What does "a work of literary merit" mean? In a short answer most of the time it means the book is dry and boring. I don't have time for it. No but seriously it means a group of English professors deemed the book to have been written well enough to be taught. It sometimes sucks because like I said before, Hunger Games is not considered worthy.
I read The Secret Life of Bees recently which is a work of literary merit. This novel was about a young girl named, Lily, who runs away from her abusive father with her black house maid, Rosaleen. They go to Tiburon, South Carolina to find out the truth about Lily's dead mother. She and Rosaleen are taken in by a trio of beekeeper sisters. It was a great book and I watched the movie after reading the book. The book had a lot of different themes about female power and acceptance. If you know what you're looking for, these types of books can be really interesting. The characters can have in depth personalities and backgrounds. In the novel there is a lot of symbolism towards bees and how they affect Lily's life. All of this wrapped into the novel causes it to be a work of literary merit.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Mixed Reviews
hey guys! welcome to my reading blog. I'm very new (and extremely slow) at this blogging thing. So let me go over my reading habits and what I like. Getting to know you thing.
I love reading. I used to get in trouble for reading in class when I was younger. As I grew older I kinda stopped. I read here and there but not as much as I would like. Yikes. This blog will hopefully get me back into that.
I like reading anything. Or I liked reading anything until I got into AP English. They roasted my life and told me the Hunger Games wasn't of "literary merit." I still like it though. Here's the problem I have with reading for school: All the books suck. Sometimes. It physically pains me to read for school unless I pick out the book. I like doing that so much better. Then they make you analyze and make notes and it sucks the fun out of reading.
The books i read are mostly young adult nonfiction. But I like other genres too. Just anything I find interesting at that time. Now I have to get into more complex books. we'll see how that goes.
I love reading. I used to get in trouble for reading in class when I was younger. As I grew older I kinda stopped. I read here and there but not as much as I would like. Yikes. This blog will hopefully get me back into that.
I like reading anything. Or I liked reading anything until I got into AP English. They roasted my life and told me the Hunger Games wasn't of "literary merit." I still like it though. Here's the problem I have with reading for school: All the books suck. Sometimes. It physically pains me to read for school unless I pick out the book. I like doing that so much better. Then they make you analyze and make notes and it sucks the fun out of reading.
The books i read are mostly young adult nonfiction. But I like other genres too. Just anything I find interesting at that time. Now I have to get into more complex books. we'll see how that goes.
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