tristiseye
Female from USA
Posts and Reviews:
Etc. - Question of the Week (1/5/09): Which books make good movies? - posted yesterday
The BBC version of Pride and Prejudice is a fairly faithful adaptation with phenomenal casting. The Cider House Rules is also another adaptation I enjoyed for its casting as well as its faithfulness to the story.Bad adaptations: Troy. Enough said.
Etc. - Question of the Week (December 2008): Holiday Edition - posted last month
The Little Prince. I read it for the first time when I was 22, and the lessons in the book are written so simply, yet provide a world of teaching. The book, despite which language it is in, can be appreciated by everyone.Etc. - Weekly Question (11/17/08): Where would you go? - posted last month
@MaggieH: Although I didn't originally posted it, I read Mrs Dalloway while in London, most of the reading done in Regent's Park. Since I was in London while reading the book, I felt that I understood the book better simply because I was in the environment the book was set in. I could visit the exact spots Woolf described and picture the events more concretely.I read Our Mutual Friend before going to London, and I definitely appreciated the book a lot more than I would have (despite my adoration of Dickens), again due to the same reason as stated above. Being in the pub, where an infamous scene takes place, was like living the book itself.
Etc. - Weekly Question (11/17/08): Where would you go? - posted last month
The most hackneyed answer would be the "white cliffs of Dover," where I did go, since I was an English lit major. And they are as beautiful as Arnold's poem states them to be.I also went to 9 3/4 quarters at King's Cross which was an exciting moment for any HP fan!
And lastly, I went to the pub where Our Mutual Friend (by Dickens) was based, though the name of the pub escapes me.
Not a book, but I went to the house where Notting Hill was filmed- the beautiful white house at the end of the movie. It was the highlight of my group, as we all cherished the movie.
Etc. - Weekly Question (11/10/08): Which was "the one?" - posted last month
Anne of Green Gables- the characters. I wanted to be Anne (so I could then marry Gilbert!)- who else wouldn't want to be an intelligent, spunky, and brave girl?But the book that came to mind first was To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus's line "that you should never lie to children" still rings as clear in my head as when I first read that line.
Etc. - Question of the Week (10/20/2008): The Great American novel? - posted 2 months ago
I agree with To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus Finch is one of the greatest father figures ever to be written. If not To Kill a Mockingbird, how about Catch 22? Its humor as well as its themes, particularly that of patriotism and heroism, are still highly debated now.Ratings:
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