262!

Last year I read 261 books. I've been keeping track on aNobii for the past few years and I have a nasty tendency to get super competitive with myself. Since I read 261 last year I've been itching to beat my record for this year. I finished reading #262 (and 263 - I was home sick) yesterday.

Book #262 also ended up being one of my favourite books of the year.

Swish: My quest to become the gayest person ever by Joel Derfner



You can read the introduction here

Here's a super cheesy trailer for Swish.



I picked up Swish because I thought it looked hilarious and shallow, which is the mood I was in a few weeks ago. I sat down with the book yesterday and it is indeed hilarious. It's also super bitchy and surprisingly poignant and wise. I highly recommend it.

Derfner is also a composer, and writing a musical about the Terezin concentration camp. Here's a really disturbing song from the musical. It's sung by a Nazi. It's called Good.

Oh, and book #261, the one that tied me with last year, was Impossible, by Nancy Werlin, a teen book that expands on the story from the folksong "Scarborough Fair".