I am officially a Survivor of this book. I just finished it and I am left wondering what the f*** I just read. While I was expecting even worse, I have to say that Holden is probably one of the most annoying characters EVER. It was like a 200+ page rant about..nothing. I understand you are suppose to be reading about a guy that is going out of ( Read more... )

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Oh dear god. THIS WAS AWFUL. Couldn't even finish it.

Basic premise: Athenian women are sick of war, so they decide to not have sex with the men until they stop fighting.

The play sounds really interesting and I would love to read it in decent, appropriate language. The problem isn't the play, the problem is that this so-called "modern translation" ( Read more... )

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Hello! I've been lurking for a long while, too shy to post. But I'm here now so let's get rolling. Bane of my required reading this semester...


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Well hello there. I'm a long time reader, first time poster.

I recently picked up a copy of To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. I had often heard it is one of her greatest and a masterpiece of the English language so I decided to make it my introduction into the writings of Ms Woolf.
What a mistake!
Now it could easily be just me and her greatness is ( Read more... )