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Amanda's Bookshelf
I'm a culture junkie who works at a bookstore. Pop, high-brow, junk -- it's all good. I try and consume it all.
I read tons, especially young adult fiction. I also love quirky, offbeat novels; cultural analysis; mythology; girly fiction; fantasy; screwball romantic comedies; books with extremely flawed characters, yet somehow you really empathize with them; nonlinear narratives and language play.
Currently reading
The Runaway King
The Lost Girl
Another Little Piece
Moranthology
There Is No Dog
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Fated
Room
Topics About Which I Know Nothing
The Little Friend
Girls in White Dresses (Vintage Contemporaries)
I really enjoyed this. It's told in quite a punctuated style, not really delving into the characters, but revealing what they are like through anecdotes and moments in their lives. I can see how many wouldn't like it as it doesn't really get to the heart of anything, but I liked the way we saw the flaws and insecurities that molded these women, as well as the social pressure and family history that played a part in it all. All of these made me enjoy this book, where as I can see it would put others off.
