This is what my homework for this semester looks like--except imagine that the stack of books is twice as tall. I am not exaggerating. I have to read 30 books for my adolescent literature class. Don't get me wrong--I love to read, but that is a lot to do in under 2 months. That is 4 or 5 books a week. So far, I am behind. I have to read 5 books this weekend. I finished one last night, and it made me feel really depressed. So I am hoping that the other books will be happier, or at least not so dark. Next on my list is a science fiction YA novel called Unwind. It sounds kind of creepy--parents are allowed to have their children "unwound" between the ages of 13 and 18, which means that they can have their children's organs transplanted into different people if they are too difficult to handle. Apparently, transplanting is not the same as killing because they aren't technically ending life or something. We'll see how this one goes.The good thing about getting all of these books is that I finally cleared off my bookshelf and it is now being used for books! I used to have a junk shelf. I finally worked up the courage to throw a lot of stuff away. (You'll be proud of me, Mom. I'm trying so hard not to be a pack rat!) Now my junk shelf is my YA lit shelf. It looks a lot neater too!
