Posts Tagged ‘book reflections’
I know, an odd trio, but…these are the last three old ones, and then you’re not getting anything until I finish For Whom the Bell Tolls, which I’ve just begun.
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
The ending of this book both makes it almost unbearable to read–because it’s beyond tough–and salvages the book–by making real [...]
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Reflection: Walking on Water
Nonfiction! Hooray!
Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and Revolution by Derrick Jensen
I’m pretty inspired by this book, if only to rethink whether I’m really “loving my students into becoming who they are.” I mean, I do well with the responsibility part of teaching that Jensen refers to toward the end of the book, but the freedom [...]
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Reflection: A Bunch of Books
The reviews get even shorter, and I grow less committed to posting them here as they’re quite old now, but I’ve come this far and dammit, I’m no quitter.
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Contains the single best rationale for postmodern fiction I’ve ever read. [Obviously, you've heard this one before from me, and with far [...]
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Reflection: Lolita
The only ‘reflection’ over a book I didn’t actually read (all of). Next, I will post a reflection of a book I didn’t actually read (any of) (and never plan to) (in fact, I’m rather committed to not reading it): The Scarlet Letter. Meanwhile…
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Ugh, I’ve been reading this, and I’ve been thinking, [...]
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The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick
This was good, but for me, not great. I’m guessing that might be because propaganda is a familiar sort of subject at this point, but nonetheless…a fun read, not a mind-blowing one.
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Reflection: How I Live Now
A rare young adult lit addition to the collection.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
I just finished this last night in conjunction with watching Pan’s Labyrinth, and I had the worst dreams imaginable. I picked this book up because YA novels are easier for me to actually get through during the school year, and it [...]
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Reflection: Fledgling
We’re working backwards here, folks… Luckily for you, I was a bit more concise in my earlier reflections.
Fledgling by Octavia Butler
Well, I read this in about three off-and-on days even though I was in the middle of another book when I picked this one up. It’s the first Octavia Butler book I’ve read, though I’ve [...]
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Reflection: The Fall
I read this in the Scholars Program at NDSU, then reread it over winter break this year. Then I assigned it to my seniors, who plain hated it, didn’t read it, or confessed to not understanding it. It’s maybe a bit much, really? Anyway, reflection to follow:
The Fall by Albert Camus
Fuck! Could Camus destroy [...]
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
I reread this a couple of months ago while my students and a friend of mine were reading it for the first time. The friend found it messy–I think in a bad way, as in, “PKD didn’t know how to control this novel,” whereas I found [...]
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Reflections: Butler’s Parables
I’d read Fledgling first after receiving it as a gift from the in-laws and wanted to find out more about Butler’s general approach to constructing her worlds and her characters. Here’s what I found.
Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
Sower: I don’t know that I’d call this “a hopeful tale.” [...]
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