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05-14-2015, 10:05 PM | #2254 |
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Exactly! I was assisting an old army buddy with his Intro to Literature class, and reading all the old literature had me wanting to tear my eyes out. Just not for me.
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05-14-2015, 10:17 PM | #2255 |
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My kid's an English major and she's the same way. Balked really hard having a Shakespeare requirement too.
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05-14-2015, 10:28 PM | #2256 | |
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More substantial than today's 'trashy paperbacks' less dense than hardcore old-fogey lit. A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield Bleak House Our Mutual Friend You can't go wrong with any of them.
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05-14-2015, 10:50 PM | #2257 | |
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05-14-2015, 11:05 PM | #2258 |
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Gregory Maguire's Wicked series is a decent quartet as well. Retelling Baum's Wizard of Oz through alternative eyes and sensibilities.
Competent and clever enough to be considered literature, breezy enough for summer reading.
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05-14-2015, 11:14 PM | #2259 |
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I saw "Wicked" on stage. Loved it. It was a prequel to the Oz story.
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05-14-2015, 11:47 PM | #2260 | |
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07-14-2015, 11:52 AM | #2261 |
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Just finished Seveneves, Neal Stephenson's latest. I love the guy's writing, so I loved the book. Basically, an "agent" (in the scientific sense of something that acts on something else), destroys the moon. The first half of the book is about humanity's struggle to survive and colonize space from the resultant catastrophe. The second half of the book is set 5,000 years in the future as humanity has become 7 distinct races attempting to recolonize Earth.
If you know anything about Stephenson, you know what to expect. Lots and lots of heavy scientific theory and sometimes tedious explanations of everything from gravitational circles to algae formation interspersed with fantastic action sequences. I did find the structure of the book to be a little uneven, wishing that more time were spent on the second half and less on the first half. Still, it's a great read.
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07-14-2015, 11:52 AM | #2262 |
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Y'all got your copy of Go Set a Watchman?
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07-14-2015, 12:10 PM | #2263 | |
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07-14-2015, 12:13 PM | #2264 |
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I finished David Baldacci's The Innocent last week. Really good
A friend told me I had to read Ready Player One so I downloaded it while on my trip without reading any reviews/synopsis. It seems to be aimed at teens which I didn't realize but is ok. I'm not real far in but so far it seems like a Willy Wonka ripoff moved to a new locale. |
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