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About meI am a complete book addict! Two things I can't resist: a book printed before 1940 (but I prefer before 1900), and a sale on any kind of books. My family and friends all try to convince me to curtail my book buying, but to no avail! When I'm not reading or working my "real" job, I substitute teach. My favourite subject? Literature (of course!).

About my libraryMy virtual library is still very much a work in progress, but I'm having fun! With Collections finally here (yay!), I'm now able to add all my books from childhood, plus the hundreds I've read in my short lifetime. Stay tuned for developments!

My real library is currently triple-stacked on two huge bookcases, in cabinets, under my bed, in my desk, on my dresser, in decorative boxes, on shelves in my closet (happy thought indeed), in piles on the floor... you get the idea. One day I hope to have a room devoted to nothing but my books, but that's going to be a long time coming. Over the summer my books lived in stacks all over the floor, and now that school is in session... they are still in stacks all over the floor.

Not quite true. I'm reclassifying by genre, so Sci-Fi, Music Reference, Reference, Archaeology, Mystery, Biography, Anthologies, Cookbooks, Austen, and British Fiction are all in place. All I've left to do is Study Guides, Religious, Religious Fiction, American Fiction, and World Literature. My only problem is that I only have two shelves left empty to put them all on....

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Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses (P.S.) by Bruce S. Feiler
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I could have sworn I got a copy of that book! Was it an e-book? I am so dingy lately:) Thanks.

posted by julyso at 12:45 am (EST) on Nov 8, 2009

I am supposed to also review Dead Pan, but I have misplaced it somewhere in among ALL my books! I was hoping, that just maybe, you were done with your copy and would consider mailing it to me? I would definitely trade you something of my own. Thanks for your consideration...
Julie

posted by julyso at 11:19 pm (EST) on Nov 7, 2009

The fall-out would make quite the interesting study in book publishing studies, I agree, but I have no idea how you'd go about testing it. It's a shame because it's going to be utterly fascinating. I do agree that people are going to be disappointed because it's "Nothing like Twilight". It's not.

I'm not terribly good with graphic novels either. It's learning how to parse them, much like how you need to learn to parse certain writing styles or genres. (I don't understand satire either. It goes over my head entirely.) I had no trouble following the story of The Wizard's Tale, for example, but give me V for Vendetta and I'll be completely lost. (Uhm, I could tell V apart from everyone else. The rest was a complete blur.) And, sometimes, it's also just the fact that the story isn't paced right for the amount of panels/pages and that throws you off.

No need to panic! (I think.) But you've already found the thread I was going to link to, so I'll spare you more than that. (My heart jumped too, if it helps. You're definitely not alone!)

posted by Shanra at 4:49 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

I think it would have been better given more length, but I can only guess at the reasons for making it so short. I'd probably make better guesses if I recalled the structure better. Way I read it, though, is that they took the key moments and stuck to those, losing out one some of the character building (and a lot of the social commentary) in the moments less crucial to the plot.

To answer your questions regarding graphic novels, though, I don't think it would negate the use of the term since a 'graphic novel'. The basic idea of a graphic novel is that the story is told through images, usually in comic form. It's true that the length seems to lie under or around 200 pages in total, but you'll find exceptions to that easily enough.

Thank you! Glad you've enjoyed visiting! ^-^ And you're absolutely welcome for the thoughts. It's always nice to share them, especially on something like this. I have hopes that younger readers would pick up the novel it's based on because of this, but it's kind of like that new cover for Wuthering Heights that's based off Twilight covers. You're going to get something wholly different from what you expect and that's a shame.

posted by Shanra at 3:44 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

'ello! ^-^ A long, longe time ago - well, a few months ago - you asked me about my impressions of the Pride and Prejudice graphic novel adaptation by Marvel. I know I gave you an update relatively soon after I started receiving the comic issues, but now that I've read all five issues I thought it only fair I inform you of that too. You did ask. ^-~

Anyway, if you're curious the full review is up here, but the bottom line of it is that I'm disappointed. It lost most of the charm and credibility I remember the original having. There's no time to develop the main lines and, while they're all in there, I found none of it particularly credible. I'm sure you'd probably get more out of it than I do since you know her works much better, though.

posted by Shanra at 9:00 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

Thanks for the note Miss W! I'm really keen to try 3-handed euchre. By setting someone, do you mean winning the hand when someone else has called the suit? We say that person has been euchred. How many cards in the hand, how many cards down and how many cards in the discard pile do you play? Do you deal a dummy hand that the person calling trump can use? I'm very excited as we love playing euchre but when there were only 3 people playing we'd have to resort to something else.

Take care, and happy reading to you too :o)
Sandra

posted by sandragon at 5:42 pm (EST) on May 23, 2009

THANK YOU!! I used lemon juice in microwave and think it worked!! We will be going out soon so I will check it when we get home. . . . You are a good good good help!!

posted by Esta1923 at 5:10 pm (EST) on Apr 18, 2009

It is! Even more so when you're not expecting them to show up at all! I did zoom through the issue just before work and I certainly think it's indicative enough to give a general idea. It feels very rushed, but when you're trying to condense the story into something like 150 pages of graphic novel (if that many) you're going to lose a lot of the detail in terms of characters' thoughts and motives.

