whining

[liri]

A classmate on the internship discussion board made a post about compiling a rec list for children's (or more specifically, middle-grade) fiction that pushed ALL my buttons on the problem-novel issue, and I'm trying to figure out how best to word my objections to the rationale behind the list she described.  Because my kneejerk reaction, "oh for FUCK'S SAKE not THIS again, would it kill you to include ONE book that might make somebody laugh?" is not really professional or appropriate.

My parents are going to be in town for a visit.  Hence the icon.  I love my family, but they drive me batshit.  And this is going to be My Birthday (Observed) so it's also dinner with my in-laws, because I am surrounded by people who are determined to celebrate my special occasions whether I like it or not (see also: Weddingweddingwedding) and then next weekend is Passover (yeah, it lasts a week, but "go to in-law's house and be forced to read out loud by the man who allegedly loves me" is the part of Passover that's relevant to me) and I just want to spend my weekends at home, trawling Pixiv and writing.  /whine

Comments

[quicksilver_ink]

Oh boy, problem novels. Do you think maybe she'd be open to suggestions if you, er, suggested Tamora Pierce's books as grappling with Srs Issues (bullying, sexism, rape) and making sure to provide Good Role Models? Because then there would at least be some fun books on the list. (Sure, a lot of other fun books would be left out, like a lot of DWJ, but at least it would be _something_.)

Good luck with Passover, and happy birthday!

[liri]

She needed sports fiction, so that wouldn't work. I just don't understand why all the sports fiction needed to be about young athletes with dying parents/bullying teammates/parents who only love them when they win games/coaches pushing steroids on them (a HUGE PROBLEM for fourth- to sixth-graders, I am quite certain!)