I do remember finding it pretty difficult to give a shit about Aeneas after he'd left Dido in the lurch and she'd topped herself.
I get pissed at Dido, because she's so damn lovestruck that she more or less abandons her people and the construction of her city to moon after Aeneas, and instead of a) hunting him down or b) picking herself back up after he fucks off, she lies to her sister and tosses herself on top of a pyre. That is not leadership, woman! Way to give female rulers a bad name!
I, too, need to read. I've read some truly awful books just because they were the only thing in the house I was visiting.
That is not leadership, woman!
I remember thinking that Aeneas was better off away from the crazy burny lady. Poor old Carthage though.
I, too, need to read. I've read some truly awful books just because they were the only thing in the house I was visiting.
This is how I got into
The Babysitters Club.
This is how I got into The Babysitters Club.
Ouch. That way lies madness
I, too, need to read. I've read some truly awful books just because they were the only thing in the house I was visiting.
In college, this was how I ended up reading Sweet Valley High. One of my roommates had most of the series, I was desperate one weekend for a distraction, there wasn't anything else around and so I read all the ones she had on her shelf. (I sound like a junkie)
(I sound like a junkie)
Well, you just kind of hit a point where you want to know what happens, right? Like -- will NO ONE bitchslap Jessica?!? WHY does Elizabeth defend Jessica no matter how wrong she is???
And -- does Elizabeth, deep inside, regret NOT having sex with Bruce when she had amnesia???
(Yup, I read them, too. Up until whatshername -- the deaf girl who got un-deaf -- decided to do coke because she was mad at her boyfriend and then died because DRUGS ARE EVIL, KIDS!!!)
Up until whatshername -- the deaf girl who got un-deaf -- decided to do coke because she was mad at her boyfriend and then died because DRUGS ARE EVIL, KIDS!!!
That's about where I ended, too.
Ouch. That way lies madness
I enjoyed them! I got a whole bunch more from the library. I'm not sure I realized that I was supposed to be embarrassed.
I enjoyed them! I got a whole bunch more from the library. I'm not sure I realized that I was supposed to be embarrassed.
Actually, if you enjoyed them, then no reason you should be embarrassed, right?
I actually only read a couple of both those and SVH/U-- I had grown up reading Cherry Ames that I'd buy at garage sales and rather than the Babysitter's Club or SVH, I read the old line of Silhouette young adult romances.
Of course, I was also reading a lot of the regular Harl/Sil too. And getting Wifey confiscated on a regular basis in seventh grade.
