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Mar. 19th, 2018 09:36 pm1. Voted for the There ARE NO Rules Literary Lunacy Bracket - March Madness for Book Lovers Round 2.
Sort of wish I had the capability to do this. Because if I did, I'd pick different books. So far it sort of going the way I'd wish.
Atlas Shrugged vs. A Wrinkle in Time = A Wrinkle in Time (yes, duh. Atlas Shrugged is a horribly written book and should never have been published. I found it unreadable, and I've read almost all of Ayn Rand's novels. If you want to read Rand? Read Anthem, ignore everything else. It's short. It's to the point, and it pretty much states everything she has to say and why clearly and succinctly. I don't agree with Randian philosophy at all by the way. It doesn't work. And "The Good Place" is sort of a satirical anti-Randian philosophical piece.)
But...
I liked One Hundred Years of Solitude more than Sound and the Fury, also why didn't they choose Ulysess over either? Hello? Bad English Lit majors! Bad!
A Catcher in the Rye vs. To Kill a Mockingbird - luckily resulted in To Kill A Mockingbird, because seriously who would pick Catcher in the Rye? (Another book I really did not like. And is horribly dated.)
Hee Hee...people picked Pride and Prejudice over Crime and Punishment. Take that Russian Lit majors!
Definitely 1984 over A Brave New World...A Brave New World gave me a headache and I can't remember it, while I vividly recall 1984.
Slaughter House Five vs. Catch-22? Slaughter-House Five, I found Catch-22 not all that memorable. I read it. I wrote about it. I can't remember it.
Slaughter House Five vs. Farwell to Arms? Slaughter House Five, I couldn't make it through A Farewell to Arms, too sappy.
Jane Eyre vs. The Great Gatsby -- The Great Gatsby. It think Gatsby is an indictment on our culture and class system in the US. Jane Eyre is a gothic romance novel. (It's probably worth noting that I despise 19th Century literature.)
Which is why I'd pick An Invisible Man over Frankenstein any day of the week.
Still too white. You can tell who picked that list.
I'd have shook it up a bit more.
Choices?
( Read more... )
(And no I haven't read everything on that list. I've read more books than I can remember. I love books, all books, I'm not very discriminatory when it comes to books, I'm afraid, or television shows and movies for that matter...makes it very hard to choose sometimes.)
2. Instinct -- this is the cop buddy series staring Alan Cumming. It reminds me a bit too much of Elementary for it's own good and I like Elementary better, even though I stopped watching Elementary about two-three years ago.
Sorry, Alan, I got bored halfway through. You aren't enough to hold my interest. Nor is Whoopie as your editor.
Although will state, once again makes a lot more sense structurally speaking than Castle did. Cop hunting serial killer asks college professor teaching a course in abnormal psychology for help. Apparently he's an ex-CIA profiler turned mystery writer, and the serial killer is using his last book for ideas. So, it makes sense they'd ask him for help. Also reminds me of Deception, but I liked Deception better -- it had a more interesting structure and set-up, plus no serial killer (which is always a plus. I hate serial killers.)
Two things I'd like to get rid of: reality shows and serial killer shows.
Don't worry, I'm not holding my breath on either.
Sort of wish I had the capability to do this. Because if I did, I'd pick different books. So far it sort of going the way I'd wish.
Atlas Shrugged vs. A Wrinkle in Time = A Wrinkle in Time (yes, duh. Atlas Shrugged is a horribly written book and should never have been published. I found it unreadable, and I've read almost all of Ayn Rand's novels. If you want to read Rand? Read Anthem, ignore everything else. It's short. It's to the point, and it pretty much states everything she has to say and why clearly and succinctly. I don't agree with Randian philosophy at all by the way. It doesn't work. And "The Good Place" is sort of a satirical anti-Randian philosophical piece.)
But...
I liked One Hundred Years of Solitude more than Sound and the Fury, also why didn't they choose Ulysess over either? Hello? Bad English Lit majors! Bad!
A Catcher in the Rye vs. To Kill a Mockingbird - luckily resulted in To Kill A Mockingbird, because seriously who would pick Catcher in the Rye? (Another book I really did not like. And is horribly dated.)
Hee Hee...people picked Pride and Prejudice over Crime and Punishment. Take that Russian Lit majors!
Definitely 1984 over A Brave New World...A Brave New World gave me a headache and I can't remember it, while I vividly recall 1984.
Slaughter House Five vs. Catch-22? Slaughter-House Five, I found Catch-22 not all that memorable. I read it. I wrote about it. I can't remember it.
Slaughter House Five vs. Farwell to Arms? Slaughter House Five, I couldn't make it through A Farewell to Arms, too sappy.
Jane Eyre vs. The Great Gatsby -- The Great Gatsby. It think Gatsby is an indictment on our culture and class system in the US. Jane Eyre is a gothic romance novel. (It's probably worth noting that I despise 19th Century literature.)
Which is why I'd pick An Invisible Man over Frankenstein any day of the week.
Still too white. You can tell who picked that list.
I'd have shook it up a bit more.
Choices?
( Read more... )
(And no I haven't read everything on that list. I've read more books than I can remember. I love books, all books, I'm not very discriminatory when it comes to books, I'm afraid, or television shows and movies for that matter...makes it very hard to choose sometimes.)
2. Instinct -- this is the cop buddy series staring Alan Cumming. It reminds me a bit too much of Elementary for it's own good and I like Elementary better, even though I stopped watching Elementary about two-three years ago.
Sorry, Alan, I got bored halfway through. You aren't enough to hold my interest. Nor is Whoopie as your editor.
Although will state, once again makes a lot more sense structurally speaking than Castle did. Cop hunting serial killer asks college professor teaching a course in abnormal psychology for help. Apparently he's an ex-CIA profiler turned mystery writer, and the serial killer is using his last book for ideas. So, it makes sense they'd ask him for help. Also reminds me of Deception, but I liked Deception better -- it had a more interesting structure and set-up, plus no serial killer (which is always a plus. I hate serial killers.)
Two things I'd like to get rid of: reality shows and serial killer shows.
Don't worry, I'm not holding my breath on either.