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Davitraka
17 yrs ago
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It seems like they do this a lot. They like foisting general dissatisfaction off on minor 'affairs.' And it really won't destroy their family values image -- remember post-Clinton, when half a dozen senators (at least …
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
Studying Literature, for me, is about forming my own (more educated) response to literature, not being told what other people thought about it. It also allows you to argue convincingly with people about what a particula…
Book Talk
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Looking for quotes re: literature, literacy, reading, writing (xpost)
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http://www.quotationspage.com/ -- Generally a decent source
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Sir Richard Steele
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Logan Pearsall Smith
Literature is news that stays news.
Ezra Pound
Properly,…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
That's always the problem. Whether or not the person had a specific childhood, a specific environment, a set of specific genes, said person still has to choose to go along with his 'evil' (by which I mean deliberately ha…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
Ever heard of Charlemagne and the Saxons? The Judaic destruction of pagan temples? The Crusades? How about the current Islamic Jihads? The destruction and eradication of native rites and cultures by missionaries? Prejudi…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
That's one of the strangest "Must Own" lists I've ever seen.
I assume they want us to read them, not just run out and buy to decorate our bookshelves? It would make more sense if they just wanted shelf decoration.
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
You're darn lucky. I signed up for too many bookrings/rays, but they don't stagger themselves. As soon as I get one email about a ring/ray heading my way, suddenly there's three more right behind it!
I'd like to reach…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
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Most people don't like overanalyzing books. I, however, love it. And most of my Literature major friends do, also - which explains why we're all Lit majors. It's just not everyone's cup of tea.
I just find learning ab…
Chit-Chat
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What's the first book you remember reading by yourself? How old were you then?
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I was probably five, or four -
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
It was on the way to my aunt's house, and this was a couple years before Hurricane Andrew, so all I know is that I was a couple years younger than seven.
It was the book about a mouse couple who go on a picnic, but duri…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
Because one of my professors still hasn't written an evaluation of a paper I turned in last semester.
And this same professor still owes a friend an evaluation of a paper she wrote a year and a half ago.
And I'm a pr…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
I can't accept people who believe that the only True Path is THEIR path, and try to force it on others (whether through laws, or preaching [not the church kind] or social movements). Does that make me intolerant, because…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
...but that didn't mean I didn't see the value in it.
I didn't like it because, as FancyHorse said, I didn't like any of the characters. It was hard for me to get involved because of that.
However, I am glad that I …
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
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I like making up names, so when I joined, I made something up on the spot.
Unfortunately, it was only after I'd chosen it that I realized it sounded slightly boyish. Especially as the only convenient contraction I can …
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
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I've heard that "Northanger Abbey" is quite a bit funnier after you've read Anne Radcliffe's "The Mysteries of Udolpho," specifically. "Udolpho" is a bit of a chore to get through, admittedly, but it is short!
I had to …
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
I just have a very bad habit of losing rings. I lost four on the last day of high school. Most of them didn't matter, but one my mother had owned for 15 years...
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
A bunch of people around me can do it. I was always jealous, as it looked so very innocuously entertaining.
Hmm...
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
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I've got a minor problem
When I have nothing to do with my hands, and I'm not thinking, I have a horrible tendency to bite my nails.
This is especially a problem when I'm reading, because I tend to get lost in the boo…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
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The proto-actors at my college put on a production of his, "The Bald Soprano", and despite the fact that they're not...the most talented of thespians, the play really impressed me. However, it might be a bit difficult to…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
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I'm on a religious reading kick, and the one thing that most/all of the authors have mentioned is the similarity between religion and poetry.
I think that might be due to the fact that both rely on symbolism, and with …
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
I'm in your boat, so I did the same thing - started a LJ account merely so I could have my own bookjournal, and not bother all the people on my personal LJ with book-babblings.
I'd like better discussions too, though …
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
For most of my life, I've read only fiction, and that was mostly fantasy. Lately, I've been reading more non-fiction - mostly books about religion, mythology, and history. I've also been targeting more of the classics as…
Book Talk
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At What Age Did You Realize Books/Communication Was Your Passion?
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As long as I can remember
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
I've been surrounded by books. My mother read to me from birth onward, so I can't quite remember when I started reading independantly.
I do remember the first time I finished a "grown up" book on my own. I was five or…
Book Talk
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fess up! What dross / dreck have you read?
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Oh my - if I could remember them, I have a bad feeling the list would be as long..
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
as my arm. When written in small print.
Recent ones were the Stonewycke trilogy, by Judith Pella and Michael (Phelps?). A quasi-religious series, wherein it is revealed that Scotland has (drum roll) ... a lot of heath…
Davitraka
19 yrs ago
I kept a list for a while, but then I bought 30 books at once (oh, delicious library sales) and was too lazy to add them. So then I stopped adding.
The number jumps to about 500 if you include all the books my parents…
