“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.”
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver is the first book in a series by Lois Lowry, set in an undisclosed time and place, in a world where societies behave much differently than we are used to. Gathering Blue is the next book in the series, however it is almost completely unrelated and it is only in the third book, Messenger, that the two tales begin to come together.
While it was initially meant to be a trilogy, Lowry released Son, the fourth and final installment last October.
Is beauty monstrous?
If so, then my sisters were right
His beauty was so sharp it could have cut
out my heart
He lay naked, sleeping on my bed
How could it be?
Why had he chosen me?
I wanted to run and hide from him
Francesca Lia Block
Psyche in a Dress
TIme for another poetry book! I love Francesca Lia Block, but I realize that she may not be everyone's cup of tea. For my first review of her work I have chosen Psyche in a Dress, what I have often thought of an intro to her work: It is short, poetical, and talks about the Tough Issues, but not in a way that reminds of an after school special.
