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The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963by...Christopher Paul Curtis average rating...nonetags...1963 african american family trip shelved by...lleon556 viewable entries...1 |
'Language Arts'
entry by...lleon556 updated...Jul 28, '10 spoilers...n/a
I read this book for the first time to prepare for using it in my 5th grade Language Arts class. Not only did I really enjoy it but my students really got into it as well.
I like that is has some historical ficition of the time period but isn't focused on that for the entire book. I liked the character development and the fact that there were not an overwhelming amount of negative events focus on through out the entire book.
I like that is has some historical ficition of the time period but isn't focused on that for the entire book. I liked the character development and the fact that there were not an overwhelming amount of negative events focus on through out the entire book.
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The Pearlby...John Steinbeck average rating...3.9 / 5tags...american classic fiction steinbeck shelved by...AdamB83 Atenmien autumnmoon2006 carmelita elspeth97 guardedeyes kkreitler temporary thecitynoise thejulester the_revolt viewable entries...1 |
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Nine Storiesby...J.D. Salinger average rating...4.3 / 5tags...american family fiction glass language life salinger seymour shortstories stories youth shelved by...AdamB83 ahauntedattic baberahamlincln douglatf esra galka LittleLotte815 mjvasile sarahbethUNT SQWID stanvick telka thejulester viewable entries...3 |
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entry by...LittleLotte815 updated...Oct 05, '08 spoilers...n/a
Interesting. I also probably need to reread this.
'Review'
entry by...AdamB83 updated...Jul 14, '09 spoilers...none
This collection of short stories has been sitting on my shelf for about a year. I love J.D. Salinger, but I suppose I was a bit leery of reading his short stories, as I've only read his novel The Catcher in the Rye and his dual-novella Franny and Zooey (Both of which I highly recommend). I had nothing to worry about, though. These short stories - admittedly, some more effective than others - are pure Salinger. They're witty, sarcastic, sad, entertaining, and original. I particulary enjoyed the elliptical stories (the first and last stories in the collection) "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "Teddy." They were incredibly moving and fantastically written. I will definitely read most of these stories, if not the whole collection, many times over.
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entry by...stanvick updated...Jul 30, '09 spoilers...n/a
I would call this Salinger's second-finest book, after Catcher in the Rye. The good stories are really, truly good, but there are a few weaker ones thrown in there as well. In fact, my favorite one, A Perfect Day For Bananafish, happens to be the first one. With the bar set that high, it was a bit of a letdown to read eight more stories that fell short of it by various amounts.
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Memories Are Made of This: Dean Martin Through His Daughter's Eyesby...Deana Martin, Wendy Holden average rating...5.0 / 5tags...1940s 1950s 1960s 2010 american biography crooner deanmartin entertainer june2010 singer shelved by...alma_spier viewable entries...none |
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East of Edenby...John Steinbeck average rating...4.9 / 5tags...american americanliterature and classic evil fiction good pleasure shelved by...bookgirl82 caitlin_bailey carmelita guardedeyes haneen i_heart_books jani1103 rcotner ringfinger scoopc247 thejulester tropics wvrunna221 viewable entries...1 |
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entry by...jani1103 updated...Jan 01, '09 spoilers...none
My goal for 2009 is to enter every book I read this year and write at least a short review. In addition for every new book I enter, I am going to enter one book I've read in the past that I enjoyed.
This time it's East of Eden. Probably one of my favorite books all time.
This is a tender and stark tale about the struggle to find personal goodness in the midst of evil. Their is no one like Steinbeck for setting a mood. In this book he tells the story of how the generations of a family battle for love, identity and acceptance.
This time it's East of Eden. Probably one of my favorite books all time.
This is a tender and stark tale about the struggle to find personal goodness in the midst of evil. Their is no one like Steinbeck for setting a mood. In this book he tells the story of how the generations of a family battle for love, identity and acceptance.
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Franny and Zooeyby...J.D. Salinger average rating...5.0 / 5tags...american fiction short shelved by...AdamB83 thejulester viewable entries...1 |
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Tropic of Cancerby...Henry Miller average rating...4.3 / 5tags...american france sex shelved by...AdamB83 amandasue haneen nastasee viewable entries...1 |
'Review'
entry by...AdamB83 updated...Jul 14, '09 spoilers...minor
Pretty amazing, especially coming out of the early 20th Century. Hilarious in his obsession with 'the C word' and sex and all the dirty diseases that come with it. Also, funny to watch Miller denounce the practice of putting so much importance on the literary geniuses like Goethe, Emerson, Tennyson, etc - but then watch as he quotes them left and right within his own prose. It's a wonderful experiment with language and stream of consciousness, though. Definitely worth being named a classic, even if a bit bizarre.
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Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schragby...Ariel Schrag average rating...nonetags...american comic graphicnovel queer shelved by...miserablizm viewable entries...1 |
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomicby...Alison Bechdel average rating...4.3 / 5tags...american biography comix fiction graphic graphicnovel lesbian memoir novel queer tragicomic youngadult shelved by...cherrys foxwrapped jo10999 miserablizm rtrosino telka viewable entries...4 |
'Fun Home'
entry by...cherrys updated...Sep 04, '07 spoilers...n/a
Brilliant, literary, funny, tragic, sad.
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entry by...miserablizm updated...Jan 24, '10 spoilers...n/a
OH MY GOD
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entry by...rtrosino updated...Jan 07, '09 spoilers...n/a
Graphic novel. Great images that just enhance and play along with the story. It's always amazing to me how an author can write literally two or three sentences on a page in a graphic novel, and you can still feel it tug at your heart strings. Great book. Wacky family for sure, with funny and serious elements.
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Quicksand and Passingby...Nella Larsen average rating...5.0 / 5tags...1920s american classic fiction harlem race short shelved by...thejulester viewable entries...none |
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posted by caitlin_bailey submitted...Jul 18, '09
I read East of Eden about a year ago and it's been a long time that a book affected me so much. After that I set out to read every book Steinbeck has written. Grapes of Wrath was amazing, and to sound extremely pretentious, a tour de force, but nothing has beaten East of Eden so far. If you're interested in checking out books and authors that influenced Steinbeck, and people that he in turn influenced, check out this link:
www.infloox.com/person?id=5f3fd0ca