Hello! Dull life equals no posts. However, Papa C tagged me, so I have a topic now! Whoo hoo! I added him to my links section, because that's what all good daughter-in-laws should do. So anyway here's my response to his questionnaire.
1. One book that changed your life:
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. Totally unoriginal but totally true.
2. One book that you've read more than once.
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. A simple, archetypal story with likeable characters and elements of old-school folk talery.
3. One book that you'd want on a desert island:
Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce. I'll have lots of time, so I can figure out what the heck is going on.
4. One book that made you laugh:
Idiot Letters by Paul Rosa. The author writes ridiculous prank letters to various companies and publishes their responses. It's a good coffee table book.
5. One book that made you cry:
Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. I read it last year for the first time with my students and was extremely moved.
6. One book that you wish you had written:
Basically anything by Flannery O'Connor, but her short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is particularly good. I tend to imitate her the most when I write my own stuff.
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson. Perhaps my Christian worldview makes me a bit narrow minded, but post-modern erotica ain't my cup o tea. And by the way, Professor M, I still think that erotica is just porn with big words.
8. One book you're currently readying:
I've been working my way through Wendy Shalit's Return to Modesty for some time now, but I just keep getting sidetracked.
9. One book you've been meaning to read:
With a whole family of avid readers I've got a very long list, but I think I'll go with The Great Gatsby. I feel like I'm not a true English teacher until I've read it.
10. Now tag five people:
Jason (when you get a blog), Sam, Brian, Kelly, and any students. Get to it!
Playing: "All Over You"- Live
Thursday, August 17, 2006
. . . human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars.
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Oh, Tale of Two Cities! *sob* Oi, with the woman at the end doing her little craft and counting the guillotine chops!
*clunk*
Thirty-nine.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
The Great Gatsby is a good one. Sexing the Cherry just sounds like the name of a Maxwell song...
"Ooh baby... I'ma be sexin your cherry..."
*shudder*
Oh, Tale of Two Cities! *sob* Oi, with the woman at the end doing her little craft and counting the guillotine chops!
*clunk*
Thirty-nine.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
The Great Gatsby is a good one. Sexing the Cherry just sounds like the name of a Maxwell song.
Oh, Tale of Two Cities! *sob* Oi, with the woman at the end doing her little craft and counting the guillotine chops!
*clunk*
Thirty-nine.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
The Great Gatsby is a good one. Sexing the Cherry just sounds like the name of a Maxwell song.
Why did that post like a million times?
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