Ok, now I gotta ask it....
Who else thinks "Madame Bovary" was a giant piece of crap and wanted to slap whatsherface around by page 4?
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Aims - Jul 01, 2004 8:11:47 am PDT #3778 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dana - Jul 01, 2004 8:11:53 am PDT #3779 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Susan W. - Jul 01, 2004 8:12:08 am PDT #3780 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Heh. I had to drag DH kicking and screaming to Master & Commander, because to him if it has pretty men in pretty clothes doing adventurous things, it's a chick flick. Though he didn't make the same argument about PotC or LotR, so he's not entirely consistent. And I may be able to get him to see King Arthur with me, because Keira Knightley cancels out the chick flick factor.
Steph L. - Jul 01, 2004 8:13:11 am PDT #3781 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I adore the more bizarre Tenessee Williams like Camino Real,
Heh. Suddenly, Last Summer. Homosexuality and cannbalism, baby. And a nun!
Jessica - Jul 01, 2004 8:14:32 am PDT #3782 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In most cases, I'm completely un-pinged by gender issues when I read. It's just a big old blind spot.
The one exception is that I do tend to subconsciously judge female POVs as "accurate" or not, which I don't do if the narrator is male. But I can't ever think of a time when I've given up on a book or movie because there were no women in it.
Betsy HP - Jul 01, 2004 8:14:44 am PDT #3783 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Who else thinks "Madame Bovary" was a giant piece of crap and wanted to slap whatsherface around by page 4?
Yo! Represent!
I can't appreciate the prose style on account of not reading French, and I wanted to slap (A) Mme. B and (B) her entire milieu and social restrants silly.
Daisy Jane - Jul 01, 2004 8:15:12 am PDT #3784 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
CR has a gypsy's virginity being restored by the moon, IIRC- Plus Byron, and Gutman- cripes I forget who else. 'Tis one of my favorites.
erikaj - Jul 01, 2004 8:15:22 am PDT #3785 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
The thing that fascinates me about Conrad? That he'd take up writing stories as an adult, in a language he learned as an adult. Unfortunately, I found that the only interesting thing about the six weeks of "Heart of Darkness". (The horror! The horror!)
Daisy Jane - Jul 01, 2004 8:16:26 am PDT #3786 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Madame Bovary had no effect on me at all. I read it, was entertained while I read it, and then forgot it.
Aims - Jul 01, 2004 8:16:31 am PDT #3787 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Yo! Represent!
t high fives Betsy