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sweetcommunist

"have not seen you since I was twenty-one"

Apr 08, 2005 02:12

1. Choose five of your all time favorite books.
2. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal.
3. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book.
4. Now everyone try and guess.

1. Geryon learned about justice from his brother quite early. Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, identified by redgeryon, shiiira and pygmywombat

2. What about ( Read more... )

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nevergetgot April 8 2005, 10:36:36 UTC

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is one of your five all time favorites?

sweetcommunist April 8 2005, 16:47:12 UTC

I hestitated the most in adding that one, because I think it's more an of the moment admiration than an all-time top. (But I do realize, yes, that the instructions said that.)
I don't actually find the the overall story to be amazing, nor am I entirely endeared to Oskar's character. I do think, however, that the parts written from the perspective of the grandmother and grandfather are wonderful.

sweetcommunist April 8 2005, 16:52:34 UTC

What did you think of it? As a whole, I enjoyed Everything is Illuminated more.

nevergetgot April 10 2005, 18:04:21 UTC

I did too. I actually just finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close yesterday on the back porch in the sun. And... I have to say, the first 40 pages, I was in love. There's something about tapping into some kind of collective national conscience that I guess gets to me.

But overall, it was just... too clever. And too right now. I had to drag up from my brain why the name Mohammed Atta sounded familiar. And there was a part I had to translate using the T9 text messaging on my cell phone.

I mean, I do like it. It's no Everything is Illuminated, and I'm trying to figure out why.

It also makes me wonder where the female writers of Jonathan Safran Foer's generation are hiding out...

quackington April 8 2005, 14:30:39 UTC

5. Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. (also one of my favorites)

sweetcommunist April 8 2005, 16:48:23 UTC

I adore Dylan Thomas, and Under Milkwood in particular. It makes my stomach hurt.

danceinthysoul April 8 2005, 17:07:45 UTC

3 is The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. That book literally hurt to read, but it was amazing.

sweetcommunist April 10 2005, 05:48:45 UTC

I agree, on both points.

aysquid April 8 2005, 23:04:37 UTC

Is #3 The Things They Carried?

sweetcommunist April 10 2005, 05:48:57 UTC

Yes indeed!

been so long. redgeryon April 8 2005, 23:05:09 UTC

umm. obviously i know the first one.

the fourth is Donna Tart, mon amie.

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Re: been so long. shiiira April 8 2005, 23:21:43 UTC

Yeah, with a less-related username, I'm shameless enough to say Autobiography of Red. Ahem. Thankya.

Re: been so long. sweetcommunist April 10 2005, 05:52:47 UTC

Or an entirely unrelated username.

Re: been so long. sweetcommunist April 10 2005, 05:52:18 UTC

I was counting on you for that one.