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.