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[solitaryraven]

Okay, I admit, I sort of cheated to get to 70 and read two super short books rather than forcing myself through 300 remaining pages of Jane Eyre in two days. However, in my defense, one was a book I was going to read anyway and the other I'd already started.

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[solitaryraven]

Yes, hurray for King Arthur! One of my good, or well some variation thereof at this point, friends is in LOVE with Lancelot. I'll have to see who I personally prefer. Probably one of the knights. lol

I read parts of Paradise Lost for a class too (I guess professors no longer feel the need to have their students read the whole thing. lol), but I definitely want to try reading the whole thing since I enjoyed the parts I read.

I've been looking into a lot of books about writing because I find they're helpful with both organizing my ideas and gaining confidence, so I'll definitely keep you updated. Dynamic Characters is definitely a good one. I'm going to go out and buy a book on plot, as well, so I'll let you know how that is once I read it.

Umm...uhhh...ummm...you're gonna hate me (*whines*). The..uhh...transcendentalist/romanticism movement is actually one of my favorite literary periods. (*hides*)

Truthfully, Thoreau is okay, but I much prefer Emerson. LOVE Emerson. I picked the book up at Emerson's family home in Concord, Mass, so I'm sort of looking forward to reading it. lol

Yeah, I'm going to wait until near the end of the year for HP. Or I'll throw it in there while I'm up to my ears in coursework/stress and need an easy/relaxing read.

[galfridian]

My love lies with Mordred. Whether it's the non-traditional non-villain Mordred (or a non-traditional but still villain) or traditional, everything's messed up between everyone villain. I love him. Yes. Jen loves the whole Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot triangle (Guinevere, of course, being her favourite).

Awesome. I'll definitely need one on plot. Eventually.

*laugh* I don't hate you. I'm fine with romanticism; it's an artistic movement. I just found the literature of the transcendentalist movement to be dull and such. And it might have been the way my high school English teacher taught it, but the social movement's ideas seemed ridiculous to me. The bits of "Walden" we read sort of bored me to tears, so I've been irritable toward it ever since.

Yeah. Today, I made a schedule for which books I want to read at what times this year, and I had to make sure to put the heavier stuff in the summer (even though that means waiting until the summer to read Outlander), and alternated with the few YA books I have on the list.

[solitaryraven]

Hmmm...I definitely need to read more Arthurian stuff. I mean, I know who Mordred is, naturally, but not really enough to make judgments. Must get to that book soon.

Haha. To be honest, it definitely isn't the most interesting reading (although the poetry of the British Romantics is beautiful). I've never read Walden and I'm sure I probably wouldn't be too keen on Thoreau if I had. All I've read by Thoreau was Cape Cod which, considering the subject matter, was bound to be interesting to me. I think I've just always felt a connection to transcendentalism because I feel that way too--beauty in nature, that sort of thing.

I'm so excited you're going to read Outlander. I just hope you like them. I'm always worried when I recommend books. lol I've just started my reread and I'm sort of falling in love with the characters all over again.