Mal ,'Shindig'
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."
(blasphemer)My favorite thing about To Kill A Mockingbird is the line in Benny and Joon when Joon asks, "Having ourselves a little Boo Radley moment?" She was probably speaking of Robert Duvall in the movie, though. The book didn't make much impression on me. My fondness for the story is all for the movie.(/blasphemer)
Maybe I need to read it again, if I can get the echo of Gregory Peck out of my head.
I really do want to read Mockingbird again now. And then see the film again. Had to read it in high school, but had read it for pleasure in the school library the year before it was Required.
I also have an indecent curiosity about the new book despite the author's wishes about it.
TKAM is one example of a book and a film being equally great, I think.
I'm curious about the new book, too, I have to admit, especially if it's true that she wrote it first, and wrote TKAM on her editor's suggestion.
It was so wonderful to watch TKAM with Franny last year when she was writing a report on Harper Lee.
Larry Gonick has finally released the volume that may be the missing link to getting my brain back in fighting shape:
The Cartoon Guide to Algebra! [link]
When I'm trying to study physics, I get so lost in the math. With this book alongside my Cartoon Guide to Physics, I'll be able to feel like a smart person again.
Nice! I love Gonick, and I'm glad to see he's including some history as I think it's particularly interesting (as history of math goes, which is to say extremely interesting to me)
Cartoon Guide to Physics helped me pass that class. I yam forever grateful for the visual assistance. If only the Algebra Cartoon Guide had been available too. Now I know what DH is getting for his birthday.
I got the Guide to Calculus, but that was definitely a case of running before I could walk. I couldn't even get past the prologue to the prologue.
edit: I think I need to take another stroll through all the Guides to History, just for fun.
Similarly, I'm tempted by this week's Humble Book Bundle with kids' guides to programming languages and other things that I feel I'd like to have a better grasp of but have defeated me when I've tried to study them previously:
eta: Including, I just noticed for Connie, The Manga Guide to Calculus.