tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post3850990103377597002..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Things I Read In JanuaryLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-70804001573371591412016-02-06T22:43:45.456+00:002016-02-06T22:43:45.456+00:001) WTF you know people who haven't seen the mo...1) WTF you know people who haven't seen the movie? Get them onto it, immediately! (I looooove Knives. And Kim! So many great characters)<br /><br />2) You sooooo do. So scary and amazing and the best thing in the world ever ever!<br /><br />3) Terrible things?! Lies and treachery! I mean, no, I guess people might not like Station Eleven because sometimes people are stupid? But I am really really very enthusiastic about it :DLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-78058870569969959232016-02-03T18:02:26.646+00:002016-02-03T18:02:26.646+00:001) Scott Pilgrim! Yeah, a disappointing lack of pe...1) Scott Pilgrim! Yeah, a disappointing lack of people in my social circle have actually seen that movie. I love the comics more though- more depth! More queerness! More focus on secondary characters (ssh, I kind of love Knives and Wallace. And Stephen Stills.)<br /><br />2) I read The Handmaid's Tale in, like, 2011. I REALLY need to re-read it. <br /><br /><br />3) Station Eleven is on my 'read soon' pile and I've heard mostly good things but also a couple of terrible things? So I'm glad you liked it. I'm looking forward to it even more now :)Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026557908489456079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-81202884635707142492016-02-02T23:04:54.354+00:002016-02-02T23:04:54.354+00:00I know right?! Really finding my flow (or somethin...I know right?! Really finding my flow (or something. Also I didn't have much to do on weekends this January sooooo... Yeah haha) <br /><br />You should definitely revisit The Handmaid's Tale! So terrifying and relevant and so feminist it hurts. In a good way. I don't always love Atwood but she rocks a dystopia and this one is especially pressing. And ugh, yes, the writing. THE WRITING.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-76382515690839463522016-02-02T23:00:10.831+00:002016-02-02T23:00:10.831+00:00Who can say, Ellie. It's probably because you&...Who can say, Ellie. It's probably because you're a special little snowflake and goddammit why should you follow the damn rules! :D<br /><br />p.s. Dude. I mean, me too, but seriously. You need to get on this Atwood business PRONTO. The Handmaid's Tale is one of my favourite ever thingsssss.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-31276736047427236912016-02-02T22:58:38.941+00:002016-02-02T22:58:38.941+00:00I would still fully defend The Dark Tower series a...I would still fully defend The Dark Tower series against all criticism ever (although I still can't really tell you what The Gunslinger is about haha) and I definitely think Song of Susannah is better enjoyed as part of the series than when you're reading books from it like a year apart. I kind of ruined it for myself this time around.<br /><br />MOOMINS! Also your dad sounds awesome! This one didn't make me want to stop reading them at all, I just wanted MOAR MOOMIN!<br /><br />Scott Pilgrim is kiiiind of a dick, but mostly I think he's just clueless? Like sometimes he has no clue at all about what's going on. And that can make him a dick sometimes. OMG Katie when will we know what we want to do? *has a mini-crisis* *again*<br /><br />DUDE. Never drop the English (literally my motto haha- I went from 11 GCSEs, to 3 A Levels, 2 undergrad subjects until FINALLY just doing a MA in English. I've only just realised it so it seemed worth spelling out haha) But anyway. I feel like we didn't get to read anything fun (or, ok, recent) in English A Level so you're super lucky. Also I would study THE CRAP out of The Handmaid's Tale, like seriously.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-10651517655041035832016-02-02T18:00:17.031+00:002016-02-02T18:00:17.031+00:00That's an amazing amount that you read! I lov...That's an amazing amount that you read! I love so many of these books. barry white sums up my feelings for HP, too, as you well know, but I also totally LOVED Station Eleven.<br /><br />I didn't know that Handmaid's Tale was the reason you started blogging. I haven't read that book since high school, but Atwood is my roommate's favorite author and I've long thought that I should revisit that one. SO good. It blew me away when I was a teenager, but at that time I wasn't a reader who paid attention to, you know, good writing and stuff. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-19750541838975229722016-02-01T19:43:43.946+00:002016-02-01T19:43:43.946+00:00One question: why didn't I wait until the end ...One question: why didn't I wait until the end of January to post MY mini reviews? Why did I just post six in the middle somewhere? WHY? Because I only read one novella since then so I could have just done them ALL AT ONCE. Though to be fair, I probably would have finished a couple more but the next two were both DNFs and I have about eight on the go, so... never mind. *crawls away*<br />P.S. I still haven't read The Handmaid's Tale and that kinda sucks. I have it, I just haven't READ IT. Story of my liiiiiiiife.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-6590026568627466372016-02-01T13:33:23.502+00:002016-02-01T13:33:23.502+00:00I started The Dark Tower series at the end of last...I started The Dark Tower series at the end of last year. I wasn't quite sure of The Gunslinger; it took me a while to figure out what was going on and especially the setting. Old West? Post-apocalyptic future? Another world which is somehow influenced by our own? Or is "Hey Jude" just universal in every reality, like "All Along the Watchtower" in Battlestar Galactica? Don't tell me - I haven't quite figured it out yet. Anyway, you and also another friend told me the series gets better and to stick with it, and I've read just enough spoilers to make me really intrigued without actually being major spoilers.<br /><br />Yay Moomins! Comet in Moominland is my favourite book in the series, while my Dad favours Moominland Midwinter. He's a musician and even recorded a CD inspired by it, although he just called it "Winter." I haven't read the later books since I was a kid, though. I need to put that right. <br /><br />I like the film of Scott Pilgrim, although I've never read the books. Scott Pilgrim's kind of a dick though, isn't he? But I completely agree about the directionlessness of the twenties - at 30 I don't feel any different, so I'm full of awe and disbelief at anyone who knows what they want and are on their way to achieving it in their twenties (sickening people!)<br /><br />Ooh, I studied The Handmaid's Tale in sixth form, and I think it must have been that which made me decide I wanted to continue with English Literature. I was planning to drop it after A/S, can you imagine?! I can't believe it myself now. Great book.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.com