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Re: Book related Apps on the iPhone?

Chris — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:00:33 -0000

I told you on Twitter, but I'll tell you here too :p There's a Amazon Kindle app for the iPhone that's free and it's fantastic! I've read like 4 books on it and I've enjoyed it. Of course you have to buy the books through Amazon, but I figured I'd be buying them anyway. Now if I'm stuck without a book, I can just pull out my phone! It's cool, you just swipe the phone to turn the page. Ok...done advertising now despite the fact that I have no interest in Amazon dealings :p

Re: Pop Culture meets Classic Literature

melanie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:36:15 -0000

I would totally read The Old Man and The Sea and Pirates!!! Another entry could be Of Mice and Men and Nazi Women from Outer Space!!!

Re: The Book Pirate joins a writing group?

Lu — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:42:00 -0000

YES LINGUISTICS IS A REAL DEGREE. Good luck with your writing workshop, I love writing workshops, but the group dynamic is so important. :)

Re: And Another Thing…

djtuffpuppy — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:52:38 -0000

It's the sixth book in the trilogy. It comes out in the fall.

Re: And Another Thing…

Fyrefly — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:03:49 -0000

Oh, I like the cover too. I'm re-reading the Hitchhiker's Trilogy at the moment, but I hadn't heard of this one -- must go investigate! Thanks for the tip.

Re: Book to Film Festival

Marc Acito — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:57:27 -0000

Wish I were there for it. I'm still in California and, yes, the fortune cookie factory is in a Chinatown alley.

Re: A poet that I loath…

chartroose — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:46:19 -0000

I like WCW's simplicity, and I can picture exactly what he is trying to convey, so I like him.
I can't stand Ezra Pound. His poems are so...pretentious.

Re: Oh, it is National Poetry Month

djtuffpuppy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:29:43 -0000

I think being able to read poems in their original language would be neat. Right now I am in Spanish 102 so I am a ways away from reading poetry in Spanish.

Re: Oh, it is National Poetry Month

Lu — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:15:20 -0000

I love poetry, so I might be ranting a little! I do agree with you, that there's a lot of bad poetry out there. And I agree that a lot of people will read a poem about a puddle and read so much more into it. I'm in a creative writing poetry class right now, and it's surprisingly unpretentious. I'm the only non-English major in the class, but everyone has been really great. But those kind of classes can really go either way.

I'm going to have to say, I like translated poetry. Some of it. Because, if there was no translated poetry, I would not have fallen in love with Pablo Neruda. If I had not fallen in love with Pablo Neruda, I would not be a Spanish major. If I was not a Spanish major, I have no idea who I would be. So really, I'm a little indebted to translated poetry ;). Maybe having a brand new poem is not such a bad thing, as long as we recognize it's a different thing. But maybe I'm a little biased because translating poetry is something that I would love to do for a living, haha.
Great post!

Re: Oh, it is National Poetry Month

chris — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:22:21 -0000

Totally agree with you on the translation issue...I don't think poems should be translated, really. I have an on again, off again relationship with poetry. Some of it I hate, some I like and I never pretend to understand poems I just don't get...I just decide they're pretentious :p But maybe it's me being uneducated, lol. Just maybe....

Re: Now featuring… Bob Saget?

chartroose — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:39:41 -0000

I don't normally like famous people as characters, unless the novel is written by an accomplished author, like Louis Bayard. How about you?

Re: Booking Through Thursday

chartroose — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:37:41 -0000

I can only read one book at a time, otherwise I'd have a Portrait of Dorian Pig holding an umbrella and walking toward a dark tower in the City of Ember all mishmashed up in my head!

Re: Now featuring… Bob Saget?

Lu — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:44:41 -0000

I guess it depends... are they the central character of the book? Or are they just thrown in there?

I think it's interesting when an author enters another fictional character in the world of the famous and elite. For example, I'm reading the Wood Wife right now, and one of the characters is a famous poet who was friends with real famous poets, like Neruda. It's an interesting concept.

I also don't mind it when an author chooses to make the main character of a book a famous person, but it probably helps when that person isn't alive anymore. Well-researched famous people in books is okay, but poorly researched is distracting. There's a good way and a bad way to do it. That is how I feel. The end :)

Re: YouTubesday… Where The Wild Things Are

phiphi — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:37:10 -0000

i just saw this the other day! it's nice when something looks well-made these days, n'est-ce pas?

Re: YouTubesday… Where The Wild Things Are

Chris — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:12:55 -0000

Yeah...I'm obsessed with this trailer...I think I've watched it about a gajillion times.

Re: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Ali — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:29:30 -0000

I loved Paper Towns and still haven't read either of his other two because I just haven't had the time, so I loved this post. Now I can tell myself I haven't read the other two because I'm letting Paper Towns settle so I can read the others without making comparisons. Thank you!

Re: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

djtuffpuppy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:37:36 -0000

I think it's awesome when there is a main character that has my name. :-) It's so rare to see a Colin nowadays.

Also, there are TWO Colins in AAoK. SCORE!.

Re: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

chartroose — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:56:30 -0000

I've been wating to read something by him, so I guess I'll choose Paper Towns. Hey, don't you hate it when the main character has your name? I rarely run into a "chartroose" character in a novel, but I kind of feel annoyed when I do.

Later, Gator

Re: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

djtuffpuppy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:10:36 -0000

I having Looking for Alaska in my pile of "to read" books. I think I will start that one once I finish Christopher Moore's Fool.

Re: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Chris — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:47:26 -0000

This is the only Green book that I haven't read yet and I really need to! It's just sitting on my shelf...I can see that it would be hard to beat Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska, but at least there's something else to read by him!

Re: Machine Man

djtuffpuppy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:34:15 -0000

After failing French 101 I decided to go with the more logical choice of Spanish. It helps that my boyfriend is fluent in that.

Re: Machine Man

Bexadler — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:34:05 -0000

You're so lucky to be on spring break! I still have a full week left before mine begins. I miss reading for fun.

What foreign language are you taking BTW?

Re: YouTubesday… Lemony Snicket

Matthew — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:34:18 -0000

I had actually been pretty much anti-reading this series for the longest time but after watching this I now have the sudden urge to run out and buy the first book. LOL

Re: The Book Pirate | YouTubesday… Mr. Bean at the library

Bobbie Crawford-McCoy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:35:49 -0000

Mr. Bean is hilarious! Our family loves watching his two movies and his episodes. Gotta love the mini cooper! ;-)
Thanks for sharing the video.

-Bobbie

Book Reviews By Bobbie

Re: The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

lance_reynald — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:35:56 -0000

brilliant book.