Unplugged Night #19
4Jun2008 Filed under: 52 Nights UnpluggedAndreas is in Montana with his family again, and so it’s just me rattling around the house this week. I’ve been trying to keep myself busy-busy, with lots of unnecessary solo nesting and organizing and space-making.
I’d planned to spend this week’s unplugged night at dance class, but last night I was still sore from NIA on Monday, and it was pouring rain and so I scrapped my plans and did the following:
- Took hot shower
- Started reading The Host (initial thoughts: totally enjoying it, with the exception of the “No, we can’t fuck!” moment near the beginning. Stephanie Meyer, get over your repressed self! You’re not writing YA any more. Your characters are allowed to sleep together, and your efforts to keep them apart come off as contrived.)
- Took brief nap
- Made little dinner
- Sat on the balcony with Sassafras and watched the rain come down
- Wrote two letters: a thank you and a birthday card
- Read some more
- Fell asleep with a small dog in my arms
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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Kara
June 4th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I soared through the first two books of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, on your recommendation. I loved them and read them so fast. Now, I’m on the last book of the YA series - and I can’t make myself finish it. I’ve just had enough for now of the bad relationship vibes. I can’t figure out the draw of the sexy creepy patronizing vampire boyfriend.
leandra
June 4th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
yeah, the host is kinda weird and interesting and turns ‘the invasion of the bodysnatchers’ on its head, but totally YA. its supposed to be an adult book, but its so chaste all the way through and the emotional themes are totally immature. the protaganist is only a teenager, so its consistent, i guess. but where is this an adult book vs YA?
Jennifer
June 5th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Well, to be fair, I wouldn’t want to be getting laid without birth control in the world of The Host either. And she seems to imply that they are getting it on later on.
*shrug* She’s Mormon. You gotta lower expectations on the fuck talk. Book’s still good though.