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I've just figured out that these two are in my queue of things that would probably be a really good idea for me to read:
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Confidence: How Winning and Losing Streaks Begin and End" by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
I read that "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written in response to the devastating "prescription" of an isolating "rest cure" that the author was given for her depression.
She then sent it to the man who had prescribed that for her, and caused a change in the way that he practiced psych.
I WANT to see this writing.
I read "Just Courage," and it was inspiring.
Failed at starting/reading all the other ones I just listed... even though I had "Quiet Talks on Power" on an inter-library loan... fail!
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Confidence: How Winning and Losing Streaks Begin and End" by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
I read that "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written in response to the devastating "prescription" of an isolating "rest cure" that the author was given for her depression.
She then sent it to the man who had prescribed that for her, and caused a change in the way that he practiced psych.
I WANT to see this writing.
I read "Just Courage," and it was inspiring.
Failed at starting/reading all the other ones I just listed... even though I had "Quiet Talks on Power" on an inter-library loan... fail!
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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I quite like that story [and a little play in a similar vein called "the insanity of mary girard]. Think I recall seeing a short film version once, too??Linna Heartlistener wrote: I read that "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written in response to the devastating "prescription" of an isolating "rest cure" that the author was given for her depression.
She then sent it to the man who had prescribed that for her, and caused a change in the way that he practiced psych.
She did send it to her Doctor...but he didn't change a damn thing [he was still actively promoting his "cures" 15 or 20 years later IIRC].
I'll be interested in what you think it means, particularly the ending.
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the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
the difference between evidence and sources: whether they come from the horse's mouth or a horse's ass.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
the hyperbole is a beauty...for we are then allowed to say a little more than the truth...and language is more efficient when it goes beyond reality than when it stops short of it.
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Seriously?Vraith wrote:She did send it to her Doctor...but he didn't change a damn thing [he was still actively promoting his "cures" 15 or 20 years later IIRC].
I'd read the opposite, (that it majorly impacted the way he did things) but it was just some random webpage.
Drat, I am so disappointed.
Oh well, better go in knowing reality than some made-up story.
cool... I hope to actually finish this one, as opposed to other books lately.Vraith wrote:I'll be interested in what you think it means, particularly the ending.
hrrmm, just reading Wikipedia because of that factual accuracy thing you pointed out ...hope this isn't another book I end up deciding is "too much" halfway through.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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I ordered Against All Things Ending after giving up on finding a copy in West Africa so I might get it by mid-summer.
I will be doing a lot of professional reading during summer "break" because I'm changing from a Kindergarten teacher to high school!! So in between I'm going to need some really interesting fiction to spice things up. I have a few fic books passed on to me from others that I know nothing about. Tony Hillerman, can't recall if I've read any? I really would like to read more fantasy but not enough people have left those behind and anything decent in the Library is missing or falling apart.
I will be doing a lot of professional reading during summer "break" because I'm changing from a Kindergarten teacher to high school!! So in between I'm going to need some really interesting fiction to spice things up. I have a few fic books passed on to me from others that I know nothing about. Tony Hillerman, can't recall if I've read any? I really would like to read more fantasy but not enough people have left those behind and anything decent in the Library is missing or falling apart.
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For Tony Hillerman, I did a book report on The Talking God in seventh grade. It's a really good one, better than the other popular one A Thief of Time (though that one was really good, too.) My personal favorites are People of Darkness and The Dark Wind. Jim Chee was always my favorite one... oh! and Skinwalkers! That one was pretty deep and action-packed as well...deer of the dawn wrote:I ordered Against All Things Ending after giving up on finding a copy in West Africa so I might get it by mid-summer.
I will be doing a lot of professional reading during summer "break" because I'm changing from a Kindergarten teacher to high school!! So in between I'm going to need some really interesting fiction to spice things up. I have a few fic books passed on to me from others that I know nothing about. Tony Hillerman, can't recall if I've read any? I really would like to read more fantasy but not enough people have left those behind and anything decent in the Library is missing or falling apart.
There's a couple of his I haven't read yet, mostly the really early Joe Leaphorn mysteries and his later ones, but I've mostly always enjoyed Tony Hillerman.
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Thanks for that, Orlion. I think one I have is Listening Woman. Can't remember the other name...
The Yellow Wallpaper has zero appeal to me, after reading people's reviews of it here. A book about a woman's depression... meh... I wrote that one myself, a couple years ago.
