tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33602249298118473682024-03-12T17:39:37.874-07:00.Living LiterateOne girl's journey to read more, learn more, and grow as a person.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-65833742774719257732012-02-11T23:00:00.000-08:002012-02-12T09:12:32.098-08:00Some Progress<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Pages Read: 138 (57.74)</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opinion thus far: This selection is even better than I remember it. I love it. I've laughed, I've cried (a lot), I've been astounded, disturbed and felt the spirit of the blanket men. I'm currently in the middle of Sands' 46-page epic poem titled "The Trilogy" - I love it. </span></span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-43067675052723029902012-02-10T22:30:00.000-08:002012-02-12T09:09:56.007-08:00Transition<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Pages Read: 99 (41.42%)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opinion thus far: I finished "One Day in the Life" - it is even better than I remembered it. I really liked this memoir, even though it was very difficult to read at times because of the horrors the blanket men were put through. What made it readable was the undying spirit they had - even when they were within an inch of death, Bobby Sands and his comrades would not give up and kept their belief in their cause strong. I also started the second part of <u>Writings from Prison</u>, which is a selection-combination of poetry and short stories. There are so many great lines that I've had to stop, write down and underline so far - the tell tale sign of a good selection. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-16364431211670769232012-02-07T23:00:00.000-08:002012-02-12T09:06:49.785-08:00Disturbing<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Pages Read: 58 (24.27%)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opinion thus far: In the middle of "One Day in the Life", it is astounding and (just like the first time I read it), I did cry a bit. It is disturbing and at parts, very difficult to read. I can't believe this happened just across the ocean just a few short years before I was born...</span></span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-63709614900976431162012-02-06T22:00:00.000-08:002012-02-12T09:04:47.263-08:00A Little Reading, A Lot of Work<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Pages Read: 31 (12.97%)</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opinion thus far: Today I finished the introductions and got started on the largest work in this selection - a short memoir called "One Day in the Life", which takes the reader through a "typical" day in the H Blocks. It's just as horrifying as I remember it, but still a very good (yet disturbing) read. </span></span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-7860397971791691822012-02-05T23:00:00.000-08:002012-02-12T09:01:49.955-08:00Writings from OrlandoMy next read is <u>Writings from Prison</u>, a mix of memoir, short story and poetry by the Irish revolutionary Bobby Sands. Bobby Sands was imprisoned in the H Blocks in Belfast in the late seventies, was elected from prison into British parliament and died on May 5, 1981 while leading a hunger strike. I've read this selection many times before (first time was last May, just around the thirtieth anniversary of his death), but I've never taken to review what I consider to be one of my favorite books. After the first time I read this selection in whole, I've skipped around to the parts that mean the most to me... so this will be the first time that I've read the selection in whole in almost a year. I'm excited to see what I take from it this time around - so much has changed since I first read it. <u>Writings from Prison</u> was originally published 1997 and my copy was printed in 2001. <div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Pages Read: 17 (7.11%)</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Opinion thus far: </span>First difference from last time I read this selection - I am really enjoying the introductions to his work. When I first read the selection, I rushed through it because I was anxious to get to the "main part", but now that I know more about Bobby Sands and the Blanket protests, I find the introduction adds a little more to the reading experience and gives much needed background to comprehending the works ahead. </span><div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">A little information about my copy of <u>Birthday Letters</u>:</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Pages: 198</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Original date of publication: 1998</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">My edition: 1998 (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Why I decided to read: I love Sylvia Plath, was interested in learning more about her as a person and writer and was definitely in a poetry mood. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">How I acquired my copy: Half Price Books in my hometown; January 18, 2012</span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-71745397611353015332012-02-03T15:28:00.000-08:002012-02-03T15:28:47.449-08:00Rapid ProgressPages Read: 108 (54.55%)<br />
Opinion thus far: LOVE this collection of poetry! I think it is fascinating to see her spiral of insanity through someone else's eyes.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-72988911345737744422012-02-02T17:53:00.000-08:002012-02-02T17:53:39.212-08:00No More Travels, What Will I Read Next?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since I finished <u>Travels with Charley</u> early this morning, I was left in a quandary of what I should read next as my commute read. I brought a number of books with me to Orlando, but even with a limited selection, it doesn't make picking a new read any easier! After a little examination, I decided my next read would be Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes. This book is a collection of poetry dedicated and written to/about his wife, Sylvia Plath (love her!), written in the twenty five years after her death. It was originally published in 1998 and my copy co<span style="font-family: inherit;">mes from <span style="background-color: white;">Farrar, Straus and Giroux and was printed in 1999. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opinion thus far: I'm really loving this poetry. It took me a little bit to get into the swing of reading poetry after reading a full length piece of prose, but now that I've gotten used to Hughes' </span>rhythm<span style="font-family: inherit;">, I really am enjoying it. Since I love Sylvia Plath and her writing, I find it interesting to get a new perspective on her and her life. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Pages: 275</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Original date of publication: 1962</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Why I decided to read: I read great things about this book, and it sounded interesting. It also was long enough to hold my attention during my travels, but short enough that it wasn't intimidating. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">How I acquired my copy: Half Price Books in my hometown; January 15, 2012</span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-68516734683390709062012-02-01T23:30:00.000-08:002012-02-02T02:24:26.802-08:00Almost there....but not quitePages Read: 264 (96.0%)<br />
