starshy926 is not currently reading any books.
I’m female, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since March 14, 2007.
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- Unleashing the Ideavirus finished
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow finished
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes finished
- Flipping the Funnel: Company Edition finished
- Masters of Verse finished
- Book: The Sequel finished
- Dracula finished
- 3 Short Reads by Edgar Allan Poe finished
- Divine Comedy - The Inferno finished
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished
- The Prince finished
- The Scarlet Letter finished
- Wikipedia Tour: World Capitals finished
- Persuasion finished
- A Midsummer Night's Dream finished
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz finished
- Berlitz DailyLit Spanish Lessons suspended
- Madame de Staël suspended
- Madame Bovary suspended
- Walden suspended
- The Scarlet Pimpernel suspended
- Sonnets suspended
- Ashputtel suspended
- Hansel and Gretel suspended
- Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters suspended
- Pride and Prejudice suspended
- 100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money suspended
Posts
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #46: Childhood Favorites
Way too many to name! I loved anything by Roald Dahl ("The Big Friendly Giant" was a favorite), the Chronicles of Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time, so many more, I'd read anything when I was a kid!
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #35: Literary Friends
Jamie Fraser from Outlander (Claire too, for that matter). Loyal, funny, strong...couldn't ask for anything better. Same goes for Jane Eyre, Ron and Hermione and Neville, Elizabeth Bennett, and Susan and Lucy Pevensie. Definitely agree on Catherine Earnshaw for worst, would add Millie (the fireman's wife in Farenheit 451...man she's annoying and self-centered)
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #14: Books You Hate
@Lolabean, I totally agree...I really tried hard to like Love in the Time of Cholera and stuck with it much longer than I normally would with a book I'm not into. But in the end I had to give up. Just didn't like anything about it.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #27: Beachy Reads
I tend to go a little less serious at the beach too...partly the atmosphere and partly the fact that it takes effort to tune out the distractions :) Diana Gabaldon's Outlander is a big one, even something as fun as the Twilight or Harry Potter books. I also like to relive my childhood, so I'll throw "A Wrinkle In Time" or "The Giver" in there too.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #20: Potent Quotables
I quote books and movies all the time (no idea why, just stuck in my head)...the first that came to mind today was actually from Harry Potter (Order of the Phoenix if I remember correctly) where Hermione says, "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have!" For some reason this line cracks me up!
Etc. - Question of the Week #16: Favorite Female Writers
I definitely agree on Charlotte Bronte and J.K. Rowling. I would also say Diana Gabaldon and Nora Roberts, because their heroines have humor, depth and nuance, and don't let anyone walk all over them (witness Claire Fraser telling her new 18th-century husband that she doesn't care if it's normal for Scottish men to beat their wives sometimes, she won't stand for it).
Charles Dickens - Which is the best?
A Tale of Two Cities has been my favorite Dickens since I was a kid. There is something in the imagery, history, and suspense that I just love.
Wuthering Heights - wuthering heights
I read it a few months ago. It was interesting...not my favorite book certainly, but I did enjoy it to an extent. I have to say though, that I'm not sure I could have approached it the same way if I hadn't read the Twilight series. At one point Edward asks Bella what she sees in the characters, that they have no redeeming qualities, to which she replies that their one redeeming quality is total and unconditional love--not a pretty selfless love but an all-consuming, somewhat destroying one. So when I read the book it was through this filter and it helped me not hate Heathcliff and Cathy so much.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #13: Love is in the Air (or Book)
I completely agree about Jamie Fraser (from Outlander)! Gallant, smart, funny, sweet, and a little rough around the edges. I'm totally in love with him right now :)
I also agree on Mr. Darcy (I prefer mine of the Colin Firth type vs. Matthew McFayden). He wasn't intimidated by smarts or independence, and went toe to toe with Elizabeth. And I'm not going to lie, I love Edward Cullen. He's not perfect, but he knows how to love and sacrifice unconditionally.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #8: Which books make good movies?
While I love both book and movie, I actually think the movie adaptation of The Notebook was slightly better--the emotion was so real and the actors were fantastic.
I agree on movies like Harry Potter and Twilight. I enjoy the movies, but in honesty they don't hold a candle to the rich original materials. I rarely, if ever, like the movie better than the book.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #11: Your Questions
What book do you randomly quote most often (not intentionally, but it just comes to mind all the time)?
Etc. - Question of the Week #7: Holiday Edition
I don't even know where to begin! But I guess the one that comes to mind right away The Screwtape Letters. May seem odd, but to me it's a very insightful yet playful look into human nature and our various eccentricities and how we relate to each other, regardless of your feelings on religion. At that age, you begin to become a little more self-aware but also aware of how what you say and do affects other people.
Also, I'd want to give them something very fun and escapist like the Harry Potter or Chronicles of Narnia series...sometimes it's easy to take things too seriously when you're doing a bunch of heavy college reading, it's nice to just lose yourself in a fantasy world sometimes.