Sorry, I'm with Megan here.
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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."
le nubian - Jun 15, 2011 6:28:35 am PDT #15252 of 28285
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Laga - Jun 15, 2011 6:30:45 am PDT #15253 of 28285
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I came at Clockwork Orange from being an angry young punker and thinking the movie was 'cool' so when I got around to reading the book it was quite an eye opener how differently the movie presented the world. I'm glad I read it.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 15, 2011 6:33:13 am PDT #15254 of 28285
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The advantage of Henrietta Lacks is also that, were he interested, there are at least three radio interviews with the author that are super interesting as well.
Feed might be a quicker read if he isn't hooded by Henrietta's story.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 15, 2011 7:27:03 am PDT #15255 of 28285
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Pfah! Can you have so little love for the play of language?
That's probably not going to be a draw for someone who doesn't like reading, though I agree with you. By the end of the book I was thinking in nadsat.
Kate P. - Jun 15, 2011 7:27:19 am PDT #15256 of 28285
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I really loved Feed, and I think it would be a good choice for someone who isn't generally much of a reader.
Volans - Jun 15, 2011 7:47:27 am PDT #15257 of 28285
move out and draw fire
My school never had summer reading lists either, but I always loved summer because it meant I had time to go through shopping bags full of books, mostly while floating on the swimming pool.
I miss summer.
Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2011 8:04:39 am PDT #15258 of 28285
brillig
I miss summer.
Oh, god, yes, when it wasn't the time of "doing the same thing, only while sweating." When you could head out with the dog with a book and find a tree and do nothing for hours but read.
smonster - Jun 15, 2011 8:06:32 am PDT #15259 of 28285
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I remember that the summer before senior year, I chose to read The Sound and the Fury. We split into discussion groups the first day, and my group spent most of our time going, "What the HELL was that?"
Polter-Cow - Jun 15, 2011 8:09:16 am PDT #15260 of 28285
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
One spring break, I read Animal Farm, 1984, and Brave New World. For fun. But then I ended up writing a paper on the last two, so that worked out.
DavidS - Jun 15, 2011 8:15:18 am PDT #15261 of 28285
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One spring break, I read Animal Farm, 1984, and Brave New World.
See that's practically a book in itself: The Spring of My Dystopias.