Opinion thus far: Sooo close to finishing, but I didn't want to rush through the final pages since I've loved this book so much.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-4049294307945499932012-01-31T21:30:00.000-08:002012-02-02T02:24:18.257-08:00Making Steady ProgressPages Read: 168 (61.09%)<br />
Opinion thus far: Words cannot express how much I enjoy this book.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-85413189801901654502012-01-28T23:30:00.000-08:002012-02-02T02:21:41.637-08:00Consistency is NiceI'm starting to fall into more of a schedule here at my internship, which means I'm finding more time to read! Always a great break from a crazy day.<br />
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Pages Read: 136 (49.45%)<br />
Opinion Thus Far: I loved the portion about Milwaukee in particular, some of the ideas really did speak to me about my hometown.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-22948654170811434202012-01-27T23:00:00.000-08:002012-02-02T02:19:35.904-08:00A Little Progress Since Times are CrazyPages Read: 107 (39.91%)<br />
Opinion thus far: Love.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-49349088982090770262012-01-24T17:14:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:14:28.170-08:00Final Book Countdown - I'm in Orlando, so it really is official!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are all my books, nicely stacked, that I ended up taking to Orlando! The only one that is missing is my current read, <u>Travels with Charley</u> by John Steinbeck. On the left is drama, non-fiction, and novels that are large. The ones on the right are classic novels and some drama that are smaller.<br />
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<li>A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess</li>
<li>A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce</li>
<li>A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry</li>
<li>A Separate Peace by John Knowles</li>
<li>All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque</li>
<li>All You Who Sleep Tonight by Vikram Seth</li>
<li>Animal Farm by George Orwell</li>
<li>Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes</li>
<li>Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyvesky</li>
<li>Dead Souls by Nicolai V Gogol</li>
<li>Elephant Rocks by Kay Ryan</li>
<li>Gold Set Dancing by James Liddy</li>
<li>Howl by Allen Ginsberg</li>
<li>Howl on Trial edited by Bill Morgan and Nancy Peters</li>
<li>Junky by William S Burroughs</li>
<li>Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov</li>
<li>Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros</li>
<li>No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean Paul Sartre</li>
<li>Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck</li>
<li>One Act plays edited by Samuel Moon</li>
<li>One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kessey</li>
<li>On the Road by Jack Kerouac</li>
<li>Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote</li>
<li>Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen</li>
<li>Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman</li>
<li>Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegurt</li>
<li>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain</li>
<li>The Awakening by Kate Chopin</li>
<li>The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath</li>
<li>The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald</li>
<li>The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway</li>
<li>The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides</li>
<li>Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh</li>
<li>Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck</li>
<li>We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families by Philip Gourevitch</li>
<li>Writings from Prison by Bobby Sands</li>
<li>Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte</li>
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No surprise anymore, I have a book problem.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-88484144303144181032012-01-24T16:55:00.000-08:002012-01-24T16:55:59.676-08:00Teaser Tuesday<strong><a href="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/tte.jpg"></a>Teaser Tuesdays</strong> is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of <em>Should Be Reading</em>. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:<br /><strong></strong><br />• Grab your current read<br />• Open to a random page<br />• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page<br />• <strong>BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!</strong> (<em>make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!</em>)<br />• Share the <strong>title & author</strong>, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!<br />
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"I drove as slowly as custom and the impatient law permitted. That's the only way to see anything." - <u>Travels with Charley </u>by John Steinbeck, page 36Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-33193854893479363192012-01-23T16:47:00.000-08:002012-01-24T16:48:12.721-08:00Traveling with Charley (Literally!)Well, today I flew from Milwaukee to Orlando to start my internship... which meant (at least, until I started checking in and that process) I had a good chunk of reading time! Yay!<br />
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Pages Read: 71 (25.82%)<br />
Opinion thus far: Really enjoying this book, can't wait to see what other adventures Steinbeck has!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-51719454999819892442012-01-23T07:30:00.000-08:002012-01-24T16:51:17.637-08:00Monday Musings<br />
<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://shouldbereading.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/musingmondays_rebeccas14.jpg"></a>This week’s musing asks…</span><strong style="text-align: justify;">Why do you think that the Young Adult genre is so popular with even the adult readers? </strong><span style="text-align: justify;">Do you read YA books, yourself?</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I think that the YA genre is popular because it is easy to read, which makes it incredibly easy to slip into another world. With YA, it is easy to pick up and put down, which fits perfectly in our busy lives and doesn't require the attention, analyzing or concentration that classic literature or poetry requires. I have read many YA books in the past, but at this point, I have been focusing more on the classics and poetry because I feel that I've ready too many YA books so I need to "retrain" myself to analyze. </span><br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-83836256346622191432012-01-22T16:44:00.000-08:002012-01-24T16:45:38.900-08:00A Little Progress, a Lot of PackingDidn't have a ton of time to read today...things got pretty crazy since I leave for FLORIDA tomorrow!<br />
