To start off, I'll mention the Hunger Games. I've had many recommendations to read this beautiful series and to let you know; I have and I LOVED IT. Ms. Collins though broke my heart many many times. The books were beautiful and if Peeta was an actual person I would cuddle up next to him and go to sleep. Like a teddy bear. I love him to bits and I LOVED Gale. Until he became obsessed with weaponry and killed that innocent little girl by association. Broke my heart he did. Broke and stomped on it.
I find this a little ironic that the title of this post is about how much I hate complaining and this blog is essentially about complaining about books.
The other thing I want to address is my font. I like my font, I think it's beautiful. It even looks kind of like my handwriting. I have really nice handwriting. Which is why I loved that font. It was more personal, more me. It made this whole ridiculous blog thing feel more like I was continuing the story in my head. But alas, I'll change it. Not to the normal hash baggery that you all are probably thinking of. Boring people. That's right, I just called you boring and I won't apologize for it you boring boring people.
-Longstory.
P.S.- Please refrain from using my name if you know. If you didn't get the hint from my About Me I'll say it now: I don't want these people to know my name. I don't think that it's a terribly important thing to know my name and plus it makes it feel more secret. More fun. So please, if you used my name in a comment delete or repost without my name. I won't force you too, just something I'd appreciate. I am changing the font for you.
Hi Longstory --
ReplyDeleteLove this font! Much easier to read!
Since you're/we're discussing various books, I am curious to know whether you have read Joseph Keller's Catch-22, and if you did, what you thought of it. It was my boondoggle when I was about your age -- I felt about it much like you feel about Ten Little Indians.
Happy reading!
I've never heard of it. Do you mind telling me what it's about?
DeleteIt's a WWII novel, written in the early 1960's. It's about a fighter pilot who wants to be certified insane so he can stop flying missions. The basic premise is that he's crazy to fly missions, but if he recognizes that fact and asks to stop, then he's sane and must fly them. And so on. Ad nauseum. It's really about the insanity of war.
DeleteI was a 14-year-old girl when this was forced on me. Not interested in war novels. Not interested in satire. As I remember the book didn't really have a plot. And we had to dissect it and read it FOREVER, it seemed.
I have tried to make myself go back and read it with an adult perspective, but as soon as I read the first paragraph, I'm done. Dang teacher effectively killed this book for me for all time.
Thanks for the font change - much better on my eyes. and I KNOW I'm boring!
ReplyDeleteI'm not so sure that we are boring.... wait! I guess we are. Older people are boring to the younger generation. And dog gone it! Our eyesight just isn't what it used to be. Or perhaps I am just talking about myself here. Thoroughly enjoying this blog!!
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ReplyDeleteHave you read the second Hunger Games book yet? If so what did you think of the romance? To me it felt very fake. Like she wrote an awesome book and was told to add some romance to make the book sell. Felt more like an advertisement strategy than genuine plot to me. Thoughts?
A boring girl. :)
In the second book the romance was suppose to be forced because Peeta and Katniss were at odds with each other after the ending of the first books. They had to keep the romance going for the audience that was always watching them.
DeleteI've not seen so much complaining in a post about complaining since...Well, ever! But, since you were nice about changing the font, and I probably AM boring to you, I'll go change my comment so your secret origins stay that way.
ReplyDeleteI liked Ten Little Indians when I read it, but I can understand your point of view. If I had a better book waiting, I would have been frustrated too. I remember feeling that way about Wuthering Heights. I've got a sister who is 22 so she introduces me to a lot of books. I LOVED the Hunger Games trilogy. I don't think I've had a book affect me that emotionally in a long time. I think it would be a good book to use in a classroom to look critically at the media influence and how it compares to our culture and media influence as well. But I'm a nerd that way :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, glad to hear you have read The Hunger Games. I am a bit obsessed with them at the moment, but there are alot of other good books out there too, new and classic. When my son was in school, he refused to read the required reading list books. (Still passed, don't ask me how.) Afterwards, he began reading some and one day said, gosh, these are actually pretty good! Sigh, a mother's burden...
ReplyDeleteAs a fellow lover of good books, I am thoroughly enjoying this blog! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFor what its worth I think you did a good job of choosing a replacement font that is a good compromise between a standard font designed for readability and an art font. One way to use fonts that are pretty but not as readable for long passages of text is to use them for headings. The larger size and shorter character string make lack of readability less of an issue in headings, and the artistic element adds punch where its useful.
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