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Michelle wrote: "A 2 minute reflection on the parable of Death in Tehran:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIBhp..."

Awesome!

That's really interesting. We can be our own worst enemies. It's also an interesting study of intuition like you said. How correct is our intuition?
I watched the movie Run Hide Fight last night at dailywire.com. It was a fantastic movie and there is a line in that movie that really resonated with me. Even if you move far away, you still have to take yourself with you. So even though the servant flees to Teheran, he has to take all the good and worst parts about him with him and that includes Death because Death is very much a part of all of us.
I'm curious how this story applies to someone who is a holocaust prisoner. How would a prisoner interpret this story? I'm not as far as you in the book, so maybe he mentions this.

Awesome! I'm reading Romeo and Juliet this weekend and Antony and Cleopatra next weekend. In YA lit. we have to read a YA novel written by a POC. Shatter Me is my first choice, but if someone swipes it then I'll have to read something else. I think I'll pick The Hate U Give for my second choice. But if you have any suggestions, I won't turn them away!

I have my syllabi for my Shakespeare class if you are interested/

Dr. Faustus
Romeo and Juliet
Antony and Cleopatra
Twelfth Night
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Henry IV
Henry V
Richard III
The Tempest

One of my assignments is to read a YA novel written by a person of color. A book I had on hand was Shatter Me so I'm thinking of reading that. I'm opened to recommendations and you're welcome to read it with me.

Here is a tentative reading schedule from my syllabi

The Lives of Animals by JM Coetzee March 1-5
Wuthering Heights February
Joey March
The Contender February
Fault in Our Stars February
A Monster Calls February
Ender’s Game March
Boxers April
Anne Frank April
Sold April
Poet X April

I also felt conflicted as well with the quote about controlling what happens to us. I agree with Frankl that we choose how to react to a situation but on the other hand, you're going to feel what you're going to feel. The way we feel about certain things has to do with our upbringing and who we are as individuals. I couldn't suppress my true feelings any more than I could suppress a wave. But I can choose how to act.

I do have to read them in some order but I won't know until I get my official syllabi next week when school starts. I will keep those three in mind though and let you know as soon as I do. I personally am the most excited to read Monters Calls for the first time and Wuthering Heights for the second time. I haven't read Anne Frank before and I agree that it will be interesting. Boxers by Yang I know is a graphic novel.

My Spring 2021 Book List (that are actual novels not textbooks)

Shakespeare Course:

Not sure exactly what plays we'll be going over, yet.

Young Adult Literature:

Boxers by Yang

Contender by Lipsyte

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Ender's Game by Card

The Fault in Our Stars by Green

Monster Calls by Ness

Poet X by Acevedo

Sold by McCormick

Teaching Literature:

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Gantos

Wuthering Heights by Bronte

As mentioned in a previous post, I was thinking about creating a list of books that will be read this semester as part of my syllabi. It is difficult for me to keep up a book club and read everything for class, although I'm going to try to manage my time a lot better this year. Anyway, this idea struck me. I was thinking that if anyone else in this group is also a college student, maybe we could read what is on our syllabi. This could serve as a resource tool for those that have to read a particular book for class but also spread more ideas about a particular text. Disclaimer: I'm not suggesting this to serve as a cheat tool. I do not endorse cheating.

I took quite the hiatus there and when I came back I saw that there was a total of 21 members in this group. Wow! To everyone that just arrived, welcome! My name is Kendyl and I moderate this crazy place.
Sorry for slacking off on everyone. In my defense, I am a college student and an English major at that. I'm actually thinking about posting what I have to read for Spring and if there's a book that looks interesting to you, we could read it together. I could post what I learn about the book in class.
Man's Search for Meaning was recommended. The book is quite short but I did make the deadline at the end of the month. I'm not going to do a regular week-to-week chapter breakdown because, again, the book is so short. I also want to remind everyone that this group is very laid-back. If you don't finish the chapters by the end of the week don't think that I'm going to cut you out of the group and throw you into an abyss. The chapter guides are just that: a guide. I set up discussions early so people can come to them whenever they are ready. If you don't finish the book until much later, you can still post to the discussions. The goal of this group is to let your book nerdiness let loose.
If there are any questions, suggestions, or comments, let me know!

Happy New Year!
I'd love to read "Man's Search for Meaning" with you. I just placed it on hold at my library. I'm #1 on the waiting list so I might get it soon? Don't feel like you have to wait, though!

I grew up with the 1993 version of the movie, which I cherish. I have not watched the 1987 version but want to as soon as I have a moment to watch a movie.

I'm glad you liked it! The story is definitely a classic.

When the story first begins, it appears to be a very typical ghost story. The greatest piece of evidence that the governess is seeing ghosts is the fact that she sees Peter Quint and then describes him to Mrs. Grose only to understand who she was seeing after being told. However, because she's the only one to see the ghosts and only believes the children to see the ghosts, there is a very strong argument to be made that the governess was in fact insane. I am of the mind that the ghosts are a manifestation of the governess's state of mind. What do you think?

I've been absent for quite some time also; I've been sick (not the Rona) and doing summer class. I read the book last year and really liked it so I thought I'd read it again this year, but I couldn't get myself in the mood for it. So I ditched it and started reading The Turn of the Screw. Dandelion Wine really is a good book, I just didn't feel like reading it like I thought I would be.

In my edition of this book, there are no numbers to denote the chapters. My copy is used so the previous owner went ahead and labeled the chapters all the way to 40. So if I divide 40 by 4 ( 4 weeks in a month), which leaves us with ten chapters a week. My only concern with this method is that some chapters are only like 2 pages and I like to keep it even, BUT if it is divided by chapters that means there are only 45 pages to read for the first week which allows for people to catch up. Is there a method you prefer over the other?

That's great! Let me know if you have any issues.

I chose this book for June so early for two reasons: 1) I read this book last year and really wanted to read it, again 2) I wanted to announce a book for June just to see where everyone is at in their states. In my state, things are opening back up and I have access to physical books at my library. So if I needed a copy of this book, I could easily get it at the library if I wanted a flesh-and-blood book. I know that other states are still in lockdown; if we get closer to June and it looks like it'll be a summer lockdown in your state and you won't have access to a physical library then I can change the book to something that can easily be found online. Or maybe you've already read this book and you hate it with a fiery passion of a thousand suns then let me know.

One thing that I love to do is watch the film adaptations of the book I just finished reading. It is fun to see how different people interpret and portray the same text. There are different film adaptations including the new movie with the same title that came out this year. I personally have not watched this movie, yet, but have you? Is it good? Have you seen any film adaptations of this book that you really liked?

The 1984 film adaptation is available for free here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o-UU...