I finished
Prodigal Summer
and loved it. The plot development I feared never materialized (thank you, Katrina Bee for the info that kept me going!), hooray! Much of the book is an ecology and biology lesson, but I liked how she did it, a lot. She was very gentle and persuasive. The author reads the books on tape version and I highly recommend it.
Now I’m listening to my first Agatha Raisin, which is actually the 10th in the series. The reader is fabulous, another good pairing of voice and material. The character is reminding me a lot of msbelle – endearing, irascible, clever, outspoken, uses the word “ginormous.” It's delightful.
I love all the Oliver poetry popping up here! Shiny!
I was at Borders tonight and saw a Bunnyzilla collection in the sale area. Jilli knows about this, yes? I figure she must, but thought I'd check.
I'm not very up on the poems...which is too bad.
Never too late for that, erika!
No, I guess not. But you know, went through the Obligatory Writer Girl Teen Poet phase and have not given them much thought since...poetry (writing) now is country music to Xander...the music of pain.But I shouldn't neglect poets for that...it doesn't work that way for everyone.
But I shouldn't neglect poets for that...it doesn't work that way for everyone.
Yes, please drop the notion that poetry is about Expressing Feelings. Lyric poetry, of course, does this very ably, but that's because it's about Heightened Language. I recommend Marianne Moore who loved zoos and baseball and never foisted icky feelings on her readers.
I don't think feelings are icky...ok, sometimes mine are. But otherwise. I don't know where you get this stuff...be happy when one dirtbag gets beheaded, you're marked for life.
Feelings are fine. As John Gardner notes, every writer strives for sentiment. It's the sentimental you have to look out for.
I'm just down on poetry as Mood Dump. I also dislike Garden Poetry which gets all riled up about anglo saxon plant names and the juiciness of fecundity.
