books
i need to catch up my reading list as i have a couple of books that i am trying to finish by the end of the year. here is what i read in november:
annie john by jamaica kincaid. now granted i read this for the class i am teaching.... but i still read it - twice actually. this was my first kincaid novel. it seems simplicistic on the surface but is full of fun stuff to get my english students to think and talk about. especially when you start looking at her anger towards colonization and all the funky places that comes out. i will probably teach it again, but might look for something a little more challenging... but why change it up too soon!
okay...i succumbed and finished up the series just before the movie came out. man, have you ever seen such bad reviews for a movie with such hype? anyway.... the book. it was entertaining. i guess i need to fess up to the fact that i finished it at 4 o'clock in the morning but that had more to do with baby insomnia than a gripping story. i did find it a bit cheesy and over the top, but it is adolescent literature for pete's sake. i'm not sure i really expected more....but would have like a bit more from it. but over all.... a satisfying read.
sister carrie by theodore dreiser. read it for my book club which i can't attend. thought it was going to drown me after meyer's book, but it was so well-written that after taking some time to actually get into the story, i loved it! turn of the century chicago & new york. what i found most interesting is how "risky" it was when it was originally published. it was almost banned. that was fascinating to know that as i read the story. she was such a different character than jane eyre that i am terribly sad to miss my group's discussion of this book in light of our readings this fall. i do recommend this as a worth it read! i did finish this one at 5 o'clock in the morning.... finishing the last 100 pages due to baby insomnia as well. much better use of my time though.
annie john by jamaica kincaid. now granted i read this for the class i am teaching.... but i still read it - twice actually. this was my first kincaid novel. it seems simplicistic on the surface but is full of fun stuff to get my english students to think and talk about. especially when you start looking at her anger towards colonization and all the funky places that comes out. i will probably teach it again, but might look for something a little more challenging... but why change it up too soon!
okay...i succumbed and finished up the series just before the movie came out. man, have you ever seen such bad reviews for a movie with such hype? anyway.... the book. it was entertaining. i guess i need to fess up to the fact that i finished it at 4 o'clock in the morning but that had more to do with baby insomnia than a gripping story. i did find it a bit cheesy and over the top, but it is adolescent literature for pete's sake. i'm not sure i really expected more....but would have like a bit more from it. but over all.... a satisfying read.
sister carrie by theodore dreiser. read it for my book club which i can't attend. thought it was going to drown me after meyer's book, but it was so well-written that after taking some time to actually get into the story, i loved it! turn of the century chicago & new york. what i found most interesting is how "risky" it was when it was originally published. it was almost banned. that was fascinating to know that as i read the story. she was such a different character than jane eyre that i am terribly sad to miss my group's discussion of this book in light of our readings this fall. i do recommend this as a worth it read! i did finish this one at 5 o'clock in the morning.... finishing the last 100 pages due to baby insomnia as well. much better use of my time though.
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and aren't i feeling a bit out of the loop. i just heard about "twilight" a couple of weeks ago. and i agree - such crazy/bad reviews...almost makes me more curious to see it ;)