Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I am slowly going through this one while soaking in the bath tub
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Only grapes. I think the writing is fantastic in the book. It's not the writing. It's the story. And the family. Connie was the brainiac of the bunch -- he split!I'm reading a wonderful dental brochure that I'm not qualified under my current insurance.
Dana Jean Do you dislike all Steinbeck books or just The Grapes of Wrath?
Don't forget the turtles......Only grapes. I think the writing is fantastic in the book. It's not the writing. It's the story. And the family. Connie was the brainiac of the bunch -- he split!
You have to read East Of Eden by Steinbeck- I think it's his best novel.OK. I admit to some serious holes in my american classics reading. Now i need some suggestions. Steinbeck i have read Of Mice And Men and Grapes of Wrath. Conrad i have read Heart of Darkness. Faulkner i havent read at all. Hemingway not my kind of guy. I'm well read in Twain, Poe, Lovecraft and so. But i would be thankful for some suggestions of where to go from where i am.
I just finished Storm of the Century. I loved it. Though I've seen only part of the movie, which I think is a good one, I'll say the book is better.
Now what to read next...
It's an original screenplay. I don't know about the 'light' thing, other than maybe Steve is tired of hearing actors botch his 'native' tongue? I've heard some God-awful takes on that accent and it's really distracting when you're watching a movie or TV show.I didn't think it was a book. I thought it was a play written into a book, like most of the books I have of Shakespeare's stories. I think all of them are written as plays.
Although, for the record, I don't understand why he emphasized the word 'light' at the beginning of the story when he mentions the character "speaks in a light Maine accent."
I just watched a true story of a medical emergency that happened in Maine (we watch videos for continuing education) and everyone who spoke on the video had such accents that we had to listen really hard to understand any of the people talking.
I suddenly thought to myself, what the heck was he playing at to get upset about actors talking in an intense Maine accent? More than a dozen people on our video spoke with extremely obvious accents. Just like natives of Boston, I had to work really hard to understand what they were actually saying.
There was only one person on that video who talked with an accent, light or not, and he probably transferred there.
He probably doesn't hear an accent when he listens to people from Maine, but I do.
Ayup!I re-read "Dedication" from Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
I had forgotten how, ....well.. disturbing it was.
James Patterson????I read the notes, it seemed he was really put off by a certain writer that he did not name.. and that inspired the story.