I tried to put the list under an LJ cut, but I couldn't figure out how to do that *and* keep the formatting...

Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Of Mice and Men by John ( Read more... )

True English Nerd
You scored 83 erudition! Not only do you know your subjects from your objects and your definite from your indefinite articles, but you've got quite a handle on the literature and the history of the language as well. Huzzah, and well done! The English snobs of Boston salute you.

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Just wanted to share the following:

'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.'

It is fantastic and oh-so-wonderful! Its been a while since I've enjoyed great Earl Grey tea in the privacy of my own home -- I am ecstatic!! :)

Well, I finished the semester and all of my research essays... TERRIFIC. I am the organist at a United Methodist Church nearby, so I will play for the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services before I go home to Pennsylvania to visit my family. Anyone else feel like Christmas loses its charm after you're 'all grown up'? I think Christmas won't feel ( Read more... )

Am very traumatised at the moment. Was just absent-mindedly flipping through the TV channels when I came upon a public television animal special on snakes, which featured a snake in a cage preying upon a defenceless little guinea pig!! I bred guinea pigs as a child and I found this extremely distressing!! The poor little pigger ( Read more... )

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I just realised today that for most of my academic life, I've been thinking of Petrarch as without a first name. Honestly, he's been made into more like an icon, and his first name "Francesco" just seems like a silly addition. Its almost like we've deified him into "The Petrarch, Humanist ( Read more... )

So, this time last year I was finishing my first term as a student in the Master of Studies in Musicology course at the University of Oxford. It is currently the end of seventh week (I'm pretty sure, other Oxonians can correct me if I'm wrong), and I was engaged in a seminar with the illustrious Professor Reinhard Strohm, entitled 'Italian Opera ( Read more... )

I got this quiz from a member of the graduate musicologies community I just joined:


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