Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.
Xander ,'First Date'
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."
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
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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
Nutty - Jul 01, 2004 8:18:16 am PDT #3788 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Another Mme. Bovary hater. Mostly, I didn't see the point of all that pining and whingeing; and I am immensely resentful that so many see the novel as influential. If that novel's an influence on me, just go ahead and shoot me now.
My reaction is extreme, in this case. In most cases, I'm perfectly happy to read a book because it is/has been influentual, whether or not it's actively fun, as long as I've scheduled a fun (or at least fluffy) book next. And I don't usually actively resent the influentialness of a book, unless I'd like to throw its author into a fiery chasm.