Because a Book is the Best Fashion Accessory

Having finished my summer reading and seeking some freedom from obligation before school begins, I've been interested in reading good books that I choose. I read about a new book in Vogue and Entertainment Weekly that sounds really good. It's called Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. I picked it up at the book store, but it was hardcover, and therefore ridiculously expensive, so I put it back. But it's about a teenage girl and her father who are constantly traveling, and they end up living in this fictional town where the girl begins to hang out with a weird click involved with an eccentric film studies teacher. There's murder, and each chapter is the title of a famous book. There's also supposed to be a lot of pop culture references and drawings. It's supposed to be really good, and it's Pessl's first novel!

The library is free, unless you return your books late, which I never do, being the angel that I am. So I went there and checked out The Portable Dorothy Parker, and I've been reading the poems. Most of them are incredibly funny. I especially liked this one:

"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Roumania."

She also said, "Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses." And I was wondering, is that true? Not that I'm going to throw away my glasses or anything; Dorothy would probably not be proud of that.