Last Book You Read and Your Review of It

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A lot of books!

I read Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates as the semester ended. I read a short story by her before, and this was my first novel by Oates, and though I really enjoy her writing style, the plot at the end was so neurotic and random it was a bit too much. I kinda want to discuss it with someone, because I know it was all about personality, but the last part of the novel was so bizarre and I couldn't see the point of it. His wife also -- her character before marriage, and the sudden focus on her in the third part of the book where she's near insane -- her character seemed so different, as if there was a completely different person in her place now. I know it's probably commenting on the nature of marriage, but I was so disappointed with how her character turned out. And the she drops off the face of the planet, like every other character. I'll need to try another book by her one day and hope for a better experience.

I had been reading a lot of serious stuff, so I decided to chill after that with a nice Neil Gaiman book, Anansi Boys. It was cute, but I liked the more serious nature of American Gods better, and I still like his short stories better than anything else so far (I think the only work of his I have left to read is Coraline).

After that I read John Green's second book, An Abundance of Katherines, because I loved his first book Looking for Alaska a lot. They're YA books, and I was hoping to use Looking for Alaska one day with a class. Katherines is good -- I enjoyed it a lot, probably just as much as Alaska, though the ending was very abrupt and the main character was a tad bit annoying, though that was pretty much the point. So I dealt with it.

Now I'm reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, because I noticed I had it and it's fairly short. Her writing is so pretty to read.