Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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."
I have some Awakening ok-ness. But I'd rather read The Yellow Wallpaper.
Oh, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a thousand times better than The Awakening. Gilman makes her story creepy and psychologically compelling. Chopin makes her story BORING AS ALL FUCK.
Honestly, as an English Lit major, there is a shocking amount of things I haven't read.
English major here. Similar boat.
I like both The Awakening and Madame Bovary.
The "Infinite Jest" thing is rather a modern version of the same. If it doesn't make some sense in the next fifty pages...I may abandon it, especially since the guy that recommended it is all interested in some other chick, anyway.ETA: Dana is me. I wrote a paper on "The Yellow Wallpaper" though.
Dana's a freak.
Camel-lover.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is like "To Room Nineteen" -- well-written and so close to the bone I never want to read it again.
t smooches Dana
Dana's a freaky camel?
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is like "To Room Nineteen" -- well-written and so close to the bone I never want to read it again
I haven't read "To Room Nineteen", but I understand your "Yellow Wallpaper" feelings- I get vaguely nauseous reading that story- it's like it knows something about me that I haven't figured out yet. Messes with my mind.
Pictures Camel Dana letting her freak flag fly.