I love that book, Barb. It's both relatable and very different from what I knew when I read it at the same time...tough balance to strike and I really admired it.
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
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."
erikaj - Jan 21, 2011 4:29:44 am PST #13689 of 28289
Always Anti-fascist!
Fred Pete - Jan 21, 2011 5:04:54 am PST #13690 of 28289
Ann, that's a ferret.
Dangerous Liaisons is an interesting idea; is it accessible?
At least as accessible as most 18th century works, and probably more so. If there's an issue, it's more the than the 18th-centuryness. You'd want to spend a fair amount of time on "What do Valmont and Merteuil really mean when they say that?"
I don't know whether Cry the Beloved Country has the reputation that it once did. I also read Camus's The Plague for a class in high school, though I can't say I "got" the symbolism attached to it.
Strix - Jan 21, 2011 8:26:48 am PST #13691 of 28289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
How about a Julia Alvarez or Isabelle Allende title?
Duuuude, we are scary brain-twins! I was about to say that!
Allende's "The Stories of Eva Luna" are SS, which might be good if you are worried about length.
Bookrags also has a pretty strong study guide for TSofEL: [link]
Kat - Jan 21, 2011 6:14:27 pm PST #13692 of 28289
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I love Cry the Beloved Country. I was just thinking about trying to write a grant for it for next year. But I have to wait for next year to materialize before I can do that. I think it would be perfect for "passion" and it's an easy read.
I'm in the midst of teaching Jane Eyre for the first time ever. I am re-reading it. Good LORD it's a fun read.
Dana - Jan 21, 2011 6:16:33 pm PST #13693 of 28289
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I've started reading The Moonstone. I read The Woman in White ages ago, but I don't remember it too well, so I was surprised that the first few chapters of The Moonstone are actually pretty funny.
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2011 6:20:52 pm PST #13694 of 28289
brillig
The Moonstone was a surprisingly good read. I got bogged down in The Woman in White.
Liese S. - Jan 21, 2011 6:24:39 pm PST #13695 of 28289
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ooh, now that I`m done rereading Dorian I should reread Jane!
erin_obscure - Jan 21, 2011 6:40:04 pm PST #13696 of 28289
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Ah, Camus's "The Plague." The first book i ever returned to the library without finishing because i just had no interest in wading through the entire thing. I've always been really fascinated with bubonic plague...but that book was sooooooo boring i will always remember it breaking my life-long belief that one MUST finish any book one starts.
Amy - Jan 21, 2011 6:41:09 pm PST #13697 of 28289
Because books.
Oh, Jane. It's been a while since I reread, but I can quote so much of it anyway. One of my all-time favorites.
meara - Jan 21, 2011 9:42:16 pm PST #13698 of 28289
Ooh, Erin--if you like the plague, and are OK with some scifiness, I recommend books by Ann Benson. (Depending on the book, they're either historic with one of the characters having a bit of woo, or a mix of current and flashbacks to middle ages).