[stylist] What I've been reading

Sun Apr 15 02:11:20 UTC 2012

Vejas,
I read lord of the flies in eight grade. I  don't think I'd want to read 
hunger games as a teen. It sounds too violent, but I will now; I can handle 
it as an adult, but do not think its on bard yet.

-----Original Message----- 
From: vejas
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 8:48 AM
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Wow! It seems as if the reading curriculum has changed a lot!
I read Hunger Games last year and, being only in ninth grade, was
required to read Lord of the Flies.  But I guess you appreciate
them a little more later, when you're older.
Vejas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com
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Date sent: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:18:38 -0500
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Vejas,  I pretty much felt sorry for the children who had to do
this.  I did
not enjoy them for the plot of the story as much as how she kept
the action
moving and that it was a good versus evil.  In the movie they
could afford
to do a much better job showing just how much of a game the
government
thought the yearly killing was.  Katniss doesn't really like any
of it and
only does it when she has to.  If you just read it this year, you
may still
be a bit too young for it.  I know that at 18, I was almost too
young to be
reading Lord of the Flies.  Enjoy yourself while you're there and
say hi to
Tori Miceli.  She's a friend of mine.
Barbara

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.  -- Carl Sandburg
-----Original Message-----
From: vejas
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 6:30 AM
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Hi,
Just wanted to say, I'm in Maryland right now attending the NFB
law program.
Personally I didn't really like the Hunger Games too much because
of the killing.  Are you able to overcome the killing and enjoy
it, or did you enjoy the killing itself?
Vejas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net
To: "Stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:44:48 -0400
Subject: [stylist] What I've been reading

Here are the books I've read since the last time I posted about
reading/books.  Anybody got any recommendations from what they
have read?

The Penn O.  Henry Prize Stories 2009, edited by Laura Furman

An excellent collection of 20 of the best short stories published
in 2008l.  If you aspire to write fiction, these are great pieces
to study.

MethLand: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick
Reding  (2009)

A fascinating look at how methamphetamine ravaged many small
towns across the US.  How the government ignored/allowed it
(bought off by pharmaceutical lobbyists) and how corporate greed
fueled the demand for it by laying off American workers, forcing
the remaining workers to work double shifts at lower wages, and
then knowingly hiring illegal immigrants who brought the meth
with them from Mexico.

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park  (2001)

A very good YA novel about an orphan learning the trade of
pottery in 12th century Thailand.

The Hunger Games, Book 1 by Suzanne Collins  (2009)

One of the most compelling YA novels I've ever read.  In the
future, the Americas are all one nation, divided into 12
districts.  Every year the government picks a boy and girl from
each district, trains them for a few days then televises them as
they fight to the death in the annual Hunger Games.

Buried Prey by John Sandford  (2011)

A pretty good novel about a detective struggling to solve the
first murder case he was put on, after he finds the bodies 20
years later and it's obvious they put the wrong guy away.

Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks (1995)

A fascinating, and tragic/disturbing, journalistic account of the
lives of Islamic women.  Polygamy, genital mutilation, culture
police, virtually no rights-and yet some women not only embrace
it, they choose it.

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard (1989)

A brief, but very deep, account of what it is like to be a
writer.  Not a hobbyist, but writing as a life mission.

That old Cape Magic by Richard Russo  (2009)

Russo is excellent at exploring adult relationships in his
novels, and this one isn't disappointing.  After a year's
seperation, the main character comes to realize the importance of
his parents, and his wife and daughter, to his life.

The Reivers by William Faulkner  (1962)

A Faulkner novel that I could actually read, at least, after a
while spent getting used to his voice and style.  This is the
story of a boy, a red neck, and a black employee who 'borrow' a
car to go to a bordello in Memphis in the early 60s.  Hi jinx
ensue, as did a Pulitzer for Faulkner.

Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher  (1987)

This is supposed to be an autobiographical novel.  I found parts
enjoyable, but mostly a lot of angst that I couldn't relate to.

Wall Street Noir, edited by Peter Spiegelman  (2007)

A very good collection of short stories having loosely to do with
Wall Street and crime.  I was pleasantly surprised at how good
most of the stories were.

Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung, et.  Al.  (1964)

I've long wanted to know more about Jung, and now I do.
Basically, he believed dreams were our lens into our
subconscious, and it's important to spend years with an analyst
so he/she can interpret your dreams for you, and let you know
which myth your dreams relate to.  Yeah, right.

Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt  (2010)

I read an interview with this author in 'The Writer' magazine,
and wanted to read one of her novels.  I wasn't disappointed.  In
short, two women both leave their husbands one day.  There's a
car accident, and one of the women dies.  The other is haunted by
it, as is the dead woman's family.

Red Chameleon by Stuart Kaminski  (1985)

This is what I call a beach book.  A light cop story that takes
place in Soviet Russia.  Nothing too deep.

Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson and Susan Flory (2011)

This is a memoir by the blind man who escaped the 78th floor of
the WTC North tower on 9-11 with his guide dog, Roselle.  It's
refreshing, because rather than portraying blindness as this
insurmountable hurdle, as 90% of memoirs by blind people do, he
paints it as no big deal.  It's a very positive view on
blindness.  Plus, as an added bonus, he reprints the essay 'A
Left Handed Dissertation' by Kenneth Jernigan, which in my
opinion, is the single best piece of writing about blindness
around.

chris

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