Okay okay....so I couldn't take it anymore... I skipped ahead...=P
Somehow all the books we picked in the beginning of our list (I felt) were kinda dry! I never finished American Pastoral or the A Death in the Family....I kept on renewing and finally the library said screw you and I had to return them. (actually now I have a couple of late fees...whoops!)
So anyways I read Fahrenheit 451 and I liked it! I was at Barnes & Nobles and I saw it on the table and I hadn't been reading for weeks...so I decided what the heck better to read something than nothing (even if I bend the rules just a bit!) So also another book by Ray Bradbury, and again his writing style is very interesting, super descriptive. I did like the book, not loved, but I thought it kept me pretty interested and wanting to know more. I did not love the ending but what can you do?! AND plus side...the book was fairly short. So it didn't drag ON AND ON!
I also bought Lolita...so maybe onwards to that?
Monday, June 11, 2012
I FINISHED THE BLIND ASSASSIN!!!!
So... I thought it was wayyyyy longer than it needed to be, but in the end I really liked it. I mean it definitely dragged on and half the time I was like what was the point of this story. Also, very very very depressing at times...
Side note... the side story, that after the conclusion I figured out was told by Alex Thomas, about the mutilated girls and all that... completely unnecessary... like added nothing to the plot, seriously! Couldn't they just have said yea.. "she would keep coming back for his stories...".
Umm so yea if you can get to the end, the end is pretty good!
Ok so what's next?!
So... I thought it was wayyyyy longer than it needed to be, but in the end I really liked it. I mean it definitely dragged on and half the time I was like what was the point of this story. Also, very very very depressing at times...
Side note... the side story, that after the conclusion I figured out was told by Alex Thomas, about the mutilated girls and all that... completely unnecessary... like added nothing to the plot, seriously! Couldn't they just have said yea.. "she would keep coming back for his stories...".
Umm so yea if you can get to the end, the end is pretty good!
Ok so what's next?!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
ohh boy ohh boy
So... grad school and reading for fun is a lot harder than I had originally thought. I am half way done with Winesburg, Ohio, and I just can't keep reading it... it's sooo boring and so weird... All the characters are so messed up in their own ways. However, not messed up that it's kinda interesting but messed up and maybe just not well written about.
I just read your posts and you seemed to really like Blind Assassin so I'm going to skip to that one for now (by miracle I'll get a whole bunch of free time at some point and go back to book 4). Since we both really liked Fountainhead, I figure we have the same tastes. Thus tomorrow I will start book #5, and my goal is to finish it in the next two weeks! (You said it was long)
its mad(i)ness!
unfortuntately havent finished another book thus the delay in posting...but on the bright side ive actually been reading TWO books from the list.
american pastoral and a death in the family
completely unintentionally though...forgot one book at davids and i didnt want to get even more behind so it was on to the next one!
so far i like both...at first i liked death in the family more but now i like american pastoral...so i still keep switching back and forth between the two!
okay...mini goal to finish one book by sunday night!
american pastoral and a death in the family
completely unintentionally though...forgot one book at davids and i didnt want to get even more behind so it was on to the next one!
so far i like both...at first i liked death in the family more but now i like american pastoral...so i still keep switching back and forth between the two!
okay...mini goal to finish one book by sunday night!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Number 6 (sorta...skipping 4 and 5) done!
Lera, where you at?!
Blind Assassin finito! That was a pretty long one and probably the most interesting of the books I've read so far (not including Fountainhead). But still not a must read from my perspective.
There were basically 3 different story lines going on at once and so it would skip around from one story to the next, which was good because I wanted to know what was going on with the other story so I wanted to keep reading. But since it was so long I fell into my usual pattern of reading and then napping, reading and then napping... =]
BUT maybe that was also because I was reading on the plane to Kauai (whoo whoo was so much fun!) and 5 hours is a long time to be continuously reading! I think I've probably only done that for harry potter =P
Anwyhoo back to the book...at first I was kind of confused with the story line and what was going on, but as you read further things start to make a lot more sense and you begin to connect the dots. But for whatever reason I still didnt love this book...I think it might also be because of the circumstances....the story takes place pre and post WWII so women did not have a lot of rights. Which I guess in general just pisses me off. I know it happened and things are different now...yada yada...but just the idea that women had no way to control their future unless they had a man...argh!! How obnoxious!
