It's been a long while since I've posted anything, mainly because A. I have been ridiculously busy with school, work and life, and B. because nobody really reads this thing, anyway. But I'll (hopefully) be posting more frequently. Why? No reason in particular. Just a whim.
Anyway, I just finished reading O Pioneers! (1913) by Willa Cather for my American Literature 2 class, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it (no spoilers, I promise). Her writing style is eloquent and clever, but never over the top and always entertaining. This is one of the very few assigned books that I ended up liking. No, loving.
She creates beautiful images that don't run on unnecessarily, and implements literary allusions for the educated mind to pick up on. (Had it not been for my professor, I never would have picked up on any of them.) Her characters are well-developed, yet still maintain an element of mystery that leaves you with questions to theorize on. Also, the plot was pretty amazing.
I'm also reading Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize-winning novel The Magic Mountain (1924). It's so bad, I think I'm going to leave that rant for a whole other post. I had to stop reading Rob Bell's Sex God because of school, and I'm starting Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises (1926) this weekend.
And I promise to write that Twilight bash post!
5 comments:
1. im glad youre posting again.
2. your new banner/title looks hella better than your old one.
=]
I'm glad that you're glad that I'm posting again. And I like my new banner, too. :0)
I personally am looking forward to that twilight bash post
Hey Mich!
Love to hear your take on Sex God when you get around to finishing it.
Berny
As soon as I finish, I'll definitely give my thoughts. :0)
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