Let us now read about depressed white males with no lives!

Shannon Hale has just written the most insightful and accurate description of what high school and college reading lists do to many passionate young readers that I've ever read. Her experience mirrors my own in many ways, on the high school side at least:

How Reader Girl Got Her Groove Back

But how about you lot on my f-list? Do you find that the books you were made to read in high school and the way your teachers approached them whetted your appetite for reading and literature, or stifled it?

ETA: As is her gift, sartorias has linked to the same essay with much more thoughtful comments and a more interesting topic of discussion. I'll just send you over there, shall I?

Tweets for Today

• 08:32 Catherine Fisher's SAPPHIQUE (sequel to INCARCERON) is out and I didn't know!!! Must order it AT ONCE!!! #
• 14:04 I just made my own promo bookmarks with KNIFE on one side and SPELL HUNTER on the other. Fun! #
• 14:49 Just got my hardcover book jackets for SPELL HUNTER -- they look AMAZING. O_O #
• 18:37 @reveilles: UK edition comes out in early January; US/Canadian edition at the end of April. #

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