all those research papers to grade too. Ah, the wonders of spring.

Bad romance and good challenges

A few highlights come to mind when I look over the types of things I've been reading lately:

• sonnets
• Alice in Wonderland
• Pride and Prejudice
• chick lit
• vampires
• werewolves

and you know what? I love a campy, witty romance. I HATE bad romance. Elizabeth Bennet - good. Perky, shallow vampiress who will remain nameless to avoid offending anyone - bad. I cannot believe how much bad chick lit there is out there. I mean - vapid, pointless, groundless, nothingness. It's awful and I seem to have had a bad run of it lately.

So - I went to the book store. Bought some really good scifi (Patricia McKillip), a bit of murder (PD James and Umberto Eco), a touch of philosophy (Anne Lamont), and washing it all down with some good ole fantistical horror (Clive Barker). After that, I think I'll tackle Anna Karenina for a change of pace. Something - anything - but bad romance. Maybe I'll just read some more good poetry.