FUN HOME

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. In the beginning, I was very interested, and enjoyed reading it. However, once it started really jumping around, and sort of rambling on about her father, I lost interest. I skipped around, trying to find where the story picked up again. This book was very different from all the rest we've read.

SKIM

I enjoyed this book, although I was surprised at how easy a read it was. I read it in about an hour. However, I expected it to be much different than it was. On the front cover it mentions that it won some sort of children's book award. But after reading the book, I would in no way consider it to be for children. The characters say "fuck" waaaay too many times for it to be appropriate for kids. I would say it's more "young adult" than "children". I could see kids in high school reading this, MAYBE even middle school. But when I think children's books, I think of things like Clifford, or Dr. Seuss. Not Skim. However, for the purposes of our class, I enjoyed it. It was a nice change from standard books.

VOICE - Express yourself through words.

BODY- We all have one.

WRITING - a way to express ones self .

WOMAN - Hear me roar.

Kinky

I really enjoyed reading Kinky. I found it to be a surprisingly easy read. I loved the Barbie theme, but my favorite poem would have to be "Buddhist Barbie".

In the 5th century B.C.

an Indian philosopher Gautama

teaches "All is emptiness"

and "There is no self."

In the 20th century A.D.

Barbie agrees, but wonders how a man

with such a belly could pose,

smiling, and without a shirt.

I just like that it's short and sweet, and to the point. The last three lines just crack me up everytime.

Some of the lengthier poems at times seemed to drag on, which could also be why I liked this one so much. There wasn't one poem that I didn't like, but this one just sticks out in my mind.