Mayor Monday
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Nearing the end of 1984. Next up- Rider on a Pale Horse.
So What Are You Reading?
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SublimeDonut
Deep Sea Prisoner
Recently started the Misterious Island by Jules Verne. His prose is always too good and I end up learning a bunch of new words, I love him. When I tire of him I take a little break and read one or a few short stories, those are my passion, from a variety of authors, the most recent are from Franz Kafka and Machado de Assis. (My passion are writers from before the 20th century, hehe) As of graphic novels, I love love love these also, I just finished A Tale of Sand, which was based off a lost script from Jim Henson, who you might know as the responsible for Labyrinth, the Dark Crystal, two excellent movies, and of course, the Muppets and Sesame Ville. Such a great artist and great story, I highly reccomend.
Dawnpiplup
Kick ass.
Still need to finish up that book about PTSD. In the meantime, though, I'm reading The Catcher In The Rye for my English class.
Not really anything for me. In one of the classes I help in (8th grade), they are reading The Giver and I have to read with them. :/ Honestly, I guess the plot is okay, just boring when that class has half of the kids being dumb and slamming the door to the walls and sticking pencils in their noses. Life is great.
Dawnpiplup
Kick ass.
I started a book called Personality Disorders. I haven't gotten so far into it yet, but I'm sure it'll be quite interesting.
Mimi Cheems
you make me wanna make you fall in love ♡
Attempting to re-read the Food Wars manga. It's been so long since I've read it, I might actually need to start from the very beginning... >w>
Imbri
Resident Night Mare
Hmm, thinking back to my college days, I remember Gulliver's being okay, but Robinson Crusoe was a slog.
I started reading "My Dear Hamilton" by Stephanie Dray. It's okay, but not really grabbing me. Library book from Ngaio Marsh came up ("Vintage Murder"), so I may switch over to that.
I am still gradually working my way through the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe. I finished the poetry section fairly quickly. I was a bit disappointed with it. Other than the poems he is famous for, The Raven and Annabel Lee, there really wasn't anything outstanding. The majority of his other poems were directed towards special people in his life, and while I'm sure they meant something to those people, I don't feel like they translated well for a broader audience.
I'm currently about a third of the way through his short stories and those are much better than his poetry. I've already reread some of my favorites like The Fall of the House of Usher and The Murders in the Rue Morgue plus found some new favorites like Berenice.
Despite being known for his horror, he has quite a few whimsical and humorous tales as well. Some of them are quite enjoyable and it's sad that they don't receive more attention.
I'm currently about a third of the way through his short stories and those are much better than his poetry. I've already reread some of my favorites like The Fall of the House of Usher and The Murders in the Rue Morgue plus found some new favorites like Berenice.
Despite being known for his horror, he has quite a few whimsical and humorous tales as well. Some of them are quite enjoyable and it's sad that they don't receive more attention.
Yeah both are basically "racist white man's travelogues" that later was considered a novel and people thought it was real basically
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Yeah both are basically "racist white man's travelogues" that later was considered a novel and people thought it was real basically
tess of the d'urbervilles! i'm reading it for class but i've had a copy for years. can't believe my mum wanted me to read this when i was 12, it's very depressing. thomas hardy writes too much.
Dawnpiplup
Kick ass.
Just checked out a new book called Bipolar Disorder.
Imbri
Resident Night Mare
Somehow, and it shames me to admit it, I bypassed Ursula K. Le Guin's work. I'm currently fixing that and have just started A Wizard of Earthsea.
I also have Robin: Lady of Legend by R.M. ArceJaeger going.
I also have Robin: Lady of Legend by R.M. ArceJaeger going.
xSuperMario64x
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I'm currently not reading anything, honestly it feels good to not have to read lol
Been thinking about re-reading The Grapes of Wrath, or potentially finding an interesting piece of fictional literature based on WWII/Cold war/Vietnam War that I don't have to read for a grade. I think I would enjoy reading those books a lot more if I didn't have to read it in like a week and a half.
Been thinking about re-reading The Grapes of Wrath, or potentially finding an interesting piece of fictional literature based on WWII/Cold war/Vietnam War that I don't have to read for a grade. I think I would enjoy reading those books a lot more if I didn't have to read it in like a week and a half.
Feels, we read so much for my lit class and while I enjoyed some I hate stressing books if they actually are interesting. I have a lot of non-fiction vietnam war books I can send u lol
Dawnpiplup
Kick ass.
The Other America: Teens & Depression.
Imbri
Resident Night Mare
I just finished Elton John's memoir, Me, and can't recommend it highly enough. He writes in a very easy, conversational style but doesn't pull any punches about mistakes or bad decisions he made. I read it in a day, because I simply couldn't put it down.
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