What's up Wednesday

Hello!

What I'm Reading

If you saw yesterday's post I mentioned difficult reads. One of them being WINTERGIRLS. I never finished it but after that I got the strength to read books with self and outside harm.

Recently I finished reading

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The writing was really good. The sisters, parents and close friends she created were really great, too. I highlighted a lot of quotes. Yet the plot itself was disturbing.

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I'm almost done with THE PROPHET by Khalil Gibran.

What I'm Writing

I am participating in OctPoWriMo. I am starting to get an idea and plan for NaNoWriMo.

What Else I'm Up To

Other than that, check out the cool update.

Love and thank you,

Fida

#Poetteers

Comments

Rachel said…

Oh gosh I LOOOVE Dreamland. It is one of my favorite Sarah Dessen books. I'm sorry you didn't love it as much as I did but I hope you get to This Lullaby, Someone Like You, The Truth about Forever, because those are my faves of hers. =) Have a great week!

October 1, 2014 at 10:33 AM

Fida Islaih said…

I already read THIS LULLABY and I loved it. Thanks for the other two recs!

October 1, 2014 at 10:52 AM

Krispy said…

Congrats on your cool update! And also, did you change your blog look? I like it! Very simple and clean.

Good luck with planning for NaNo! I can't believe it's already that time of year!

October 1, 2014 at 5:32 PM

Anonymous said…

Yours is the third recommendation for Sarah Dessen that I've heard in the last 24 hours. Clearly the book gods are trying to tell me something. Thanks for the rec! Congratulations on so many years of being a published poet, too!

October 1, 2014 at 7:06 PM

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