For the Inferno, the concept of the punishments as contra passo is intriguing (same in Purgatorio, but with the added ability to change levels in order to ascend), but Fred Pete is totally correct. Without knowing who the hell was in power and the internecine struggles of Florentine life, the people themselves and the stories they tell are very meh.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kat - Dec 02, 2009 7:01:40 am PST #10440 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2009 7:10:40 am PST #10441 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I really like My Antonia, and Willa Cather in general.
I hated My Antonia. It seemed to be a book told entirely in summary rather than scene.
Strega - Dec 02, 2009 7:25:52 am PST #10442 of 28370
I know I read My Antonia. I think I read The Awakening. I remember almost nothing about either one. (I just looked up a summary of The Awakening to try and work out if I had or not. The ending sounds awfully familiar, so: probably.)
I also read Beloved & Macbeth & Handmaid's Tale. Those I remember.
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2009 7:31:34 am PST #10443 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I also hated The Awakening.
I don't think I liked Beloved, but I do love Macbeth and The Handmaid's Tale.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2009 7:45:02 am PST #10444 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I hated My Antonia.
What?! Quit having wrong opinions.
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2009 7:48:28 am PST #10445 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Bored the crap out of me, man.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2009 7:51:20 am PST #10446 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bored the crap out of me, man.
But it's got plows and dried mushrooms and immigrant girls! I fail to see what's boring about that.
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2009 8:01:03 am PST #10447 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh man, I must have totally missed the dried mushrooms. I feel so deprived of an engaging reading experience.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 02, 2009 8:04:26 am PST #10448 of 28370
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I loved My Antonia. I liked The Awakening but for some reason totally missed the part where she kills herself at the end. I thought she was going for a refrshing swim.
Steph L. - Dec 02, 2009 8:29:05 am PST #10449 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
T-Rex fixes great works of fiction: [link]
T-Rex *almost* makes me want to re-read Moby Dick.
ALMOST.