Alright here's hoping American Pastoral is more my cup of tea...
Blind Assassin finito! That was a pretty long one and probably the most interesting of the books I've read so far (not including Fountainhead). But still not a must read from my perspective.
There were basically 3 different story lines going on at once and so it would skip around from one story to the next, which was good because I wanted to know what was going on with the other story so I wanted to keep reading. But since it was so long I fell into my usual pattern of reading and then napping, reading and then napping... =]
BUT maybe that was also because I was reading on the plane to Kauai (whoo whoo was so much fun!) and 5 hours is a long time to be continuously reading! I think I've probably only done that for harry potter =P
Anwyhoo back to the book...at first I was kind of confused with the story line and what was going on, but as you read further things start to make a lot more sense and you begin to connect the dots. But for whatever reason I still didnt love this book...I think it might also be because of the circumstances....the story takes place pre and post WWII so women did not have a lot of rights. Which I guess in general just pisses me off. I know it happened and things are different now...yada yada...but just the idea that women had no way to control their future unless they had a man...argh!! How obnoxious!
Alright here's hoping American Pastoral is more my cup of tea...
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Number 3 Done!
Finally finished today! It took several naps between reading and some additional weird dreams....don't know what thats about!
Anywhoo I did not love this book....and actually I feel like the author was not a fan of women. The women characters were always...not evil...not wrong...just something was always off about them. They never seemed to be portrayed in a positive light. Now a lot of the characters (including male) were probably not portrayed in a positive light. And maybe thats just because its life and everyone has their goods and bads...and maybe I'm just remembering the bads?
Well whatever the case...onward to the next one. Actually next next one. I went to the library last week and the next 2 on the list were both checked out! I'll check again but for now I'm skipping ahead to the Blind Assassin!
Anywhoo I did not love this book....and actually I feel like the author was not a fan of women. The women characters were always...not evil...not wrong...just something was always off about them. They never seemed to be portrayed in a positive light. Now a lot of the characters (including male) were probably not portrayed in a positive light. And maybe thats just because its life and everyone has their goods and bads...and maybe I'm just remembering the bads?
Well whatever the case...onward to the next one. Actually next next one. I went to the library last week and the next 2 on the list were both checked out! I'll check again but for now I'm skipping ahead to the Blind Assassin!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
My Subconscious Must Be Trying to Tell Me Something...
Winesburg, Ohio pg 119
Okay...so this time I have a sorta good reason! I was reading this book over the weekend and I dozed off...and then I had a nightmare!
So basically in my dream/nightmare I was still me, but now living in a small town (even smaller than Danville small town) and my sister and mom were coming into (my?) house telling me to be careful and to watch out for (something?!) Anyways it was just weird and creepy, I woke up feeling super anxious and nervous! So needless to say I have not wanted to pick up this book since...
Random Side Note: I saw in my other reading ventures (In Style, whoo hoo!) Emma Watson is reading Fountainhead right now! She obviously got the idea from us =]
Okay...so this time I have a sorta good reason! I was reading this book over the weekend and I dozed off...and then I had a nightmare!
So basically in my dream/nightmare I was still me, but now living in a small town (even smaller than Danville small town) and my sister and mom were coming into (my?) house telling me to be careful and to watch out for (something?!) Anyways it was just weird and creepy, I woke up feeling super anxious and nervous! So needless to say I have not wanted to pick up this book since...
Random Side Note: I saw in my other reading ventures (In Style, whoo hoo!) Emma Watson is reading Fountainhead right now! She obviously got the idea from us =]
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