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Pages Read: 36 (13.09%)<br />
Opinion thus far: I was unaware that this was more of a memoir than a novel... I love that! I think it adds a very interesting dynamic to the book.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-79511919620315825382012-01-21T23:30:00.000-08:002012-01-22T01:13:03.548-08:00Starting my (Fictional) Travels Early<a href="http://www.jenericbooks.com/blog/uploaded_images/twccover-773753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.jenericbooks.com/blog/uploaded_images/twccover-773753.jpg" width="267" /></a>After finishing up the tedious book that is William Shakespeare's <u>The Sonnets</u>, I decided to get a jump start on some of my plane reading for Florida since I didn't want to start something new and add it to my ever growing book packing list. That means, my current read is <u>Travels with Charley</u> by John Steinbeck. This piece of classic American literature is a semi-autobiographical account of Steinbeck's journey across America before he accepts his old age that was originally published in 1962. My copy was printed in 1963 by the Viking Press.<br />
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Pages Read: 28 (10.18%)<br />
Opinion Thus Far: I am extremely enjoying this book so far. I definitely relate to Steinbeck's need to always stay moving, travel and never stay in one spot for very long. It hooked me from the start and I see this book becoming a page-turner and, therefore, a quick read.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-72134715027900485442012-01-21T21:30:00.000-08:002012-01-22T01:02:04.048-08:00Oh Sonnets, How Shall I Review Thee...Today, I managed to finish William Shakespeare's <u>The Sonnets</u>, which is an impressive feat in itself seeing as I had over a hundred of them left to go. It took an entire day of devoted reading, but I managed to read, understand and analyze all of them.<br />
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To be honest, I have mixed feelings about <u>The Sonnets.</u> There were a few I loved, but most I either disliked or felt "meh" about. I did not enjoy this book nearly as much as I thought I was going to do, which is thoroughly disappointing. Maybe it's because I wasn't in the right head space to read them or perhaps my Shakespeare comprehension is not up to par, but I really did not enjoy the majority of the book. </div>
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I circled only 13 sonnets out of 154 as ones that I loved and greatly enjoyed, which is only a 8.44% success rate. Not that great. I felt that most of the sonnets got extremely repetitive - after all, how many different ways can you explain to the viewer that love is blind or the beauty fades?! These are two common themes that I found repeatedly throughout the book. </div>
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It is the first book that I would not recommend to a friend, but I think that there are a few sonnets worth reading - in my opinion, these are 16, 17, 18, 35, 38, 50, 71, 76, 82, 83, 115, 116 and 128. I found these thirteen sonnets to be exceptional and definitely read-worthy. </div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">A little information about my copy of <u>The Sonnets</u>:</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Pages: 203</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Original date of publication: 1609</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">My edition: 2001 (Penguin)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Why I decided to read: I've been on a classics kick lately, and I've also recently dove back into writing poetry. I decided to read some poetry by one of the masters of traditional poetic form. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">How I acquired my copy: Half Price Books in my hometown; January 15, 2012</span></div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-15953096466312255702012-01-21T11:08:00.000-08:002012-01-21T11:16:51.082-08:00One Last GoodbyeI took my final trip to Half Price Books today...or at least, my final trip for the next four months. I managed to pick up three books, which will be coming with me to Orlando....and I <b>couldn't </b>be more excited about them. I've already edited my previous Orlando reading list post and added them in. (:<br />
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Here's what I picked up:<br />
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<u>Howl on Trial: the Battle for Free Expression</u> edited by Bill Morgan and Nancy J. Peters ($7.48)<br />
-<i> I've been staring at this book for about two months now, so I decided to splurge and get it! I loved Howl when I first read it over the summer, am extremely excited to reread it in the coming months, and hopefully this book will give me some insight into the surrounding events.</i><br />
<u>Gold Set Dancing</u> by James Liddy ($6.99) - <i>This collection of poetry combines two of my favorite things - Ireland and my hometown, Milwaukee. I am thrilled! I can't wait to read these poems from a professor at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. </i><br />
<u>Junky: the Definitive Text of "Junk"</u> by William S. Burroughs ($5.98) -<i> I am SO excited to read this. I have heard great things about Burroughs' work and am excited to experience it first hand. Plus, it is considered a "modern classic." </i><br />
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Total: $21.49 (average $7.16/book)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Some Data:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Number of books total: 3</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Number of books UNDER $10 - 3</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Number of books UNDER $7 - 2</span><br />
Number of books UNDER $5 - 0<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Books by Male Authors - 2.5</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Books by Female Authors - .5</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Genre: Poetry - 1</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Sub-genre: Contemporary - 1</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Genre: Nonfiction - 1</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Genre: Novel - 1 </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Sub-genre: Modern Classic - 1</span>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-66514914129511666922012-01-20T23:09:00.000-08:002012-01-21T11:09:31.269-08:00Didn't read at all today.My day was jam-packed with internship prep and I managed to read about half a sonnet today. Oops! Tomorrow will be better...I hope.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-64225773591396216012012-01-19T23:00:00.000-08:002012-01-20T06:36:22.655-08:00A Small ConfessionPages read: 86 (42.36%)<br />
