Oh, poor Charlotte. That's not nice. On the other hand, zombies.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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."
Dana - Apr 24, 2009 5:19:06 pm PDT #9013 of 28406
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
P.M. Marc - Apr 24, 2009 5:19:57 pm PDT #9014 of 28406
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jilli, you own the book, or you borrowed it? Because if you own it, I MUST READ.
sj - Apr 24, 2009 5:20:06 pm PDT #9015 of 28406
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Austen feels like she's gently poking it while participating and accepting it.
I don't feel that Austen is really accepting the class structure, and I think the jabs she takes at it are quite strong ones.
Kat - Apr 24, 2009 5:22:59 pm PDT #9016 of 28406
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Plei, I own the book. It's worth the $12 paperback! Love.
My seniors this year have read as required reading:
King Lear
Picture of Dorian Gray
The Handmaid's Tale
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hamlet
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Knight's Tale
Importance of Being Earnest
Doll's House
beth b - Apr 24, 2009 5:24:25 pm PDT #9017 of 28406
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
That's a good list
Amy - Apr 24, 2009 5:24:35 pm PDT #9018 of 28406
Because books.
Oh, we read Sir Gawain! And some Chaucer.
I meant to add, Kat, I sent e with book recs to your profile address on Sunday. Wasn't sure if that was the right one, but I did!
P.M. Marc - Apr 24, 2009 5:25:57 pm PDT #9019 of 28406
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I like your required reading, Kat! Wow. I've read the whole list. I think I own everything but Handmaid's Tale (mostly because it's my least-favorite Atwood so I never bothered to buy it--I find Surfacing a more powerful version of the same kind of feminist rage).
sj - Apr 24, 2009 5:27:05 pm PDT #9020 of 28406
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Senior year was Honors English. We read novels in the first semester: I can only remember Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", Hesse's "Siddhartha", and Garcia Marquez's "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" at the moment. I know there was more.
The second semester was plays: "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" "The Father", "A Dollhouse", "Hedda Gabbler", "A Streetcar Named Desire", and once again I forget what else.
Amy - Apr 24, 2009 5:27:51 pm PDT #9021 of 28406
Because books.
I read Handmaid's Tale in one day, while on jury duty (better known as sitting in a nasty waiting room and never being called). I still need to catch up on Atwood -- I have a couple I've never read, but I loved her early stuff.
Atropa - Apr 24, 2009 5:29:44 pm PDT #9022 of 28406
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, you own the book, or you borrowed it? Because if you own it, I MUST READ.
OF COURSE I own it. Hello, do you know me? Don't worry, I'll hand it to you when I'm done with it.