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.