Mary's Monster by Lita Judge
Running out of TAYSHAS that I want to read, and all the ones I want to read have long waitlists. I saw that this was reasonably short when I came across my department secretary reading it the other day, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Good call.
This is told in free verse, which I told my students today, lends a conversational quality to the reading. That is exactly how I felt reading this: like the narrator was having a conversation with me.
I was a little disappointed because the name of the book implies that the story is about how Frankenstein came to be. One could argue that that is EXACTLY what this book is about, but for me, it was a simple biography of Mary Shelley. Maybe I am missing something, but there was very little in her story that could be considered a direct link to the creation of her most well-known book.
All that said, it was interesting to get a glimpse into the life of the WOMAN who created the sci-fi genre as we know it. Her story is every bit as depressing as that of Edgar Allan Poe, but a lesser known one, it seems.
My biggest complaint about the book was the format. I downloaded it to my kindle, or tried to anyway. I could not use my paperwhite, but when I tried to read it on my fire, I couldn't increase the size of the font. Luckily, I was able to enlarge the font on my Ipad, but then I had to contend with the glare. I know, I know--first world problems.
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