Books!

[keilexandra]

Why do many literary novels have the subtitle, "A Novel"? It seems like a perfectly obvious and useless appellation.

Dropped by the library tonight and checked out three YA novels, two of which were shelf-grabs (the last is Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter, which is a NYT-bestseller and guaranteed comfort reading--I've already read the first chapter). I haven't read much YA lately--finally finished The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, currently working on Lolita--so it should be a refreshing change. Especially as NaNoWriMo starts in two days, so I won't have time to read much.

Comments

[ww2b.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I never noticed that (the "A Novel" thing).

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Hee! I've grumbled about it, too. I think it makes sense when the title is ambiguous. I can't think of a good example right now, but I've seen some. But generally, no.