Beverly, TOTALLY agree. I adored Possession, but everything else was sort of meh.

It's a support novel/lit circle choice for my AP unit on Romance (both in the classical sense and the modern). Possession is a good one because it spans both the classical definition of questing and the modern. (Other choices are Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Last of the Mohicans).

I liked Possession, was meh on her other stuff. Much like Donna Tartt. I REALLY loved The Secret History, but The Little Friend? Bored me to tears.

I've got to start some re-reading. I'm starting off next semester with three classes, and doing Beowulf, Oedipus and A Room of One's Own, none of which I've actually taught, but which I know pretty well.

Mockingjay is ready for me at the library! And they are open today! And it is a long weekend! It is a New Year's miracle!

Dude, I`ve been spending too much time at Other Places. I just cursored up to the nav bar to hit "like" on your post. But yay, libraries. Which reminds me, I need to send off my out of state app for my Philadelphia library card! So I can check out ebooks, since my local library doesn`t do it. Frustrating, because the Phoenix libraries do, but not mine.

Ooh, and don`t forget Kindle started loaners. And B&N edited their code so you can now see which books are lendable when browsing on your Nook. I only have one, the entire Anne of Green Gables series, which I`m reading now. But when I`m done, somebody can totally borrow it! I think it`s dumb there`s a one time limit.

Kindle loans are only for Americans. Pout.

Really? That sucks. Amerocentric!

Yeah, web browser is only available for Americans too.

That said, I wanted to try to see if I could fake an american account on Amazon for my Kindle, just so I could subscribe to the NYer on it, but they will probably know by the WiFi service, which is different for rest of the world than for the US.

For Lloyd Alexander fans, I'll toss out a lovely, wistful little Yuletide genfic about Eilonwy from the Chronicles of Prydain.