A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams

Hot damn that's my jam.

This is the second novel in my string of "books Shannon let me borrow for this project and is thereby amazing for doing so" series. A Streetcar Named Desire, a play by Tennessee Williams, is something I always wondered about ever since I heard the Panic! At the Disco song where they make a reference to the play. (I mean, and before that, obviously, I had heard of it before 2011, Jesus.) The line itself is from the song "Memories" off of their 2011 album, Vices and Virtues, "And it was beautifully depressing / Like 'A Streetcar Named Desire'," and I feel like I agree with that quote (I mean, taken out of context of the song, of course). Let's dig into the play, shall we?

Deenie, by Judy Blume

The cover of Deenie, featuring Deenie herself. Didn't see that one coming.

My friend (and my trainer at Flight of the Hippogriff, then ALMOST trainer at Revenge of the Mummy) Shannon saw that I was doing this project and let me borrow three of her books which, including this review, will be the next three I post probably so that I can get them back to her in a quick and not prolonged amount of time - I just finished the second one before posting this review so it will be really soon where I finish the third. Hopefully! Anyway, this book is Deenie by Judy Blume. If you know anything about me, I tend to write more young adult fiction than anything else, so I read a lot of it. But I never really read that much by Judy Blume, so I was glad this one was on the list, and even moreso that Shannon let me borrow it!! So here we go.

Franny and Zooey, by J. D. Salinger

Simple cover for these two short stories.

I know it's been forever since my last and first book review for Notes in the Marginz, but here we are. Second book on the list goes to Franny and Zooey, by J. D. Salinger. For some reason I felt inclined to pick this number up from my local used bookstore in Jacksonville, Chamblin Bookmine (literally my favorite place in Jacksonville) and attempted reading it, quit, and forgot about it until this project happened. I am one of those people who really hate The Catcher in the Rye and I'm not looking forward to reading that one again for this stupid blog. Anyway I read this finally so here we go.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, by Dr. Seuss

So weird to not see a green Grinch here.

Book number one on the NitM project is How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, by Dr. Seuss. If you grew up in America, chances are you probably read this book at least once in your lifetime. I guess in other countries these weren't really translated because of the whole rhyming thing, which makes sense but is something I didn't really think about until one of my German friends, Iman, mentioned it while we were watching the live action adaptation a few weeks ago. That fact kind of bummed me out, but then I looked back and I wasn't a SUPER huge stan for the doctor, so I'm not too upset about it. I chose this book first for a few reasons: number one, it's easy; number two, it's Christmas Eve as I'm writing this; and number three, it's a book for this project that my parents own, and I'm currently at their house. I feel like some reviews I write on these books for this project will be super redundant, or like I'm talking to someone who lives under a rock, but here we go.

An Introduction

Hey everyone! My name is Sara. I graduated from Flagler College in 2013 with an English degree and a creative writing minor. Sometime around a year ago I started watching Gilmore Girls and remember feeling unbearably sad that I didn't watch this show while it was on/before I went to college, because I could have used Rory as a sounding board for all my problems. Instead I could probably turn to her if I ever go to get my master's degree.

Anyway, a few months ago I remember seeing this list on Buzzfeed of all the books referenced on the show, and I thought, hmm, I wonder how many of those I've read. Spoiler alert: not that many. Which is completely upsetting, as a fellow lover of books! So I figured...hey, I'm a millennial with a blog and like, zero money. Why not do this in my spare time?

What is "this," exactly? Well...read all of the books listed from the series.

Now I know for all of you Julie & Julia fans out there, you're wondering if I have a timeline. No. I do not have a timeline because I have no idea how long this should or would take a person who tries to accomplish it. And I figure people have actually done it, and bravo to them. But now I would like to! If that's cool with everyone here.

My next post (hopefully it shows up before this one though) will be a master list of all the books/plays/novels/poems/essays/whatever mentioned in the show, and then there will be a code for all of them as well if you're reading it.

So if you're reading this, thank you for showing some interest! And hopefully you'll stick around.

x

P.S. - The name is taken from a line of a conversation between Rory and Jess:

Jess: I just wanted to put some notes in the margins for you.

Rory: What? You've read this before.

Jess: About 40 times.

Rory: I thought you said you didn't read much.

Master List

List is taken from this article on Buzzfeed.
Code: own / read prior, is a reread / read completely / lost on a Southwest plane
If someone gives me/lets me borrow a book, there will be an asterisk.
Once read all books will have a post linking the review.