Audience Participation Time, Fit the Second

[grammargirl]

Some of you may remember that a few months ago, at the beginning of my last set of classes, I asked for recommendations regarding favorite children's books. This semester I'm taking what is basically the sequel to that class, taught by the same professor, which means that I have to do another annotated bibliography--only this time I have to read fifteen books instead of ten (3-5 by the same author), and they have to fall into the Young Adult category (think age 12-17, or grade 6-12). So: make with the recommendations, please.

Fly, my monkeys!

Comments

Re: great class!

[grammargirl.livejournal.com]

Oooh, these are really good suggestions.

The sad thing is, I'm not even really looking forward to this class. I mean, having an excuse to read... something like 30 YA books over the course of the semester will be nice, but I had this professor last year and, while she clearly knows her stuff, she can be really rigid and unwilling to consider differing opinions/interpretations, which can be frustrating. Plus, she has this really inflexible aversion to the use of first person and contractions, in any context, ever, even when she's explicitly asking for opinions or when eschewing contractions would mess up the flow of my writing, which makes me fucking insane.

Oh well. At least the books will be good.

Re: great class!

[mixedupfiles.livejournal.com]

Ew, I hate professors who consider stylistic writing choices to be GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. I hope she mellows out a little and that you can enjoy your reading assignments. And now, I return to "Evidence: Cases and Materials" ... and weeping quietly in my carrel.