Recent content by ladyjune98

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Has anyone else read this book? I just finished it yesterday. I thought the first half of it was pretty slow but towards the end it got better. I liked the writing style a lot--the old-fashioned writing style. I thought the characters were fun but not very...

I love the Chicago Manual of Style. It has the answer to everything. Also Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage. It's so much fun--you can look up common phrases and get an opinion on their usage--and also the reason behind the opinion. I also think that every writer should read...

There's also The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, where a girl passenger joins the mutinous crew of a ship against the evil captain. I loved this book as a teenager and I still love it! It's very exciting.

Two from Galilee by Marjorie Holmes. Love story of Mary and Joseph. Very good.

I can't remember all of them but here are the ones I remember. Positive: Romeo and Juliet My Antonia The Scarlet Letter To Kill a Mockingbird The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Brave New World Pride and Prejudice Main Street Sense and Sensibility Death Comes for the Archbishop The...

The same pig I learned how to draw in 3rd grade. The only kind of pig I know how to draw. I can't draw.

Where do you get books for cheap? I get mine from: library sales yard sales eBay (if you buy in lots it's usually cheaper) bookstore sales (not nearly as good as library sales but my university bookstore used to sell discontinued text books for 10% of the original cost--pretty good, and I...

I'm a big fan of Sinclair Lewis. He took people (not real people) and wrote novels about them, exposing the foibles of them and their classes. My favorites are Main Street (small town / housewife), Arrowsmith (doctor), and Elmer Gantry (preacher). I think Arrowsmith is my favorite. I think that...

Great Expectations. I know, it's a classic, and it's Dickens, but my goodness, I've started it about five times and still haven't ever made it even halfway through. The plot's mildly interesting, but it's so slow!

I have issues with sequels too. They're usually great when they're by the same author, but when someone else steps in . . . it's the worst when they try to be the author they're imitating. I remember a particularly horrible book, Excessively Diverted, that was supposed to be a sequel to Pride...

Thanks, all!

I'm quite fond of The Twits by Roald Dahl. It's not very long, but it's hilarious.

Does anyone know of any historical fiction books on Mozart--adult, young adult, or juvenile?

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn: a novel where he progressively uses fewer and fewer letters until he is only left with five. Amazing word acrobatics and fun book too. Eunoia by Christian Bok: hard to place a genre on this one--probably poetry although it doesn't look like it. Each chapter is...

Anyone seen it? What did you think? I thought it was dumb and amusing at the same time . . . somehow, I liked it even though I felt like it was a waste of time. Very different.