Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Is Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller considered an "American Classic"? (we analyzed that sucker to death in high school English).
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I agree with this.I read Moby Dick once and never, ever again. There are reasons to re read books you like, but not if you don't. There are too many books you like to spend time on ones you don't.
Yes, I would say so.Is Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller considered an "American Classic"? (we analyzed that sucker to death in high school English).
Well, there you go - I am pretty sure there was a guy in there named "Biff" - still don't think it was that great of a book (but to each his own, right?)Yes, I would say so.
Yes, Biff was there.Well, there you go - I am pretty sure there was a guy in there named "Biff" - still don't think it was that great of a book (but to each his own, right?)
I read "Catcher in the Rye" all by myself, without it being part of a curriculum (when I was 14). Maybe that is why I like it.Like Catcher in the Rye, I think maybe Death of a Salesman gets a bad rap because so many of us had it force-fed to us by barely competent high school English teachers.
Lol, spoiler alert! There was another winner from high school.Oh man, Ethan Frome. Yeah, let's kill ourselves with a sled. That'll work.
Wow, a constant reader like yourself, with an almost complete collection - how did you miss carrie?That's true. Will you be getting The Bazaar of Bad Dreams? I have asked Santa for it, and I might get it (even if I was a naughty girl).
I hope hubby buys it for me - last year he bought me Carrie, as he knew it was one book I did not own!
I read it when it first came out back in the 70s and of course saw the movie. Being in the military for over 20 years, with all those moves we had to go through, somehow things got misplaced.Wow, a constant reader like yourself, with an almost complete collection - how did you miss carrie?
I got bazaar yesterday.
There were parts of Moby Dick I liked. There were some really good quotes. But there were also a lot of parts I skimmed through. In the end it was driving me nuts. Loved the ending, though.Well now, see ...
Moby Dick is a good example of a story I like that is not necessarily easy to read. And you're certainly right about there being too many stories and not enough time.
Sure, Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow is a modern classic.
In regards to the Bible, Homer Simpson always had a quote I loved:
"Oh, everything's too damn expensive these days. Look at this Bible I bought--fifteen bucks! And talk about a preachy book! Everyone's a sinner..." Points at a page in the book. "...except for this guy.
I feel like I might get set on fire but here goes.......
I am currently trying to get through,"To Kill a Mockingbird." I am reading that and Ghost Monster by Simon Clark.I keep reaching for the latter and don't seem to have much interest in the former.
And....The Bible.After reading The Left Behind books I was interested enough in the Bible to order a copy to read.I started at the beginning.(Many people say you should just read the New Testament but I would never start a book anywhere but at the the beginning.) I was so horrified by what I was reading that I eventually stopped reading it.It was causing me stress.