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[MindYaBitness]

I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..

My thoughts exactly! Lord of the Flies is a classic!!!!

 

[vagrantx]

My thoughts exactly! Lord of the Flies is a classic!!!!

Maybe they'ະຖ bating hate-readers knto reading good stuff?? Idk!

 

[UnquietDreams]

I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..

Library, and each has a tag explaining why they hate them.

Just because something is a classic doesn't mean you love it. Proust is a genius, but I wouldn't read Swan's Way again if you threatened to run me over with a Zamboni.

 

[MindYaBitness]

Maybe they'ະຖ bating hate-readers knto reading good stuff?? Idk!

Must be, I'm sure they'll also defend Jane Eyre as a classic, when it's possibly the second worst book ever written!

 

[UnquietDreams]

My thoughts exactly! Lord of the Flies is a classic!!!!

My experience with Lord of the Flies is always going to reflect sitting through Mr. Moore's excruciating AP English class. I can see where that would color my appreciation.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Must be, I'm sure they'll also defend Jane Eyre as a classic, when it's possibly the second worst book ever written!

Yesh, all opinions are valid, even when they are qualitatively incorrect, ike that one.

 

[MindYaBitness]

My experience with Lord of the Flies is always going to reflect sitting through Mr. M Moore's excruciating class AP English class. I can see where that would color my appreciation.

Thats me & anything Hemingway. I'm convinced AP English is designed to make you over analyze literature until you can't stand it!

 

[MindYaBitness]

Yesh, all opinions are valid, even when they are qualitatively incorrect, ike that one.

Here's the real irony: I really enjoy the film adaptations. It's quite possibly the only book that I like better as a film.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Here's the real irony: I really enjoy the film adaptations. It's quite possibly the only book that I like better as a film.

Jaws, The Godfather, and Ready Player One are all in that category for me.

 

[vagrantx]

Thats me & anything Hemingway. I'm convinced AP English is designed to make you over analyze literature until you can't stand it!

i always see in tv shows how US students have to analyze and find meaning in books that all kids in US has read..?? Is that not just a tv-trope but real?

So. Weird.
How can a kid assign anything but face value or imagined truths to something writ by someone they dont know

 

[vagrantx]

Jaws, The Godfather, and Ready Player One are all in that category for me.

I don't care avout Jaws, i prefer deep blue sea. I find the godfather tedious and prefer scarface. RP1 is a travesty. It's 50 Shades but for not-gamers.

 

[UnquietDreams]

Here's the real irony: I really enjoy the film adaptations. It's quite possibly the only book that I like better as a film.

And if the librarian was even moderately feminist, I could see having strong issues with Lord of the Flies as well

 

[vagrantx]

Here's the real irony: I really enjoy the film adaptations. It's quite possibly the only book that I like better as a film.

American Psycho... the book's great but a little too fucked up even for me. The movie's a much better story, while the book's... a piece of art to be a appreciated but not enjoyed.

 

[MindYaBitness]

i always see in tv shows how US students have to analyze and find meaning in books that all kids in US has read..?? Is that not just a tv-trope but real?

So. Weird.
How can a kid assign anything but face value or imagined truths to something writ by someone they dont know

Nope, not a trope. It's obnoxious. Why can't I just enjoy the story. And, why am I penalized if I don't get the same things out if the book as the instructor?

 

[MindYaBitness]

I don't care avout Jaws, i prefer deep blue sea. I find the godfather tedious and prefer scarface. RP1 is a travesty. It's 50 Shades but for not-gamers.

I loved Ready Player One, I had no idea it was a book until long after I'd seen the film!

 

[MindYaBitness]

And if the librarian was even moderately feminist, I could see having strong issues with Lord of the Flies as well

I try to read books through the lense of the era it was written. If I didn't, 99% of books written before 1990's would be unreadable

 

[vagrantx]

Nope, not a trope. It's obnoxious. Why can't I just enjoy the story. And, why am I penalized if I don't get the same things out if the book as the instructor?

wait what lol, they think there's a "correct" way to interpret imagined hidden meanings behind books?? L to the O to the L!

I loved Ready Player One, I had no idea it was a book until long after I'd seen the film!

the film's some good dumb action fun, it's awesome and cool kinda like Battle Angel Alita (watch if you havent! ) but the book just... drrraaaaagggs....

 

[vagrantx]

I try to read books through the lense of the era it was written. If I didn't, 99% of books written before 1990's would be unreadable

i have a first edition copy of jules vernes From the Earth to the Moon in swedish from like 1870 something. It's literally unreadable because swedish adopted a standardized set of grammatical rules just after it was published that pretty much completely changed the way words are spelled

 

[vagrantx]

im going back to bed i've had a stilnoct which is i think Ambien good night

 

[UnquietDreams]

the film's some good dumb action fun, it's awesome and cool kinda like Battle Angel Alita (watch if you havent! ) but the book just... drrraaaaagggs....

The book of Ready Player One reads like a fanfic of a bunch of Wikipedia pages.

 

[MindYaBitness]

wait what lol, they think there's a "correct" way to interpret imagined hidden meanings behind books?? L to the O to the L!


the film's some good dumb action fun, it's awesome and cool kinda like Battle Angel Alita (watch if you havent! ) but the book just... drrraaaaagggs....

They're just supposed to be "guiding" you to look deeper than the surface, but the truth is that literature teachers love books and think that their interpretations are the only interpretations.

im going back to bed i've had a stilnoct which is i think Ambien good night

Sleep well!

 

[UnquietDreams]

wait what lol, they think there's a "correct" way to interpret imagined hidden meanings behind books?? L to the O to the L!

Literary criticism is a major part of literary theory, and a necessary skill set. Unfortunately it is not often taught well, especially at the high school level.

 

[MrMakersMark]

Literary criticism is a major part of literary theory, and a necessary skill set. Unfortunately it is not often taught well, especially at the high school level.

Hmm...
"Necessary skill set" is apparently a much broader descriptive qualifier than I originally considered.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

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I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..

I see Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, which I have not read, but the series with Kerri Washington and…I think Reese Witherspoon(?) was pretty good. I see Twilight by Stephenie Meyer…nuff said there. I see Fourth Wing, which is the 1st book in a series that I’ve seen quite a few Litsters mention starting the 3rd installment last week.

My thoughts exactly! Lord of the Flies is a classic!!!!

My experience with Lord of the Flies is always going to reflect sitting through Mr. Moore's excruciating AP English class. I can see where that would color my appreciation.

I read Lord of the Flies in HS English too, and did not enjoy it either.

Jaws, The Godfather, and Ready Player One are all in that category for me.

I don't care avout Jaws, i prefer deep blue sea. I find the godfather tedious and prefer scarface. RP1 is a travesty. It's 50 Shades but for not-gamers.

I loved Ready Player One, I had no idea it was a book until long after I'd seen the film!

The book of Ready Player One reads like a fanfic of a bunch of Wikipedia pages.

I liked both the book and movie of Ready Player One, but liked the book a bit better The movie changed pretty much everything.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

https://i.ibb.co/NnTjtS4X/img-1-1738424793351.webp

I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..

I see Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, which I have not read, but the series with Kerri Washington and…I think Reese Witherspoon(?) was pretty good. I see Twilight by Stephenie Meyer…nuff said there. I see Fourth Wing, which is the 1st book in a series that I’ve seen quite a few Litsters mention starting the 3rd installment last week.

So with the help of the interwebz, I’ve also identified Atomic Habits by James Clear, Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke, Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff. Can’t tell what the other 3 are.