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POPULAR: What Did You Read Today?
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I am finally getting around to reading Pride and Prejudice after being assigned it in 9th grade and not touching it at all. Won’t say how many years ago that was.
I’m pleasantly surprised how similar my writing is to Jane Austen’s - just the right amount of sarcasm to not be unnecessarily cruel but still make a point. It’s been a fun read so far.
I’m pleasantly surprised how similar my writing is to Jane Austen’s - just the right amount of sarcasm to not be unnecessarily cruel but still make a point. It’s been a fun read so far.
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I read a bit of my friend's long-running Venture Bros fanfiction today. And an adorable one-shot right here on the forums as well!
Plus some instructions on how to put together a high chair, lmao
Plus some instructions on how to put together a high chair, lmao
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Finally getting around to reading Kafka’s Metamorphosis. An idea for a Pokémon fanfiction that’s been floating around in my head for a while now involves a virus that turns people into Pokémon, so there’s an obvious parallel but I knew very little about the story going in.
Wow, what a heavy read. Without going into a lot of detail, a significant portion of the story is spent on the main character’s family and the responsibility to have to care for their newly transformed son/brother. My mom and I were in a similar situation a few years ago taking care of my grandmother who had dementia and it can take a mental and emotional toll for sure. By the grace of God we did a better job than Gregor’s family, but there were a lot of real emotions from those days that bubbled up to the surface while reading.
Wow, what a heavy read. Without going into a lot of detail, a significant portion of the story is spent on the main character’s family and the responsibility to have to care for their newly transformed son/brother. My mom and I were in a similar situation a few years ago taking care of my grandmother who had dementia and it can take a mental and emotional toll for sure. By the grace of God we did a better job than Gregor’s family, but there were a lot of real emotions from those days that bubbled up to the surface while reading.
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So it's been a hot minute since this thread has been updated (almost one year to the day lol) but I do think it's worth updating. It may be too common at this point, but that doesn't make it any less true: "Good writers read".
As for me and my house? After seeing a lot of the kids I substitute teach for reading Fahrenheit 451 I thought it would be beneficial to tackle it with them, and overall I'm glad I did. The dialogue and descriptions in particular were piercing, but I also have to say that Mildred Montag may be the single most infuriating character in all of fiction for me at this point. Maybe on a reread I can be more sympathetic, but yeesh....
Edit: removed a book, it itself is not inappropriate but it does have more mature themes.
As for me and my house? After seeing a lot of the kids I substitute teach for reading Fahrenheit 451 I thought it would be beneficial to tackle it with them, and overall I'm glad I did. The dialogue and descriptions in particular were piercing, but I also have to say that Mildred Montag may be the single most infuriating character in all of fiction for me at this point. Maybe on a reread I can be more sympathetic, but yeesh....
Edit: removed a book, it itself is not inappropriate but it does have more mature themes.
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