Long time no see, blog. I've been thrown back into the life of college and have tried multiple times to publish something, but everything seemed boring and tedious and I hate those things so I drafted those posts and they may never see the light of day. I've been racking my brain about what to post because I didn't want to just be like LOL COLLEGE IS GR8 HI because that's lame and no fun and there's plenty of places where those posts exist (though I may do a series of posts about being a college freshman/things to bring to school/things to not bring to school/what to expect because I wish there were more posts out there about that stuff). I don't want to be one of those blogs. I digress, however. Let's talk about books.
I'll admit it; I'm a book nerd. I am a straight up literature enthusiast. I was disappointed when my AP English class wasn't assigned 'Anna Karenina'. Anyway, you get the point. Some news was shared today that was super exciting for me and lit people everywhere and we all rejoiced and cried a little and held each other and were a little frightening but it was super worth it. So let me share if you haven't heard already.. HARPER LEE IS RELEASING A SEQUEL TO 'TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD'. OAIJWEOIFJOIJD.
Okay, now that that's over. Of course, my initial reaction is to open the BuzzFeed article I was reading it from and flail a little as I scrolled down and tried to calm myself enough to make sure it wasn't a hoax because BuzzFeed can be a bunch of butts sometimes (luv u bb). Turns out, it's totally true and I've been excited all day and this is such great news!! 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was a great read and while I wouldn't cite it as the single piece of literature that made me passionate about social justice issues, it definitely helped when I was a wee freshman in high school. And while perusing an article about how much sleep young adults should 'actually' be getting (turns out 6 won't cut it and I need to go to bed earlier for my 8:30 a.m class because sleep is important), I found a related article on Jezebel that highlighted some reasons why one should be a little apprehensive about the new release by Lee.
Harper Lee is famous for being a recluse. She's also had a stroke and is apparently not very aware of what's going on around her sometimes. So as much as I'd love to be excited about this news, the Jezebel article has also made me feel weary about any new material that Harper Lee might be coming out with. Especially since her lawyer (who was also her sister) passed away three months ago. Seems a little fishy if you ask anyone with a conscious and logical thinking skills.
Why you gotta rain on my parade, shitty people of the world? Like, I'd rather not know about any potential Harper Lee content and be ignorantly blissful than be aware and have an internal ethical crisis about the book. She's an amazing author and I want this new book so much that I can't even comprehend it. Like, I've never been so excited for a book to come out and that's saying something considering I was a pretty big Harry Potter fan as a kid. I just don't know if I can support the exploitation of said author. There seems to be some super shady stuff going down. I guess time will tell whether or not the decision to release this book that's apparently been written even before 'TKAM' is a decision by Lee herself.
Speaking of literature, I have a whole stack of books in my room (dorm and home alike) that haven't been read. I'm terrible at making time to read, especially while I'm at school but I really should because books are great and they smell great and they feel great and I just really like books, okay? I definitely should get on that because Steve Jobs' face is staring at me every morning when I wake up like 'Read me Mattea, learn about my life!! It's super cool!!!! I designed your computer~~'. I'm sure it is, Jobs, but I have to do my philosophy homework first. I'll have to spend this weekend with some coffee and a book. That sounds pretty rad. But uh, yeah. There's some thoughts about Harper Lee and exploitation and sequels, kind of. Until next time.
