Kaylee ,'The Message'
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."
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]
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.
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.
The Moonstone was a surprisingly good read. I got bogged down in The Woman in White.
Ooh, now that I`m done rereading Dorian I should reread Jane!
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.
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.
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).
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.
Yes! I haven't read it in ages but was thinking about it too. I need to reread it.
Ooh, Erin--if you like the plague, and are OK with some scifiness, I recommend books by Ann Benson.
Also Connie Willis's Doomsday Book.