What they've done (far as I can see) is take the events, take the most important dialogue/moments and create a comic out of those. But what you gain in imagery, you lose in character and motivation, which is a shame. I can see why, but... I do still want to read the book and the comic near one another. So far I think it's mostly for people who either know the story really well and don't need to be reminded of all the whys and wherefores of the characters' motivations or people who are interested in the story more than the style of prose.

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what I was expecting of the issue. Something thicker, I think. Or at least something that doesn't make me feel "WTH? Where did that decision come from?"

I do like the art, though. It's really quite pretty and I don't think I'll regret having subscribed to it.

Thank you! May you have a wonderful weekend too! ^-^
posted by Shanra at 1:59 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2009

*waves* I know I said I wasn't expecting these for ages, but... Marvel delivered me the first issue of the Pride and Prejudice adaptation, so I've a question. Do you want me to give comments on each issue as it comes (there are five) or wait for the whole set to arrive or do you think the first issue would give you enough of an idea?

Hope this finds you well! ^-^
posted by Shanra at 8:18 am (EST) on Apr 16, 2009

'ello! I did indeed subscribe to the P&P comic. I haven't received any yet, though. They said 8-10 weeks before they get shipped to Canada, so I'm not expecting anything until June/Julyish. I'll let you know how they are when they arrive and I've read them, though! ^-^ I think I'll want to reread the original first so I can better compare them. Right now, all I can tell you is what it says on the website, which is that, in some cases, the dialogue was altered. I think it was for space reasons, but I could be misremembering.

A wholly different company made graphic novels out of Shakespearean plays, but those left the text intact. (My last English teacher in secondary school had some. Only graphic novels kids were allowed to read for their book reports, those. Unfortunately, they're out of print now.)

I'm a'right. ^-^ Still on break from university. Hope you yourself are getting a chance to enjoy the weather and are doing well too!
posted by Shanra at 4:47 am (EST) on Mar 31, 2009

I have all together too much love for my syntax books... (I'm amazed my teacher wasn't fed up with explaining and correcting sentences not on the course-list every. single. class. I still haven't really advanced beyond simple sentences, though.) If I can get away with it in teaching, my kids would learn their English grammar in English and have comparisons to Dutch on the side for the similar-but-annoying stuff.

Oh, that's a lovely story! I'm glad to hear you love it so much to boot! ^-^ (I kind of wish my mum was in a situation like yours now, though...) And yes, the world needs teachers, very much so.

And your user name reminds me, actually. I'm sorry for not recalling it sooner, but have you heard of the comic adaptation Marvel is making/has made of Pride and Prejudice? (The link is here if you haven't and are interested in taking a look. ^-^ Though unfortunately, there's only two more days to subscribe. I have no idea how you feel about adaptations, or adaptations like this, but it never hurts to pass the message along just in case.)
posted by Shanra at 6:28 am (EST) on Mar 7, 2009

Great vowel shift most likely. Annoying thing. ^-~ And there's just a lot of cases where your pronunciation shifts while the spelling remains the same. I wish philology stuck in my head better than it does. I do enjoy learning about it. One time, to counter the why question, I took along one of my syntax books, marked the pages with the answer on it and said "Knock yourself out". (Well, I didn't literally say that, but it did help. ^-~)

O_O That's so much. I don't think we do that here... The closest you get is what I'm doing as far as I know and that's not affiliated with any school. I'm glad to hear you like teaching so much! ^-^

Er... Truthfully, it started when I worked up the courage to give people constructive criticism on their stories. I really enjoy that (well, provided I enjoy the story). The work I do now is the first time I've worked with people in person, though. They were asking for more people, and nothing ventured is nothing gained and all that... I've been doing this for almost a year now and it's really cemented that I want to go down this route. It makes me happy. ^-^

Yourself? How did you fall into subbing?
posted by Shanra at 2:41 am (EST) on Mar 4, 2009

Oh! I'm glad you've found it useful! ^-^ (I wish people in my family asked me to check things out for them, but alas...) I hope you'll find some books he'll absolutely love!

Thank you! To be fair I'm not really starting from scratch. I tutor at secondary school level, so they do have some skill in English. It's just not necessarily a lot. ^-~ It's the first time I've ever felt not being a native speaker of the language is actually good for something. It makes it a lot easier to draw grammatical parallels to help kids understand English grammar better. *ramble* Personally, I think I'd prefer teaching native speakers, though. ^-~

I wish you good luck with your substitute teaching too! Can I ask what you sub for beside English (lit)? (It's actually a bit of a lie to say I tutor. Mostly I make sure the kids know the material they've been studying and if they need something explained then I tutor.)
posted by Shanra at 3:40 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2009

In case you don't go back to the thread, thank you for identifying Floating Island for me. It's bothered me that I couldn't locate the book.

--Tad
posted by TadAD at 4:59 pm (EST) on Feb 7, 2009

Your name tickles me. Is there a story? It makes me think of a 19th century beauty contest!
posted by MerryMary at 3:04 pm (EST) on Nov 8, 2008

Thank you for taking the time to email, even though you're unable to join the group. That's so kind and considerate! Enjoy your reading adventures!
posted by lmcguirk at 7:42 am (EST) on Jul 31, 2008