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1. Pendragon Book Ten The Soldiers of Halla Hmm, I liked it. You know that old thing, about not wanting the series to end when you get into it, so you hold off on reading the last book? Well, I've been reading this series since 4th Grade (I'm a week away from finishing tenth) and now that I'm done, I'm glad. I never understood that thing. It's like getting to the last chapter of a book and not reading it. It's just dumb. But oh well, to each his own. The book was good, I didn't get the usual sense of completion when I finish a series (or even a novel), but oh well. Recommended.
Popenike,A great big welcome! I'm sorry I didn't stop by more quickly - I was out of commission with a crashed hard drive for a few days. I'm so glad that you've joined us and I'll look forward to seeing your comments. You definitely have a gift with words!
Oh - and congrats on completing another year of school.
2. The Great Gatsby WooT!! Finals are over, meaning it's time to indulge in movies, books, and the ladies ;) Anyways, this one was a reread. It was covered on my English final, and I pretty much had that test on lockdown, so I thought I might as well give it a good read. By the way, this was a huge leap for me: I'm not like most of you who follow C.S. Lewis' rule of one old book for every new, since I've only read some miserable amount of books. This was actually the first book I've ever reread. Thankfully, I liked it better this time around somehow, and I loved it the first time, so there you go. I love the way all the writing seems to be so precise and perfect that I was able to recite the opening passage from memory from when I read it the first time. Now I know how Salieri felt when he saw Mozarts' original compositions (the whole "displace one note" speech) I should probably read the rest of this guy's books...
Anyways, after reading it (I finished it at the beach with my family) I told my mom the WHOLE story, chapter by chapter. I started in the ocean and finished it off when we got in the car. By the time I was done, she was in tears, and for the whole drive home she just cried silently. Yay for the Great Gatsby!
NEXT: For Summer Reading, we need to read Hard Times, so during the summer I plan to read Charles Dickens' bibliography (or at least the hilights), in somewhat chronological order. First up, Oliver Twist.
Oh, and I saw the Dollars Trilogy (Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef) and it was AMAZING!! Clint Eastwood was already one of my favorite directors, what with Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, but oh my god. I knew he was famous before he was a director, but what I didn't know is that he is the ultimate movie badass. And that third one is simply movie perfection.
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Thanks Kay!! ^.^ I was starting to think this would be more of a convenient way to record my books than an actual book-community-type-thing. I still partly think I'm right, but your post gave me a green light across the bay to stare at. =P
-Popenike
Tony wrote: "2. The Great Gatsby WooT!! Finals are over, meaning it's time to indulge in movies, books, and the ladies ;) Anyways, this one was a reread. It was covered on my English final, and I ..."I've never read The Great Gatsby... I was forced to watch the movie once and that kind of soured me on it, but your post is making me re-think that stance, especially your description of the writing itself. I've now got TGG in my line-up to read :)
The Great Gatsby is one of my favorites! Especially since I live on Long Island!
Stacie, that movie is trash. Like, utter, bonafide 100% garbäge. And the fact that my man Robert Redford is in it, and it still sucked, made it that much worse. Horrible. They made us watch it in class, and I did, but there just wasn't any energy in it. It was completely uninspired and I felt like they were just going through the motions of adapting a book into a movie, and most of the time it felt like they were speaking dialog and not having a conversation. Now, compare that adaptation to, say, A Clockwork Orange or The Shawshank Redempmtion. You can't even tell those are literary adaptations.Anyways, yeah, the book is good.
BTW, Merri, does East Egg/West Egg really exist, or is that a fairy-tale creation by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Lakers lost =( Kobe needs to practice making them shots from the line. He can relax after he gets his fourth ring and his MVP trophy. He completely died after the first quarter; he was like, "Chill out Phil Jackson, did you see my four point play? Phil, Phil, you gotta be huuuuungry."
-Popenike
I think you mean East End West end- and yes they do exist!
No no, the two egg shaped places, old money/new money that exist in the book. Gatsby in west, looking across the bay to east. They look like eggs crushed at one end, seperated by a bay. I doubt it does, but was just wondering.
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Anyways, i think this is a healthier addiction, especially since it rekindled my passion for reading (Lolita was AMAZING). Now I just have to drop my other addiction, cocaine.(jk ;], The Economist is my other obsession) So, starting a good 5 months late, I'm going to try and reach 75 by the end of the year.
By the way, I'm 15 years old and in 10th grade, so I have not had too much reading experience. At least not as much as most (read: any) of you here, but I'm getting there. The journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step, and the first (hopefully) 75 will be recorded here, on this post. It starts with Pendragon, the Soldiers of Halla. Update you soon!
-Popenike