I'm reading All Quiet on the Western Front for English class right now. So depressing!

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I'm reading All Quiet on the Western Front for English class right now. So depressing!

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I've seen the movie but never read the book. The movie was also very sad. I'd like to read the book though. Is it good?


"Don't be stupid. It's not smart." -Mark (STD)
"Idiots suck. Don't be one."-Mark

Fuzzies, I really enjoyed The Name of the Rose. Let me know when you finish it.

Just finished reading the Da Vinci Code and have moved on to Dan Brown's Digital Fortress. I'm beginning to realise that Dan Brown has a formula which is becoming a bit irritating.

Get Curious!

Iheartherbert - All Quiet was really good!!! I just finished it last night. Remarque uses beautiful imagery. I can't imagine the movie could do it justice! Tomorrow I have to take an essay test on it.. wish me luck!!
~ howdy

In my english class right now we're reading the play A Raisin In the Sun. It is horrible. It is the worst play I have ever read in my entire life. It's just boring. It barely has a story. I would like to know if any of you has read this and how you felt about it.


"Don't be stupid. It's not smart." -Mark (STD)
"Idiots suck. Don't be one."-Mark

Iheartherbert,
To be honest, I can't recall if Adams divulges the question, but I don't think he does. And are you really having a hard time finding the Hitchhiker's sequels, because any book store should have em (and if a particular one isn't on the shelves, go to the info desk, because they might have another copy somewhere else...Borders is notorious for hiding books behind other books or up on high shelves...or they can order you a copy).

And just curious, did you see the movie?

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"The sleep of reason produces monsters." ~Francisco de Goya

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Iheartherbert,
To be honest, I can't recall if Adams divulges the question, but I don't think he does. And are you really having a hard time finding the Hitchhiker's sequels, because any book store should have em (and if a particular one isn't on the shelves, go to the info desk, because they might have another copy somewhere else...Borders is notorious for hiding books behind other books or up on high shelves...or they can order you a copy).

And just curious, did you see the movie?

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I did find all the sequels. Our school library had them. The second one, The Restaurant at the end of the universe, was so funny. But when I started the third one, Life, the Universe and Everything, it made absolutely no sense to me. It was like Adams skipped over some stuff between the second and third one. I finished it, but I didn't really understand it. I never started the fourth one. And I haven't seen the movie. I really want to. I want to see how they do Marvin. He was my favourite character.

And,he does reveal the answer. Arthur makes scrabble tiles from stone on pre historic earth and he pulls them out of the bag at random and spells out, "What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9?" and apparently the answer is 42. Strange.


"Don't be stupid. It's not smart." -Mark (STD)
"Idiots suck. Don't be one."-Mark

What I am I reading right now? Well there is a lot of stuff. I can post on here everyday. I guess that is what I get for taking to 5 week literature clases at the same time.

My Brit Lit class:
I just finshed
The Battle of Maldon
The Wanderer

I am now reading
Beowulf
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Southern Lit class:
I just finished
A Description of New England by John Smith
The Narrative of the Life of Federick Douglass

Free time reading:
The Fall by Camus
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

siempre~
Leslie
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"The sky is like a black sieve pierced by silver drops that tremble, ready to burst through." (Ayn Rand, Anthem)

Currently, I am reading:

-An Encyclopedia on mythology
-A Spanish review book in an attempt to relearn the language I studied for six years but no longer remember in any useful way
-Grendel...I forget the author's name, but it takes the perspective of the monster in Beowulf (which is also a good read).

Oh and martyrmoonlight,
Enjoy Interview with the Vampire, tis a wonderful book!

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"The sleep of reason produces monsters." ~Francisco de Goya

I love Grendel ! We read it in high school, everyone had to read Beowulf , then the honors got to read Grendel. It make you look at Beowulf in a different way...he's not evil, he's misunderstood....

I know I read A Raisin In the Sun in high school, but I don't remember a single thing about it.

I thought the question was how many roads must a man walk... But now I have no clue where I got that from, I haven't read the book yet (it's on my list), I did see the movie though.

I'm currently reading nothing. WOW, that's right. I was in the middle of a book my prof wrote...but...I need my red pen and he asked me not to edit it...umm yeah...

"I'm telling you. People come and go in this Forest, and they say, 'It's only Eeyore, so it doesn't count.' They walk to and fro saying, 'Ha ha!' But do they know anything about A? They don't. It's just three sticks to them. But to the Educated - mark this, little Piglet- to the Educated, not meaning Poohs and Piglets, it's a great and glorious A." --Eeyore, The House at Pooh Corner

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I thought the question was how many roads must a man walk... But now I have no clue where I got that from, I haven't read the book yet (it's on my list), I did see the movie though.

