Cindy's comments
Cindy's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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Wow, I thought I was weird for crushing on book characters. Nice to know I'm not the only one. lol
Definitely Snape, Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, and both Morelli and Ranger from the Plum series. And while Edward from Twilight is a tad more controlling than I care for I still have a major crush on him, and Jasper. Oh, and Jason from the Anita Blake series... I know there are a couple more but I can't think of them right now.
I have a 1959 paperback edition of Hamlet that belonged to my grandmother. I have several old books that belonged to her but most of them are being stored and I don't remember what exactly I have.
Jan 13, 2009 03:16PM
Vanessa wrote: "When I was pregnant with my daughter (and before we knew she was a girl) we thought of Aldous (after Mr. Huxley) as a boy's name.
To add to the silly name thread above, I once encountered a woman ..."
I once met a little girl named Vagina. I was sitting in a waiting room at the hospital and she came over to stare at me so I asked her what her name was. I actually made her repeat it because I thought I had heard her wrong. She was with her aunt who quickly told me, "We call her Ginny." What on earth was her mother thinking?
I'm with you Becky, when I have kids, if I can't afford a good private school, I'm homeschooling. She told my mom that it made my classmates feel stupid. But I never told my classmates what I read, I only told her. So, let me see, who was feeling stupid?
My 4th grade teacher told my parents to stop letting me read Shakespeare. lol My mother essentially told her to get bent.
It was a blessing when I got into high school though, I had already read Hamlet so many times I practically had it memorized.
I actually read Ulysses when I was in the 8th grade. My teacher loaned it to me when I was looking for stuff to read. (I was way beyond the 8th grade comprehension level) I enjoyed it but it's probably not something I'll ever read again. I wouldn't say it should be on every best books list though.
A book doesn't have to be "great literature" to be a good read, meaningful, touching, etc. And the definition of "great literature" tends to be somewhat subjective as well.
I finished The Book of Lost Things today. It was really good; I'm definitely looking forward to reading more of Connelly's work. But tomorrow morning I'll pick up JS&MN at the library and get started on that.
Carrie wrote: "The Stolen Child: A Novel <---- anyone read this? It's amazing."
I read it several months ago and loved it.
The Book of Lost Things is going to be my first book of 2009 too. I've owned it for ages and ages but have just never gotten around to picking it up. I still need to request JS&MN from the library so that'll be next.
Nikki wrote: "Cindy, I'm so pathetic that I know ALL the words to the It's Log song. (It's to the tune of the old It's Slinky ads).
What rolls down stairs
alone or in pairs
what rolls over your neighbors d..."
Nikki ~ That was awesome! lol
Robin wrote: "Brian wrote: "This post is hilarious! I did some digging and came up with what might be the most distasteful (and creepy) cover yet. Someone please tell me this has been digitally manipulated!
O..."
It makes me want to sing the log song. You know, "Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's wood!" Unless no one else here watched Rin and Stimpy back in the day...
um, ick.
Dec 30, 2008 04:08PM
Becky wrote: "But, admittedly, I'll read almost anything with words in it. "
I'm with you Becky. I like a little fluff now and again too; the Shopaholic series and Stephanie Plum series are faves. I love to re-read books from my childhood. Earlier this year I read a bunch of the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary. I also love true crime. My best friend thinks it's creepy that I enjoy reading about serial killers. Those are definitely my guilty pleasures. I always feel like I should be reading a classic or something. But I love them all anyway. :)
I've read 25 of these. But my problem with this list is that some of the reads are whole series' of books, example: number 4, the Harry Potter series (7 books), and other works are listed twice, example: number 14, the complete works of Shakespeare, and number 98, Hamlet by Shakespeare. But I do love lists and I do love reading recommendations so it's all good I guess.
Brian wrote: "This post is hilarious! I did some digging and came up with what might be the most distasteful (and creepy) cover yet. Someone please tell me this has been digitally manipulated!
http://www.2spare..."
OMG! That is hilarious. I love those old paperbacks, some of them had some really great covers.
Hayes wrote: "I think it's kinda cute...
but I don't know what dogs she gets her "wool" from ... My dad had a dalmation - sharp white hairs like daggers! Kept finding them stuck in sweaters even 10 years afte..."
I think the subtitle may be the best I've ever seen though. It definitely made me lol.
Lori wrote: "Wow Cindy, you pulled my post from waaaay back. I read that book ages ago. I do have the first book of the Eyre series but really am in no rush to read it."
Yeah, I didn't realize how old it was until I was done posting. I love Fforde though and his Thursday Next series is really great. He has a great sense of humor and I think his word play is very clever. And, in reading the Next series, you come across the origin of the Nursery Crimes series as well.
Lori wrote: "Since I had fallen in love with the Book Of Lost Things, I thought I would stay the course of twisted takes on old stories and read The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde. hmmm.... only a few chapters in..."
What I have found with Fforde is that I have to read his stuff in order or else it makes even less sense. He loves to mention stuff that happened three books ago or throw in some obscure joke from the first book, whatever. I love his stuff, but The Fourth Bear is the second book in his second series. You might be better off reading The Eyre Affair which is his first book in the his first series, the Thursday Next series. There you'll get a better grasp of his interesting wordplay.
Kellie wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Cindy who wrote the book A Girl Named Zippy? There is a sequel to it? What does BFF stand for? Not familiar with all the lingo yet. LOL. Is it the same author for She Got Up Off The C..."
Thanks Kellie, I couldn't remember her name to save my life.
