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 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:03 am
@ Miss Jersey, I've never read Palahniuk, and I don't know that I want to. I'm not sure I could jive with his style. :/
And the phrase, 'Lordy Lou!' I use it all the time, especially irl, it's from Abarat, a series by Clive Barker. ^^ The books are really good, I think there are just two out right nao, and they are FULL of his paintings of the charactes and scenes and stuff. He has totally groovy style. ^^
But that was a terribly neat coincedince, I think. XD
@ Miss Req, I believe that cartoons are one of our most amazing and perfect art forms. Frankly. :I
I thought 'Go Ask Alice' was really really sad. Read it my Freshman year, along with 'Lord Of The Flies', which is one of MY favourite books.
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:09 pm
Bleach, I hated Lord of the Flies. I've been forced to read it three times in school (curse of switching schools) and I NEVER liked it.
I read Go Ask Alice at girl scout camp, along with about half of A Child Called It, which I never finished. It belonged to a friend. Anyway, Go Ask Alice gets to me because it's real. It teaches a lesson without being preachy.
I wonder what America would be like if all kids read Go Ask Alice and 1984 in 4th grade instead of studying state history?
1984 and Animal Farm. I read them in 4th grade and have to say I've always liked them. My teachers thought I was SO bright. rofl
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:23 pm
What WHAT? 'Lord of the Flies' was just awesome. I like it..... =3= I should get out that copy I stole and re-read it.
When it comes to books I read fer school, I personally hated 'To Kill A Mockingbird', my Sophomore English teacher was off that book, and I never even finished it, neither did Bookie. DX It was TERRIBLE. I thought, anyway.
However, 'Catcher in the Rye', LOVED IT. Took a copy of that one too.... My teacher said I could though. ^^
I read 'Go Ask Alice', and even though it was good, and made a lot of sense, in the end I just felt really sad and crushed about it. I can't imagine having read it when I was any younger.
I've decided I won't ever read a 'Child Called IT' What a sad ******** book, and it's all true! Who wants to read about that??? I read fer entertainment, not to feel like I should it it all. So yeah, NO THNX, BAI NAO. When I worked in the Library at school, I swear I had to put that book or one of the series, sometimes more, EVERY DAY, we had a whole bunch of copies of it just because it was so popular. It was insane.
1984 was really awesome..... I liked it a lot, and it made a lot of sense to me... I felt rather inspired. ^^
Although I'm not sure how any of the above mentioned books [in both my post and Miss Req's] could be taken by children. I suppose it depends on interpretation and upbringing. But you put forth a fine question, my dear, a FINE question indeed.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:29 pm
I never read Catcher in the Rye, but I was forced to read TKAM twice.
also, I hated The Scarlet Letter. UGH.
And I swear, if I have to LOOK at Romeo and Juliet ONE MORE TIME, I will punch a nun.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:40 pm
XDD I was lucky then... I'm so glad I've never had to re-read s**t.
'Catcher in the Rye', made of win, Holden Caulfield, mmmmm, yes. cool I've never read 'The Scarlet Letter'... the movie seemed to be boring enough, I decided the book wasn't worth my time.
'Wuther Heights'...... holy ********, hated it. I didn't even get to chapter 3, it was just utterly awful!
'Romeo and Juliet', my sister's favourite Shakespearean play [but then she is a Nicholas Sparks fan ::shutter::], I personally liked 'A Midsummer's Night Dream', and 'Hamlet' was pretty good too....
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:50 pm
As far as Shakespeare, I like The Tempest.
I was alright with Wuthering Heights. I was going to read Jane Eyre, but am reading frankenstein instead, so.
I dislike A Christmas Carol, as well as Great Expectations, (while we're talking about 19th century literature)
and speaking of classic Christmas tales...
I LOATHE 'The Gift of the Magi'
HATE HATE HATE.
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:09 pm
Ahhhh...... yessssssssssss, I've not read it. o3o;;
I have 'Jane Eyre', but I've never cracked it open. My crazy Great Aunt Barbara gave it to me as a gift. She's one of those insane cat ladies, all paranoid and s**t. Yeah.
I thought 'A Christmas Carol' was quite good, I played Tiny Tim in the play my junior year. ^^ I'll tell you what I think of 'Great Expectations' when I finally finish it. It started out pretty well, I thought.
'The Gift of the Magi' is a sweet story! D: I can't believe you hate it! I saw a wonderful adaptation of the story in a comic by P. Craig Russell, I love him. ^^
I hate 'Wuthering Heights', and 'Wicked'. ********, I HATE WICKED! D<
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:48 pm
I hate The Gift of the Magi because material items DO matter if they carry sentimental value. Especially something like a father's watch. It's something passed down through the generations... My father had one from his grandfather... but it was stolen, along with my mother's pearls and my great-aunt's diamond ring.
I hate it because it's poorly written: it has no grace, no subtlety... just cruelty to the reader and the characters both by giving the reader the anguish of knowing the outcome, and the characters the anguish of not knowing.
I hate it because they'll both lament on December 26th, wishing they hadn't gone and sold ther most prized possessions. No amount of love in the world could stop that.
I hate it because it's clumsy and hokey and about as revolting as that 'bowl full of jelly' analogy in "'Twas the Night before Christmas"...and about as sickly-sweet as well. Pancake syrup is sweet, but drink a whole bottle and you'll throw up.
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:05 am
O.o;; Have you ever drank a whole bottle of syrup? Lordy Lou, I suppose I can see exactly what you mean, and why you don't like it.
But I still like Russell's pretty pictures of it. ^^
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:54 pm
Christopher Moore... anyone else read him?
Most of his books take place in upstate California... I know we have several members from that state.... ^^
He's very clever, voted funniest author by Playboy.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:05 pm
Instead of doing math yesterday, my stats class just sat around in our pajamas, discussing psychoactive drugs and the literature produced by using them.
it was a weird class.
Anyway, we talked about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Go Ask Alice and others.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:37 pm
It's so hard for me to find a decent book to read now aday. The last couple of books I read were The Footprints of God and Black Cross. Both writen by Greg Iles. The Footprints of God is about artifical intelligence, and Black Cross is about WW2.
I find myself reading more and more fictional work. I used to be big on scifi and fantasy. Piers Anthony is one of my favorite authors for that genre.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:26 pm
My Dad was reading Black Cross when he was in the hospital not too long ago. And I have a Piers Anthony book... A Spell For Chemeleon, I think. I haven't finished it yet. ninja
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:57 pm
Lulz, I couldn't sleep last night, so I was up at 3:00 AM reading a children's book about shipwrecks. It had two pages about the Titanic, probably because of the movie. Also, they discussed the Medusa and Lusitania but not the Indianapolis.
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:51 am
This place has been so dead! D: I'm going to try to revive it a bit.....
Hopefully everyone will get a little more active now that summer is coming up. ^^
But yeah.....
No Indianapolis, Miss Req? Prolly no Essix either. XDD
Anyway, I've been trying to read more, I finally finished Smoke and Mirrors [Gaiman again. ^u^;;;], and since the Boy works at the library he brings me books, like "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", which was quite good, and "Night Watch".
Bookie gave me a book on feeling better, I've only read a little bit of it though.
I want to read more, but I just can't seem to find the time! D:
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