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One reader's thoughts as she steps from book to book.
Books I've Finished
- "A Christmas Memory"
- by Truman Capote 12/8/12
- "Child's Christmas in Wales"
- by Dylan Thomas 12/7/12
- "One Christmas"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- "The Thanksgiving Visitor"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
- by Leslie Baldacci 11/28/12
- The Bee Eater
- by Richard Whitmire 11/15/12
- There Are No Shortcuts
- by Rafe Esquith 10/28/12
- I'd Like to Apologize to
- Every Teacher I Ever Had
- by Tony Danza 10/21/12
- Corked
- by Kathryn Borel 10/15/12
- Year of Learning Dangerously
- by Quinn Cummings 9/30/12
- A Hologram for the King
- by Dave Eggers 8/23/12
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- by Harper Lee 7/18/12
About Me
- Christine
- I often have a few books with bookmarks in them at once. I enjoy classics more than contemporary works of fiction, often read historical fiction, and love to get glimpses into other people's lives by reading memoirs and biographies.
12 comments:
"Animal Farm" and "Lord of the Flies" are two books that I read as assignments. The fact that they are both allegories must be why I still think about them. When I read them, in junior high, I had a basic understanding of the underlying message. Now I look back on them when I watch the news or try to make sense of human behavior, and they speak some truth to me, or at least attempt to.
I've always wondered what Lord of the Flies would have looked like had girls landed on that island instead of boys. . .
...well...I would like to think there would be a sensible form of peaceful government, followed by lovely gardens, nice places to swim, and general all-around good energy. And perhaps a little nature-worship. And good food.
"Les Miserables" is my favorite classic book. I read it after seeing the play, and I go back to it because of all the variations throughout the book, between characters and time periods and even between the story and the author ranting. There's just something about a 1000+ page book that leaves room for more exploration.
Gotta be "9 Stories" by J.D. Salinger. Not a big fan of "Catcher" but this is the one I go back and reread about once a year. It was an assignment but one I was glad to get. I'm going refrain from scoffing at Sophia's rather naive take on the female LOTF. I'm just gonna hope she's right.
DD is that you?
I think an all female LOTF would be just as devastating, but the violence would look different, not be as overt. Now an all female LOTR. . .
Don, 9 Stories? Really? Do you know how much I love Salinger? Laughing Man! Esme! Poor Seymour.
I read Animal Farm in the fourth grade, and it made a huge impact on me. I also loved Of Mice & Men, and though most don't consider it a classic, Flowers for Algernon. I've not picked up any of those in nearly twenty years, though, so maybe it's time I revisit them...
Flowers for Algernon is so very sad. I read it as a freshman maybe. Today I wouldn't be able to overlook the similarities to Alzheimer's disease.
I haven't read much Steinback, only the skinny ones: Of Mice and Men (great), The Red Pony (hated it in 8th grade), and The Pearl (very, very good).
"...the skinny ones". Yuck,yuck. You kill me, Christine
Don...trying to be funny about the island of women. But since your a guy, and if I am right, you'll never know anyway.
I almost never reread books, as Christine knows, so this is a hard one. Eric thinks I should say Jane Austen, but..Nah...The classics I have reread the most and always go back to at some point would be a few of Shakespeare's plays, doesn't that sound pretentious?!
If there was an all female LOTF, they would probably die quickly.
Which play, Cook? Twelfth Night?
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