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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
The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula
Interesting concept with very funny moments, yet sort of loses momentum at the end. Also, the author has some great insight at times, yet glosses over certain topics which would have been interesting if touched upon more. At times, his views and judgments (or lack of) were rather annoying. Still, none of this detracts from how entertaining the book is and overall is rather intriguing with some interesting insight on why vampires are so prominent in various cultures.
