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I was an English major too. See where it got me! :P
DT, surprised you couldn't finish Dorian Gray. Yeah, the characters were ridiculous but the book is so short! I just looked at the whole story as a melodramatic joke and didn't even try to take it seriously.
I guess at the time I just couldn't be bothered with it. I love the concept with the painting and I'll go back and finish one day I expect. I think it was the case I hadn't read anything in a while and so I was looking for something good to get me hooked again.
Anyhoo I've just finished reading the first volume of the 'Sandman' series and now I have started 'Hyperion' by Dan Simmons. After that I have 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' and 'The Call of Cthulhu and other weird stories' as well as a Bukowski poetry book to read so I have enough to keep me going for a while
If you haven't read Michael Chabon, do it. If you have a chance to go hear him speak or do a reading, do it. The man's a genius.
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ooh i just bought this today... along with 3 other books. im trying to save it for a cruise im going on in a few weeks. not sure how successful ill be tho.
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I was an English major too. See where it got me! :P
DT, surprised you couldn't finish Dorian Gray. Yeah, the characters were ridiculous but the book is so short! I just looked at the whole story as a melodramatic joke and didn't even try to take it seriously.
I guess at the time I just couldn't be bothered with it. I love the concept with the painting and I'll go back and finish one day I expect. I think it was the case I hadn't read anything in a while and so I was looking for something good to get me hooked again.
Well, it's not like it's one of those Great Works that you absolutely must read. Wilde was a good writer and very witty but he wasn't very good at creating a character that was supposed to personify evil. Lots of the story's details are laughable.
I just meant that I got through it quickly by not taking it seriously.
I was an English major too. See where it got me! :P
DT, surprised you couldn't finish Dorian Gray. Yeah, the characters were ridiculous but the book is so short! I just looked at the whole story as a melodramatic joke and didn't even try to take it seriously.
I guess at the time I just couldn't be bothered with it. I love the concept with the painting and I'll go back and finish one day I expect. I think it was the case I hadn't read anything in a while and so I was looking for something good to get me hooked again.
Well, it's not like it's one of those Great Works that you absolutely must read. Wilde was a good writer and very witty but he wasn't very good at creating a character that was supposed to personify evil. Lots of the story's details are laughable.
I just meant that I got through it quickly by not taking it seriously.
was discussing dorian gray with my youngest yesterday after spotting her staring at herself in the bathroom mirror. she asked what it was about and i told her, then she asked if i had it. i told her yes. im hoping she picks it up.. she could do worse than read oscar wilde.
p.s. i too am an english major.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
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ooh i just bought this today... along with 3 other books. im trying to save it for a cruise im going on in a few weeks. not sure how successful ill be tho.
I got it for Christmas... I think it is going to jump in line... hopefully the other books don't make a big stink about it!
But first I am going to start Ken Bruen's The White Trilogy... the first three books of his London based Police dramas... first time I was able to find this at an affordable price in the States... loved his other books so I am looking forward to getting through these stories.
was discussing dorian gray with my youngest yesterday after spotting her staring at herself in the bathroom mirror. she asked what it was about and i told her, then she asked if i had it. i told her yes. im hoping she picks it up.. she could do worse than read oscar wilde.
p.s. i too am an english major.
I agree, your youngest might enjoy Wilde. Is she a reader like you? I've noticed for a long time that you seem to read quite a lot. (Should have guessed you were an English major! :ugeek: )
was discussing dorian gray with my youngest yesterday after spotting her staring at herself in the bathroom mirror. she asked what it was about and i told her, then she asked if i had it. i told her yes. im hoping she picks it up.. she could do worse than read oscar wilde.
p.s. i too am an english major.
I agree, your youngest might enjoy Wilde. Is she a reader like you? I've noticed for a long time that you seem to read quite a lot. (Should have guessed you were an English major! :ugeek: )
:ugeek: Love reading. As an English major, I hate writing...well, at least what I'm assigned to write.
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Forgot I had started Tina Fey's "Bossypants" a month or two ago and continuing it right now. I can not stop laughing right now. Her chapter, "Dear Internet", was unbelievably hilarious. If the comments by people are actually real, her response to them is priceless and way too funny.
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Awesome! Enjoy it!
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was discussing dorian gray with my youngest yesterday after spotting her staring at herself in the bathroom mirror. she asked what it was about and i told her, then she asked if i had it. i told her yes. im hoping she picks it up.. she could do worse than read oscar wilde.
p.s. i too am an english major.
