No, I'll have to see if the library has it. I've marked the post for a library lookup tonight.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Sep 15, 2008 6:53:28 am PDT #8742 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
sumi - Sep 15, 2008 7:30:11 am PDT #8743 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
SOAPnet has announced that it will air the entire first season of ABC's hit series DIRTY SEXY MONEY on Saturday, September 27 from 9:00AM to 7:00PM. All ten episodes will be aired in order. The series returns for its second season Wednesday, October 1 at 10 PM ET/PT on the ABC Television Network.
megan walker - Sep 15, 2008 7:42:41 am PDT #8744 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Do not, under any circumstances, let your 9 year old read Les Miserables, or to your 12 year old to read To The Lighthouse, no matter how advanced you think they might be.
Les Misérables is so long, I can't even imagine picking it up to read at 9.
javachik - Sep 15, 2008 7:46:30 am PDT #8745 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
I was 11 when I read it, and enjoyed it very much. I even took to calling myself Cosette in my more dramatic moments.
The book that I picked up at 8 that wrecked me emotionally was Watership Down.
Gudanov - Sep 15, 2008 7:47:05 am PDT #8746 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Do not, under any circumstances, let your 9 year old read Les Miserables
No problem, I'm thinking of getting her a copy of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle instead.
javachik - Sep 15, 2008 7:48:17 am PDT #8747 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
No problem, I'm thinking of getting her a copy of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle instead.
BWAH! Hope you're prepared to have a newly-created vegetarian at your table tonight!
JZ - Sep 15, 2008 7:49:35 am PDT #8748 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I first read Animal Farm at five, and read it over and over again with great pleasure for the next year and a half. At some point it occurred to me that there was something dodgy going on in the narrative, and somewhere around my seventh birthday I thrust it back at my mom and said bitterly, "You can take this back. I'm not going to read it anymore. It's not really about animals at all."
megan walker - Sep 15, 2008 7:49:54 am PDT #8749 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Not to mention that Hugo's vocabulary is notoriously huge. But I wonder if translation somehow mitigates that.
Jessica - Sep 15, 2008 7:49:54 am PDT #8750 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I read Les Mis in middle school, so I was probably 10 or 11. I loved it.
javachik - Sep 15, 2008 7:52:13 am PDT #8751 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
See, Jess and I have it in common.
I don't remember any huge words that weren't easily figureableoutable due to context. I am sure a lot of the revolution stuff went over my head, but the individual stories were what enthralled me.