Opinion thus far: Today I managed to read through Sonnet 39, and to be perfectly honest, I must confess I'm kind of hating them. Maybe its partially because I'm rusty on my Shakespeare-comprehension, but I am not finding them very enjoyable at all...and this is coming from a girl who adores poetry. I've found a few that I've liked, but not many at all. Of course, I'll push through the next 115 of them in the next day or two (I really don't want to cart this to Florida with my other books), but keep your fingers crossed that my opinion changes!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-73959510542858853442012-01-19T13:44:00.000-08:002012-01-21T11:10:09.146-08:00Plane ReadingHow could I forget to mention what I've chosen to take with to read at the airport and on the plane? I selected two titles - one novel and one drama.<br />
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The novel is Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck.<br />
The drama is A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.<br />
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I may add a selection of poetry to this mix, but it really depends on whether or not I get one more run through Half Price Books before I leave! I know that I have about a years worth of reading in all of what I've selected, but I love books! And I can't see a few hundred miles changing that...Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360224929811847368.post-2733551911512754142012-01-19T11:00:00.000-08:002012-01-21T11:16:23.985-08:00Revised Reading Lists<br />
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I've edited and re-edited my book list for the next few months, but I've finally narrowed it down to a list I am incredibly happy with me. It is not much shorter than the other list, but I feel like it is a much more manageable selection and I can always ask my parents to send me more as necessary. (and I have my Kindle, what a relief!) </div>
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<li>A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
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<li>A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
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<li>A Separate Peace by John Knowles
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<li>All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
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<li>All You Who Sleep Tonight by Vikram Seth
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<li>Animal Farm by George Orwell
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<li>Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
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<li>Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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<li>Dead Souls by Nicolai Gogol
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<li>Elephant Rocks by Kay Ryan
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<li>Gold Set Dancing by James Liddy</li>
<li>Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
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<li>Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression by Allen Ginsberg</li>
<li>Junky by William S. Burroughs</li>
<li>Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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<li>Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros
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<li>Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf</li>
<li>No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean Paul Sartre
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<li>Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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<li>One Act: Eleven Short Plays of the Modern Theatre edited by Samuel Moon
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<li>One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kessey</li>
<li>On the Road by Jack Kerouac
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<li>Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote
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<li>Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen</li>
<li>Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Kolosterman
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<li>Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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<li>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain</li>
<li>The Awakening by Kate Chopin
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<li>The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
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<li>The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
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<li>The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
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<li>The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
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<li>To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee</li>
<li>Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh</li>
<li>We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with our Families:
Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
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<li>Writings from Prison by Bobby Sands
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<li>Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte </li>
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Out of what I've selected, here is some data about the books:<br />
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Total number of books: 37</div>
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Genre: Poetry - 6 (16.22%)</div>
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Genre: Novel - 28 (75.68%)</div>
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Genre: Nonfiction - 3 (8.11%)</div>
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Genre: Drama - 2 (5.41%)</div>
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Genre: Combination - 1 (2.70%)</div>
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Male Author - 29 (78.38%)</div>
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Female Author - 8 (21.62%)</div>
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Less than 200 pages - 15 (40.54%)</div>
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Between 200 and 400 pages - 20 (54.05%)</div>
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Over 400 pages - 2 (5.41%)</div>Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087716393298317410noreply@blogger.com0