I agree, your youngest might enjoy Wilde. Is she a reader like you? I've noticed for a long time that you seem to read quite a lot. (Should have guessed you were an English major! :ugeek: )
no one is 'a reader like me'. im a junkie and that isnt overstating it.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
was discussing dorian gray with my youngest yesterday after spotting her staring at herself in the bathroom mirror. she asked what it was about and i told her, then she asked if i had it. i told her yes. im hoping she picks it up.. she could do worse than read oscar wilde.
p.s. i too am an english major.
I agree, your youngest might enjoy Wilde. Is she a reader like you? I've noticed for a long time that you seem to read quite a lot. (Should have guessed you were an English major! :ugeek: )
:ugeek: Love reading. As an English major, I hate writing...well, at least what I'm assigned to write.
the most frequent comment on my assignments was that my writing was too narrative. and with me being not very disciplined that wasnt going to change. *shrugs*
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"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Getting a head start to my reading for spring semester. I am going to be hammered with reading for next semester.
I couldn't finish it. I love his writing but I hated every single character in that book. Every single one!
Have fun
DT!!!! One of my favourite books since I was a young one! Keep reading it over and over again.
I also need to conquer Infinite Jest.... had it over a year and didnt put a dent into it. I also have 1984, and Hell House..
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I so wish that I could go back and read Vonnegut for the first time. I was semi-obsessed with his work for a while in college after he came and spoke to us. Brilliant, wild imagination and wit....one of the things that I found hilarious about him was that KV palled around with Geraldo Rivera (his son in law if I recall correctly) and Cheech Marin. What a f'd up threesome to imagine having beers with.
Anyway, enjoy Cat's Cradle it is amazing.
(And CITR is classic and means something different every time it is read.)
About to delve into Life by Keith Richards. Excited for this read!
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
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I guess at the time I just couldn't be bothered with it. I love the concept with the painting and I'll go back and finish one day I expect. I think it was the case I hadn't read anything in a while and so I was looking for something good to get me hooked again.
Anyhoo I've just finished reading the first volume of the 'Sandman' series and now I have started 'Hyperion' by Dan Simmons. After that I have 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' and 'The Call of Cthulhu and other weird stories' as well as a Bukowski poetry book to read so I have enough to keep me going for a while
If you haven't read Michael Chabon, do it. If you have a chance to go hear him speak or do a reading, do it. The man's a genius.
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ooh i just bought this today... along with 3 other books. im trying to save it for a cruise im going on in a few weeks. not sure how successful ill be tho.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I just meant that I got through it quickly by not taking it seriously.
was discussing dorian gray with my youngest yesterday after spotting her staring at herself in the bathroom mirror. she asked what it was about and i told her, then she asked if i had it. i told her yes. im hoping she picks it up.. she could do worse than read oscar wilde.
p.s. i too am an english major.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I got it for Christmas... I think it is going to jump in line... hopefully the other books don't make a big stink about it!
But first I am going to start Ken Bruen's The White Trilogy... the first three books of his London based Police dramas... first time I was able to find this at an affordable price in the States... loved his other books so I am looking forward to getting through these stories.
"Let's check Idaho."
still a little less than 200 pages to go...read a good bit this afternoon...then i got distracted...
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"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
I loved this book ... so brilliantly cut-wrenching.
"Let's check Idaho."
I also need to conquer Infinite Jest.... had it over a year and didnt put a dent into it. I also have 1984, and Hell House..
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no one is 'a reader like me'. im a junkie and that isnt overstating it.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
the most frequent comment on my assignments was that my writing was too narrative. and with me being not very disciplined that wasnt going to change. *shrugs*
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
DT!!!!
I so wish that I could go back and read Vonnegut for the first time. I was semi-obsessed with his work for a while in college after he came and spoke to us. Brilliant, wild imagination and wit....one of the things that I found hilarious about him was that KV palled around with Geraldo Rivera (his son in law if I recall correctly) and Cheech Marin. What a f'd up threesome to imagine having beers with.
Anyway, enjoy Cat's Cradle it is amazing.
(And CITR is classic and means something different every time it is read.)
On the last book of the trilogy. Hoping I can finish it up by tomorrow.
"Let's check Idaho."
Next up I Kill Giants...then I'll start...
~not a dude~
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