Sex & Shenanigans

[UnquietDreams]

wait what lol, they think there's a "correct" way to interpret imagined hidden meanings behind books?? L to the O to the L!

Literary criticism is a major part of literary theory, and a necessary skill set. Unfortunately it is not often taught well, especially at the high school level.

 

[MrMakersMark]

Literary criticism is a major part of literary theory, and a necessary skill set. Unfortunately it is not often taught well, especially at the high school level.

Hmm...
"Necessary skill set" is apparently a much broader descriptive qualifier than I originally considered.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

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I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..

I see Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, which I have not read, but the series with Kerri Washington and…I think Reese Witherspoon(?) was pretty good. I see Twilight by Stephenie Meyer…nuff said there. I see Fourth Wing, which is the 1st book in a series that I’ve seen quite a few Litsters mention starting the 3rd installment last week.

My thoughts exactly! Lord of the Flies is a classic!!!!

My experience with Lord of the Flies is always going to reflect sitting through Mr. Moore's excruciating AP English class. I can see where that would color my appreciation.

I read Lord of the Flies in HS English too, and did not enjoy it either.

Jaws, The Godfather, and Ready Player One are all in that category for me.

I don't care avout Jaws, i prefer deep blue sea. I find the godfather tedious and prefer scarface. RP1 is a travesty. It's 50 Shades but for not-gamers.

I loved Ready Player One, I had no idea it was a book until long after I'd seen the film!

The book of Ready Player One reads like a fanfic of a bunch of Wikipedia pages.

I liked both the book and movie of Ready Player One, but liked the book a bit better The movie changed pretty much everything.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

https://i.ibb.co/NnTjtS4X/img-1-1738424793351.webp

I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..

I see Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, which I have not read, but the series with Kerri Washington and…I think Reese Witherspoon(?) was pretty good. I see Twilight by Stephenie Meyer…nuff said there. I see Fourth Wing, which is the 1st book in a series that I’ve seen quite a few Litsters mention starting the 3rd installment last week.

So with the help of the interwebz, I’ve also identified Atomic Habits by James Clear, Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke, Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff. Can’t tell what the other 3 are.

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

I loved Ready Player One, I had no idea it was a book until long after I'd seen the film!

I read the book first, enjoyed it, then found out that a lot of people hate it.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

I read the book first, enjoyed it, then found out that a lot of people hate it.

Same. I don’t get the hate, but don’t really care. Enjoy what you enjoy!

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

Same. I don’t get the hate, but don’t really care. Enjoy what you enjoy!

Haven't watched the film. I wasn't convinced that it would be able to capture what I'd imagined reading it.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

Haven't watched the film. I wasn't convinced that it would be able to capture what I'd imagined reading it.

It’s very cool visually, and they managed to capture the spirit of the book, but entirely changed the challenges themselves, and probably swapped out some of the pop culture references based on which licensing agreements the could or could not acquire. They changed Artemis’ story significantly too.

 

[LupineOne]

Nope, not a trope. It's obnoxious. Why can't I just enjoy the story. And, why am I penalized if I don't get the same things out if the book as the instructor?

You wanna talk obnoxious? When I was a younger wolf, I had a professor in my first year or so of college.
History professor. New phD. The man would stand there and lecture for 45 minutes while we took notes.

That was the extent of his teaching. There was a textbook we were expected to read, of course. Fine. About 100 pages or so a week. Also fine.
In theory.

90% of our grade was 3 “exams”. Each exam was 5 short answer essay questions on important topics from his lectures and the reading, and we’d be able to pick from a list of topics to answer these questions. Thing was, they were our analysis of what these topics meant, their significance to the period of time and the events. Somewhat subjective.

His grading, as I found out, was also subjective. This pompous, holier-than-thou asshole, when I confronted him with questions about his grading, basically said “tough shit, my forehead is miles higher than yours in this subject, deal with it.”
I found out the next year he was no longer employed there.

 

[Kitty_so_frisky]

You wanna talk obnoxious? When I was a younger wolf, I had a professor in my first year or so of college.
History professor. New phD. The man would stand there and lecture for 45 minutes while we took notes.

That was the extent of his teaching. There was a textbook we were expected to read, of course. Fine. About 100 pages or so a week. Also fine.
In theory.

90% of our grade was 3 “exams”. Each exam was 5 short answer essay questions on important topics from his lectures and the reading, and we’d be able to pick from a list of topics to answer these questions. Thing was, they were our analysis of what these topics meant, their significance to the period of time and the events. Somewhat subjective.

His grading, as I found out, was also subjective. This pompous, holier-than-thou asshole, when I confronted him with questions about his grading, basically said “tough shit, my forehead is miles higher than yours in this subject, deal with it.”

Teachers, especially grade school and later on, English teachers, are in a position to instill a lifelong love or hate of reading, among other subjects. I really wish teachers were better compensated to attract more, passionate and competent educators

 

[LupineOne]

Teachers, especially grade school and later on, English teachers, are in a position to instill a lifelong love or hate of reading, among other subjects. I really wish teachers were better compensated to attract more, passionate and competent educators

Agreed. Thankfully, my early teachers were those, except for one odd one, and she was a good lesson in standing up for myself, which, while not English, was still useful, even if I was in 7th grade
There was all kinds of interesting books read for class, and all of them in middle school had bookshelves in their classrooms for silent reading on Fridays.
My eighth grade English teacher wasn’t a great teacher. But he loved us kids. We could tell both of those things right away. And he introduced us to The Hobbit, and elves, and Sindarin (starting with the Elvish alphabet).
He also got us into the theater to see The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring four days before it released.
I’m still thanking that man to this day.

 

[Qky75]

Rather than focus on the absolute shit show currently playing out, I'll simply focus on the positive and post this:

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

Rather than focus on the absolute shit show currently playing out, I'll simply focus on the positive and post this:

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Let's all show Canada some love. Masturbate to a Canadian today!

 

[lavendersilk]

Let's all show Canada some love. Masturbate to a Canadian today!

I call dibs on Carrie-Anne Moss.

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

I call dibs on Carrie-Anne Moss.

Crack on with my blessing.

 

[vagrantx]

I call dibs on Carrie-Anne Moss.

splitsies?

 

[UnquietDreams]

Let's all show Canada some love. Masturbate to a Canadian today!

I call dibs on Carrie-Anne Moss.

splitsies?

It's official Today is Masturbate to Carrie-Anne Moss Day.
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[morelikeasong]

Let's all show Canada some love. Masturbate to a Canadian today!

I call dibs on @crazychemgirl

 

[Otis_Ravelli]

I call dibs on @crazychemgirl

Splitses?

 

[morelikeasong]

It's official Today is Masturbate to Carrie-Anne Moss Day.
https://iili.io/2tCc1DB.gif

I don’t think that’s how dibs works…

 

[UnquietDreams]

I don’t think that’s how dibs works…

I proclomated. It's different....

 

[morelikeasong]

I proclomated. It's different....

proclamation > dibs ?

I’m gonna need to consult the rulebook on this one…

 

[UnquietDreams]

proclamation > dibs ?

I’m gonna need to consult the rulebook on this one…

Not better than, different from. Apples and organs.

 

[SWR101]

Sup, everyone?

 

[vagrantx]

Sup, everyone?

Finishing up work, half an hour on the clock. Got Peter Jacksons' Beatles documentary running in the background. Grooving and editing SQL tables.