The Firekeeper's Daughter

 

This was a pretty good young adult book. It's about a biracial Indian girl who discovers the meth problem in her tribal community. The people involved in the deceit include even people close to her. It's also about her love interest with Jamie who pretends to be a cute hockey star in the beginning. She finds he is actually an agent. At first his interest in her is fake going along with the assignment but then it develops into something. I feel like it ran out of steam by the end. I finished the book pretty quickly. It held my interest throughout. It was entertaining. 

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

 

I highly recommend Langston Hughes, one of the best writers to come out of the Harlem Renaissance. One of the reasons why Langston is such a good writer is the simplicity of his poetry. I'm new to poetry but it can be hard to understand at times. Langston Hughes doesn't need to be pretentious to make his poetry great. He's to the point but it doesn't feel like he's dumbing things down either. His poetry is mostly about racism, and it can be quite powerful. The only other poet I can say that was almost as good as him in this genre is Jean Toomer.  

The Prince's Progress and Other Poems

 

I read the second book of poetry that was released by Christina Rossetti, the author of the provocative "Goblin's Market." This doesn't have a poem that is as memorable as that. That's ok though because I still like Christina Rossetti's style. She had a lot of range. Despite the controversial nature of that poem most of the work in this book is about religion. I'm a religious person so I liked these poems. She is one of my favorite poets.