Archive for the 'Books' Category

Sep 19 2008

Read a Book - P.G. Wodehouse

Published by Kara under Books

Every so often, I forget why I chose to become an English major. Don’t get me wrong, I read endlessly. But so often, I’m reading the same things because there is a comfort and familiarity there. Or I’m reading a cookbook or a magazine. There is enjoyment in all those reading activities, but little surpasses [...]

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Apr 30 2008

Read a Book

Published by Kara under Books

The first entry in a series.
Michael and I, at my request, watched The Ice Storm this weekend. I had seen one of the strangest scenes from the film before, but not the film in its entirety. I’m not going to talk much about the movie - I think it suffered from its “artistic sensibility.” [...]

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Oct 12 2007

Reading and Freedom

Published by Kara under Books, Rants

Today, I checked out an e-book of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by the infamous Mark Twain, or Samuel Clemens, as it were. It is difficult to express the pure delight I gain in reading this book. I’ve likely read it for classes two or three times, but it’s a book I come [...]

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Oct 05 2007

Why Anti-Feminists are Stupid

Published by Kara under Books, Rants

Anne Arundel County Public Libraries allow you to read e-books. So I grabbed a couple to read at work to combat my boredom, and one was a self-help book about ten mistakes couples make.
Before everyone starts freaking out about my marriage, everything is fine, I just figured a little reading never hurt anyone, minus [...]

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Aug 21 2007

One in Four Americans Read No Books Last Year

Published by Michael under Books, Rants

According to a new AP-Ipsos poll, mentioned here, 27% of Americans report reading no books over the past year. Let me remind you that we have a basic literacy rate of 99%.
I had prepared some thoughts on this issue, but I think they can be adequately and succinctly summarized as follows:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WHAT IS WRONG WITH [...]

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May 20 2005

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Published by Michael under Books

One of my current activities, however misguided, is an effort to read all the books that I should have read long ago but never actually have. You know: In high school English, you get a list of a hundred books and are told to write reports about three of them, and so you trudge through [...]

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