The Yellow Wallpaper has zero appeal to me, after reading people's reviews of it here. A book about a woman's depression... meh... I wrote that one myself, a couple years ago.
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I've got Listening Woman too. I agree with Orlion -- I like pretty much all of what Hillerman wrote.
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Moby Dick - Melville.
julie and i were watching a ast reality show two seasons or so ago. an artist on there read Moby Dick in four hours. if i do it (and pass a test) Julie will buy me extra comic books. waiting for the right day.
1,900 some odd pages. will be 500 pages an hour. not sur even I can do that. but if anyone can...
julie and i were watching a ast reality show two seasons or so ago. an artist on there read Moby Dick in four hours. if i do it (and pass a test) Julie will buy me extra comic books. waiting for the right day.
1,900 some odd pages. will be 500 pages an hour. not sur even I can do that. but if anyone can...
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Man, Moby Dick ain't 1900 pages. At most it's 1000. I read the Barnes and Noble Version and it wasn't even as thick as War and Peace, which I'm working on now, and I think it had plenty of notes too (I mean Moby Dick)!
If it was 1900 pages they would've sold it in volumes in a cardboard box like they sell Chinese novels (the great classics tend to run about 2000 pgs there).
I think the most I've read ever was 300 pgs in about an hour. It was Terry Brooks the Sword of Shannara, I was probably in about 3rd grade, waiting for school to start at early care in the basement cafeteria. I actually noticed that day how much I had read and realized I had gone from around pg 400 to around pg 700, close to the end. It was an easy read AND I was probably not reading really effectively (by which I mean closely).
If it was 1900 pages they would've sold it in volumes in a cardboard box like they sell Chinese novels (the great classics tend to run about 2000 pgs there).
I think the most I've read ever was 300 pgs in about an hour. It was Terry Brooks the Sword of Shannara, I was probably in about 3rd grade, waiting for school to start at early care in the basement cafeteria. I actually noticed that day how much I had read and realized I had gone from around pg 400 to around pg 700, close to the end. It was an easy read AND I was probably not reading really effectively (by which I mean closely).
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I guarantee you that mine will be an easier read. (Yay, it got there! )
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Hm, it's a bit like reading the bible - style not content - and I shall never remember all those names (or be able to pronounce them) but at least I'm now getting to the bit where I know some names! Looking forward to reading yours.
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Read the Kalevala, and you'll see where Tolkien snagged some of his names and themes.Iolanthe wrote:Hm, it's a bit like reading the bible - style not content - and I shall never remember all those names (or be able to pronounce them) but at least I'm now getting to the bit where I know some names! Looking forward to reading yours.
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Talk about snagging names and themes - I see that there is a Handir in the genealogical tables at the end.Zorm wrote:Read the Kalevala, and you'll see where Tolkien snagged some of his names and themes.Iolanthe wrote:Hm, it's a bit like reading the bible - style not content - and I shall never remember all those names (or be able to pronounce them) but at least I'm now getting to the bit where I know some names! Looking forward to reading yours.
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Finished The Silmarillion just before the weekend. Enjoyed it very much in places but not in others. It was hard going at the beginning, but later on there are some more gripping tales.
Everyone having at least two different names, and sometimes three, is very confusing, and I had to constantly refer to the genealogical tables at the end, and to the fold up map stuck to the inside back cover as many of the places mentioned were also given more than one name. I found it difficult to remember who everyone was, and where the places were, which was annoying.
I have however managed to remember some of the names - Tuor, Turin, Morgoth, which means that I was able to get into their stories, and the history of the Elves and the Numenoreans (?) I found fascinating.
It has made me want to read other books that give background to the LotR, but I must get a copy of the Hobbit first and read that again. I've only read it once and borrowed it from the library.
Now started on Seized!
Everyone having at least two different names, and sometimes three, is very confusing, and I had to constantly refer to the genealogical tables at the end, and to the fold up map stuck to the inside back cover as many of the places mentioned were also given more than one name. I found it difficult to remember who everyone was, and where the places were, which was annoying.
I have however managed to remember some of the names - Tuor, Turin, Morgoth, which means that I was able to get into their stories, and the history of the Elves and the Numenoreans (?) I found fascinating.
It has made me want to read other books that give background to the LotR, but I must get a copy of the Hobbit first and read that again. I've only read it once and borrowed it from the library.
Now started on Seized!
I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."