Another pointless post by Fran

I haven't posted anything in a while because I don't have anything to post about and it's infuriating!
I don't have any books to read or stories to write. I could have used finals week as an excuse but since I'm a worthless piece of human, I'm not spending any time on that either. (Evident in using this time to blog instead of studying for my huge bio final coming up in 12 hours).

Alyssa, on the other hand, has published parts of her work on wattpad and you should definitely check it out. (Alyssa's Wattpad account)

After this week, I will try to read and write more actively. If any fellow bookworms are actually reading this, please recommend me some good books! I'd greatly appreciate them.

2016, starting with a flop

 Happy New Year! 


With the new year, I created a new list of books I've read in the course of 2016 (which is currently at two). While adding these two books to the list, I looked over my 2015 books. I immediately noticed a trend between the two: both years I started off with books I was very 'eh' about. All of my favorite books from 2015 were read in between July-December. Anything before was mediocre, maybe a few good ones here and there. Though I am only two books into 2016, the trend seems to be reoccurring. First, I should say what books I've already read this year.

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster 3/5 stars (got an extra star for my sympathy towards anything Star Wars-related)
2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 2/5 stars

Both books were bleh, especially Frankenstein. This book was required for my AP Lit class and managed to be a painful read throughout. I could not handle Victor as a narrator. The writing style is also too old and bland for me. I don't think I gave two stars to any book last year, so woo Frankenstein you've won my worst rating since 2014--congrats!

Star Wars:TFA is the novelization of the movie, which I loved. The book fell short in several areas: dialogue, character descriptions, depth. It was very superficial and a big disappointment. I'm still going to read another Star Wars novel, Lost Stars by Claudia Gray, because it has been getting much better ratings than Foster's contribution to the Star Wars literary world. 

So yes, 2016 has commenced with beyond mediocre reads. I can only hope that the trend continues with amazing books later into the year!

I'm currently reading several books at once, but The Road by Cormac McCarthy requires my most immediate attention (school reading for AP Lit woo). I'm only twenty pages in and I feel another eh book coming along.

I'm also reading Maus Volume II by Art Spiegelman and Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld