Well, I've had a very full summer . . . a bit of sailing . . . cooking/shopping at Farmer's Markets . . . watching far too much reality TV (especially ABDC & Project Runway),and in between all these distractions, I've been reading a bunch of books!
One of my top summer reads is
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart.
It was one of those books that got great reviews that I never read, until Sophie, my 7th grade daughter said that I should. I wasn't quite convinced, yet. Then at some point, I picked it up and just couldn't stop! What did I like about it? Certainly the plot is entertaining - a girl in a private school discovers a secret male society that she is determined to infiltrate, but it's more than that. I appreciated her cunning, certainly, but I also loved not only her voice, but the interplay between the various charecters. It also made me think about political protest in a ways that were playful, dramatic, thoughtful and just plain fun! A good read on many different levels
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