Currently Reading: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

1) I just finished the horrific 400+ book detailing the Colombine shooting. I need something light. This book is the exaaaaact opposite of high school psycopaths shooting up their school. It is about a high school girl with crushies. As eyeroll inducing as it is, a high school girl with crushies is more relatable to me.

2) I’m a sucker for Asian American protagonists. And there is a dearth of Asian American protagonists.

3) My reading goal for the year was 40 books, and I have read 63. I want to maximize my book count by the end of the year, and can do so by reading short and fluffy things. After this I’ll be reading a lot of Chevillard.

4) It’s research for my own novel. I wrote a novel during NaNoWriMo 2017. My goal is to for-serious-revise and publish it within the next year, likely starting small with self-publishing venues at first. As much as I would like to think myself as a great literary author of depth, my novel falls most accurately under a love story involving young adults. Coming soon to a bookstore not near you! With an Asian American protagonist!

So how is TATBILB going? So far so good (page 62). I’m worried the protagonist is a little too passive at this point. I am hoping this is to set up her evolving into someone who would take more action. I am a fan of Rainbow Rowell, but many of her stories evolve around a girl/woman who is awesome, yet under-appreciated, and then someone sees how awesome she is, and good things just kind of happen to her by no doing of her own. I am the first to admit how privileged AF I am, which contributes a lot to where I am in life now. But if I think about it deeply, I did not acquire any of my current status/success/happiness without taking some form of action. There. I said it. Boom.