Hee.
I found my copy of the book but have not started re-reading it yet.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
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sumi - Nov 15, 2004 12:27:35 pm PST #769 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Nov 15, 2004 12:27:40 pm PST #770 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Nov 15, 2004 12:27:47 pm PST #771 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
Man, double-posting I understand -- but how the heck did I manage to triple post?
Amy - Nov 15, 2004 12:37:56 pm PST #772 of 3301
Because books.
I started the book, and am so far loving the writing, but I'm only about a chapter in. If anyone's still discussing it next week when I will have (hopefully, because someone kill me if not) finished writing for my own deadline (and also finished reading), I will post then, a la Wolfram.
JenP - Nov 15, 2004 12:51:13 pm PST #773 of 3301
I put it on hold at the library way late, and then I was number two on the list, so ... still waiting. Of course, I have the next two sitting in my room. Thank goodness for online renewal. Anyway. Working on it.
libkitty - Nov 15, 2004 1:04:06 pm PST #774 of 3301
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I read it, but meant to re-read it and have not done that yet, so I will wait to discuss until later this week or early next. It just makes the anticipation last longer.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 15, 2004 1:20:44 pm PST #775 of 3301
What is even happening?
YIKES!!!!!!
I meant to say Diamant is not pretending her version is authoritative, she's just writing fiction. Gah. I need a proof-reader. Okay, back to correct, and then read what y'all wrote. Sorry for the stupid.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 15, 2004 1:26:37 pm PST #776 of 3301
What is even happening?
Don't kill me, but I haven't read it yet. Soon as I do, I'll be a mad poster what posts like mad.
Who am I to cast the first stone. Oops, wrong religious reference, but since this is the first discussion I've been ready for, I can't really complain, can I.
I haven't got that far. I'm not that familiar with the relevant scripture, and now I'm perplexed on how all the introductory chapters on her mothers is going to be relevant to the "rape".
Well, the point of the book is to tell the other half of the story. The Bible mostly focuses on the men, with some notable exceptions. Dinah's relationship with Shechem, for thousands of years, has only been told from one perspective, just as Leah and Rachel's relationship, and their relationship with Jacob, have only been told from one side.
I'll be ready when anyone else is.
Connie Neil - Nov 15, 2004 1:46:42 pm PST #777 of 3301
brillig
the point of the book is to tell the other half of the story
I'm afraid this is where I'm running into problems. I don't feel a need to know the other side of the story. I've never felt cheated that most of the books through history have focused on men and their reactions. I'm afraid what someone said about me is true--the vast majority of women bore me. I don't want bad things to happen to them, and most of my friends are women--Hi, b.org!--but the inner world of women focused on family and householding and babies doesn't grip me. I want the stories of the women who strived for something more.
I'll finish it, it's not hard reading and quite evocative, but it'll be so I can discuss things from an informed point of view.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 15, 2004 2:23:41 pm PST #778 of 3301
What is even happening?
but the inner world of women focused on family and householding and babies doesn't grip me. I want the stories of the women who strived for something more.Hmmm. I don't know if you'll like it, but I wouldn't put Dinah's story the way you have above, either. I guess we'll see.