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Sorry, We've Moved!
In the spirit of new beginnings, I've made myself a new journal. If you'd like to follow, find me here: http://whitedovegrey.livejournal.com/ - if not, then good luck. It's been fun.
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BOOKS FROM 2009
1. The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood. Pretty good, actually. It made me like Margaret Atwood a lot more, and the science-fiction bits were entertaining, since I don't usually read scifi.
2. The Year of Fog, by Michelle Richmond. This was okay, I guess, but the ending wasn't very believeable and the writing was... oddly familiar.
3. Uglies, by ( Read more... ) -
Comparison: The Secret History vs. In the Woods
I’ve been reading the first of two books by Tara French. This one is called In the Woods (published in 2007), and is about a boy who saw something terrible happen to two friends out in the woods one day, had an attack of amnesia and couldn’t remember any of it. When he grew up he became a murder detective for the Irish police force, and has been ( Read more... ) -
Writing Experiment: The Revelation of Richard Hughes
Another (and the best, I think) of my senior project stories. I love the idea, but there are a few things I'm not sure about.... Help would be great : )
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Writing Experiment: Ersatz
Another (this time definite) senior project story. The title is German for 'substitute' or 'replacement'.
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BOOKS I'VE READ IN 2008
1. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (for class) My rating: (9.5/10)
2. Mapping the Edge, by Sarah Dunant. My rating: (6/10)
3. City of God, by E. L. Doctorow. My rating: (7/10)
4.The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane (for Acadec). My rating: (2/10)
5. The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand. My Rating: (10/10)
6. House of Leaves, by Mark Z. ( Read more... ) -
Writing Experiment: Transience (Fog at Night)
I could put a hand through the world
It seems so thin, so
Surreal. Lights hang like islands, and fog
Obscures the distance.
Narrow streets shrink the city to microcosms.
We walk like strangers, awe-struck;
We wonder at the distance of
Feet from head
But these things too will fade away;
The memory will go
Like all the others:
Quickly.