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Post by TreasureFinder on May 7, 2003 23:03:33 GMT -5
As for Tom Clancy books...IMO hey are all the same thing...buy one and you'll get the gist. My book suggestion: Shogun By James Clavell. It's about 1200 pages, but you'll love everypage. Whats it about?
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Post by Jaggy on May 8, 2003 1:04:36 GMT -5
Sometimes when the book is really bad or i'm thinking of something else, i read the book but don't really understand it... Same here, which is why I either fall asleep while studying for social studies or I end up surfing on the net instead (I do homework in front of the computer... bad habit.).
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Post by Tsukasa on May 8, 2003 17:17:08 GMT -5
Same here, which is why I either fall asleep while studying for social studies or I end up surfing on the net instead (I do homework in front of the computer... bad habit.). I have to do HW ON the computer.... and when i get bored....
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Post by TreasureFinder on May 8, 2003 19:04:19 GMT -5
Lets look at a different perspective. What are some books you DIDN"T like? My least favorite were Great Expectations, and Romeo and Juliet, and The Once and Future King. *shudder, I hated King Arthur and Merliin.
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Post by Luca on May 8, 2003 19:11:55 GMT -5
Lets look at a different perspective. What are some books you DIDN"T like? My least favorite were Great Expectations, and Romeo and Juliet, and The Once and Future King. *shudder, I hated King Arthur and Merliin. I agee that Great Expectations was horrible, and that Romeo and Juliet was trite, but I actually kind of liked The Once and Future King.
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Post by Jaggy on May 8, 2003 19:12:30 GMT -5
I definitely did NOT like Romeo and Juliet.. and I can't really think of some books that I hate since I barely ever read (in my spare time except if it's for school). Most books that I don't like I never finish reading anyway, since I either get really bored of it or really aggravated.
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Post by Seifer_Almasy on May 8, 2003 20:11:52 GMT -5
I liked GE and Romeo and Juliet and I have never read The Once and Future King, but I certainly did not like Frankenstein or Grapes of Wrath ... they are sooo damn dull ... I hate historical fiction ... grrrrr, though GE is historical fiction ...
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Post by Zynx on May 8, 2003 20:33:26 GMT -5
You are an evil son of a bitch for saying that. ;D
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Post by TreasureFinder on May 8, 2003 22:40:36 GMT -5
Yes, I must agree. I didn't understand about half of the "lessons" that Merlin tried to teach Wart. The only part I liked was the Questing Beast. My whole class thought it was sad when the which boiled a cat in the water. It is kind of strange when Arthur sleeps with his half-sister. I think the book could have been more tasteful.
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Post by Zynx on May 9, 2003 6:29:55 GMT -5
I was objecting more to the Romeo and Juliet choice. That play is not realistic at all, the dialogue is cheesy, and the characters are not particularly deep. In fact they are rather shallow. Incidentally, I wrote a 3 page paper on all that is wrong with Romeo and Juliet. ;D
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Post by Seifer_Almasy on May 9, 2003 7:31:45 GMT -5
Juliet was a disobidient wretch, Romeo was in love with being in love, the nurse was a big talker, Mercutio had ever changing moods, Tybalt didn't like insults; Lord Montague wanted to be the best, Lady Montague never disobeyed Lord Montague in fear of being beaten and losing her place, Friar Lawrence only did what he wanted for his own benefit and not what he should have, conspiracy with Friar John and being stuck in the house ... when all of this comes together it makes one hell of a story ... unless you only watched the stupid thing with Leonardo DiCaprio ...
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Post by Zynx on May 9, 2003 17:51:50 GMT -5
Bullcrap, I could write a better story with only 2 hours of time to write it.
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Post by Luca on May 9, 2003 17:55:30 GMT -5
Bullcrap, I could write a better story with only 2 hours of time to write it. Better knock that down to one hour
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Post by Zynx on May 9, 2003 18:06:59 GMT -5
Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is quite possibly the most over-rated piece of literature in the history of man. On the other hand, To Kill a Mockingbird is slightly over-rated, but not nearly as much.
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Post by TreasureFinder on May 9, 2003 22:19:37 GMT -5
Ugh! R and J is soo hard to understand! Our teacher asks really hard questions on the quizzes too! Honestly, who knows what "if liking looking be" means? Juliet is a little ignorant, spaced-out freak. Romeo is a drama queen! On the other hand, I did like Gone With the Wind. "Oh Rhett, where will I go, what will I do?" "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!"
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