tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post3932595168752841238..comments2014-02-04T09:38:38.802-06:00Comments on Kazoo: 2011 Starts with Me Realizing I'm Not 13 Anymore, But I am Still a Complete Nerd.Megshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14816741133777543843noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-75438500923998000732011-01-14T15:52:46.154-06:002011-01-14T15:52:46.154-06:00I actually really like Lolita in that way that mak...I actually really like Lolita in that way that makes me really confused because I SHOULD NOT be SYMPATHIZING with pedophiles. On the other hand, that is how you know its good.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816741133777543843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-44825576577699107852011-01-14T14:57:13.372-06:002011-01-14T14:57:13.372-06:00I know! I used to hate her, too. Then discovered s...I know! I used to hate her, too. Then discovered she's for sure brilliant. You know who else is funny and brilliant? Nabokov. READ Lolita. Anti-feminist wonderfulness!Ells (aka Serialmono)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10540332836455668735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-10152800300503065532011-01-06T14:19:42.754-06:002011-01-06T14:19:42.754-06:00Based on your love of Flannery (LOVE her) and Sher...Based on your love of Flannery (LOVE her) and Sherlock Holmes (I love him too) and your love of twisty-turny mysteries, I recommend Sophie Hannah's books. They are a series, and there is some slight melodrama, but it's not overt. And the mysteries are really good and interesting and often grotesque (although not in the nearly-absurd manner of O'Connor) and always totally engrossing. Start with Little Face because that's the first one. I started with the second or third. I really wish someone would tell you wish comes first.<br /><br />Anyway, it doesn't really matter because the "series" part is very small. <br /><br />Also, I haven't read much Dickens but I loved Great Expectations. It has some very unaccustomed moments of hilarity (well, Dickensian hilarity).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-17797556281786948492011-01-05T16:50:45.226-06:002011-01-05T16:50:45.226-06:00My absolutely favorite Austen is Persuasion. Hand...My absolutely favorite Austen is Persuasion. Hands down, best love letter written ever. <br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />Also? Once you watch the Colin Firth version of Pride & Prejudice, you can read the book over and over again and think about him and his sexy cravat and then boom! it's suddenly soft core porn.Miss Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17846050528788481201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-13332322677883953162011-01-05T08:48:36.653-06:002011-01-05T08:48:36.653-06:00You might this post is pointless but I seriously t...You might this post is pointless but I seriously took notes for my reading list. And now that I know Jane Austen is free on Kindle I am going to check it out. I did read her in college because I was an English major, but I found it boring even then. So maybe I'l have a reawakening. Or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-54847966501369229972011-01-03T21:24:24.340-06:002011-01-03T21:24:24.340-06:00Okay, I came back to try and give you some amazing...Okay, I came back to try and give you some amazing reading titles! and....now that I talked a big game I can't think of a single thing. And I teach English for a living.<br /><br />It's all the pressure! I'll look around and be back later.:)Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714719295648072474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-56644518462171551802011-01-03T15:21:18.156-06:002011-01-03T15:21:18.156-06:00I have purposely not commented on this post so far...I have purposely not commented on this post so far, because I would write the world's longest comment - my list of favorite books is obscene.<br />Not the books. Just the list. :)Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714719295648072474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-16349294489970797802011-01-03T15:05:26.479-06:002011-01-03T15:05:26.479-06:00i like Choose Your Own Adventure.i like Choose Your Own Adventure.TILTEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657074911256937647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-70689478107410454622011-01-03T12:45:36.799-06:002011-01-03T12:45:36.799-06:00The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Cool,...The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Cool, dark, gothic, mysterious post-WWII Barcelona awesomeness. Definitely recommended if you haven't read it yet.Tizzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04130260918379586767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-74626322570632762202011-01-02T17:13:42.444-06:002011-01-02T17:13:42.444-06:00Y'all apparently I'm Michael. I guess he ...Y'all apparently I'm Michael. I guess he was logged in last. Whoops.<br /><br />MegsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711641625719588625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-48657272943501151592011-01-02T17:12:13.596-06:002011-01-02T17:12:13.596-06:00A Tale of Two Cities is definitely on the reading ...A Tale of Two Cities is definitely on the reading list, because I've heard good things in general. I also have Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma on the list to be read. Then I found some Louisa May Alcott mysteries I never heard of before.<br /><br />Gwyneth Paltrow. Gotcha. I didn't pay much attention to the movie in general so I couldn't remember.<br /><br />The only thing I'm not digging about the Kindle is how hard it is to re-read things. I mean, I know its got a bookmark function for marking things I might want to come back to without having to go through the whole thing. But I mean, the problem I'm having getting through Portrait of a Lady is that when I get several pages beyond something I'll think, Wait, 3 pages ago it said something completely opposite right? But its hard to get back to the spot in question. Also, fair warning on Portrait of a Lady...there's way more telling than I generally like. Like saying so and so is witty without just showing that character engaged in witty dialogue.<br /><br />I might re read Wuthering Heights, but I recall hating it quite a lot, so we'll see about that. You'll have to do some fancy talking to convince me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711641625719588625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-79949106598412339362011-01-02T14:27:59.587-06:002011-01-02T14:27:59.587-06:00Holy shit, that was a long comment. Sorry.Holy shit, that was a long comment. Sorry.Kelly Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260936832820893861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-77408021518029872882011-01-02T14:19:50.380-06:002011-01-02T14:19:50.380-06:00I love Pride and Prejudice. What the hell is wrong...I love Pride and Prejudice. What the hell is wrong with you? Seriously. 'Bout time.<br /><br />My other favorite Austen is Persuasion. Though come to think of it, that might be the only other Austen I've read. I think I have Sense & Sensibility and Emma on my shelf somewhere that I need to get to. (Also, because I like to be right, it was Gwyneth Paltrow who did Emma, not Alicia Silverstone. FYI.)<br /><br />In that same general genre in my head... Wuthering Heights is one of my favorites, I actually read it twice back to back, partially because I had to write a book report on it and partially because there is so much I missed the first time. It's a complex, fucked up story. <br /><br />Also, you told me you were going to finish Portrait of a Lady because you equated it to me and if you don't finish it, how will I know what becomes of me?! Just kidding, I ordered it on Amazon. Geez, do I have to do all the work here?<br /><br />I have one Edith Wharton down (House of Mirth), I can't remember my original verdict but I think it was decent, I have another one waiting. I adore Gaiman also. I acquired my first Wodehouse but haven't gotten to it yet. <br /><br />I'm a big fan of memoirs/humor, as I'm sure I've mentioned, so, um, that's mostly where I've been lately. That and YA novels are my new kick, because I think that is probably the genre I have the best shot of actually writing in, so I'm just, you know. Researching. Or something. I dunno.<br /><br />I forget what else I was going to say. I should examine my bookshelf but it's in the other room and that would obviously involve getting up. So. Sorry. Maybe another time.Kelly Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260936832820893861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256410146944524211.post-83454532271441222532011-01-02T11:00:27.628-06:002011-01-02T11:00:27.628-06:00Pride and Prejudice is the best!! You also have to...Pride and Prejudice is the best!! You also have to try A Tale of Two Cities. That book made me want to be a writer. SO good.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800689139117690073noreply@blogger.com