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Well, it sort of was. The mice who ran the world had to quick think up an answer after earth had been destroyed and they came up with how many roads must a man walk down.



"’The first ten million years were the worst,’ said Marvin, ‘and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.’" - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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I just finished A Crown of Slavesby David Weber and Eric Flint (in the 'Honorverse' and if anyone hasn't read an Honor Harrington book, they should)...

'Wisdom comes to all of us. Someday it might even be your turn.' -Polgara the Sorceress
"Life is pain. Anyone who tells you otherwise is just selling you something." Dread Pirate Roberts
"People are stupid" Wizard's First Rule

Finished Grendel and am now in the midst of A Confederacy of Dunces. I tried to read the book before, because an awesome teacher of mine recommended it, but didn't really take to it too well and stopped reading it. So this is my second attempt. I think I'll reserve my judgment until I finish it, though.

Grendel was terrific on the other hand. As EL was saying, it does portray another view of Beowulf, showing how Grendel was just misunderstood. In my opinion, it also goes beyond that even to pose some really deep philosophical questions (i.e. the meaning of life, truth versus illusion, etc.) and the human experience: the desire to belong, hardship, isolation, struggling with personal ignorance and that of others... Further, I was really struck by how intelligent they made Grendel in this version...it really changes your original interpretations of all the characters, and I don't think I could ever read Beowulf the same way. My high school class only read Beowulf, but when I am teaching my own classes, we are definitely reading both. I love the insight and critical analysis of the Beowulf characters that Grendel gives.

Now, I just need to get my books by Calvino and I shall be set for some time

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"The sleep of reason produces monsters." ~Francisco de Goya

Oh my. I went to my mothers and read two books in one day. I read the Child Called "It". So sad. And "Fever" which is a tale of a girl who struggles during the Yellow Fever Epidemic in the late 1700's. I loved both books.


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"I always thought writing poetry was hard, untill i realized sometimes it just slips magically out of my hands and onto paper." Tina

"Because I could not stop for Death --
He kindly stopped for me --
The carriage held but just ourselves
And immortality."
-Emily Dickinson, Because I Could Not Stop For Death

I loved A Child Called It. It was heartbreaking and I'd never want to read it again just because it's too sad but it was a really good book.



"’The first ten million years were the worst,’ said Marvin, ‘and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.’" - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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yeah, i will not read it again unless i've run out of books to read at home.


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"I always thought writing poetry was hard, untill i realized sometimes it just slips magically out of my hands and onto paper." Tina

"Because I could not stop for Death --
He kindly stopped for me --
The carriage held but just ourselves
And immortality."
-Emily Dickinson, Because I Could Not Stop For Death

OK, still do not like A Confederacy of Dunces now that I have finished the thing; I just found the main character and his mishaps irritating, not amusing. But to each his own; it got really good reviews and a teacher of mine with really good taste recommended it, so some of you might still want to give it a go.

Also finished Crime and Punishment. And ya know, I was not too fond of that one, either. I read Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground and really liked that one, but I just wasn't as fond of Crime and Punishment. It wasn't quite as philosophical/psychological as the other one, in my opinion, and again, the actions of the main character (as well as several others) drove me nuts. However, the fact that Dostoevsky tries to illustrate in part the effects of poverty on individuals and their families and presents the theory that laws do not apply for "extraordinary men" was interesting. I'd say it was a good book, just not my taste.

Finally, I finished a book of poetry by Billy Collins titled Sailing Alone Around the Room. He has a very casual style, often humorous and unique which I really like. I recommend "Forgetfulness," if anyone wants a taste of his work.

Right now, I am beginning Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein (who also wrote Stranger in a Strange Land--fantastic book), and have decided to rent Macbeth rather than take up my fun-reading with attempting to read something so dense.

Woo, that was a lot

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"The sleep of reason produces monsters." ~Francisco de Goya

Confederacy of Dunces grows on you, Katelyn. I can usually read a book straight through, but it annoyed me so much I had to put it down several times. I made myself suck it up and read it one more time for another report, and I liked it much better... and as time goes on, I find random references it makes coming up in my life all the time. lol, I don't know if you've seen the Hallmark character, Maxine... but it reminds me of Trixie and that lightens the book quite a bit.



And I agree about Crime&Punishment-- not nearly as much fun as Underground.

Right now, I'm reading Bluebeard by Vonnegut. So far, it's what I expected... too manly for my tastes. (My feminine sensibilities are offended! *sighs*)

I saw The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy today. It was very funny. It didn't follow the book very well. There was an entire scene where I had no idea what was going on. It had never happened in the book. But Marvin, the depressed android, was hilarious. He's my favourite character in the books, and they did him perfectly in the movie.


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Right now I'm reading The Carpethian Castle by Jules Verne.