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[twincityhacker]

Today, after we finaly finished the first day stuff in Brit Lit, and were told what books we were doing this year (Beowulf, Hamlet, MacBeth, 1984, and the Hound of the Baskerviles) with some other random chapters of Canterburry Tales and poetry, and I had a good cry about doing Beowulf again, we we allowed to go down to the library.

I haddn't looked at the new books this year, but the first thing I did was snatch up the copy of Fray! I'm not really into comics, but it's shiney and it's a dranged crossover between scifi and fantasy, which is always a plus. I've never understood the whole "technology and magic cannot coexist" thing that many fantasy writers have.

And you could tell who the book geeks were, because we were busy exclaiming over the new stock, and the rest were standing away from the books and talking, and just took 30 seconds to pick up a book.

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[myrthrilmercury.livejournal.com]

You'redoingallofmyfavoritesYAY!!!

(Yeah, I'm nuts. Don't ask.) :D

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Okay, so if you like it, maybe 1984 won't be so bad.

I still think the plays are going to be bad though, since my memories of reading
Julius Ceaser in his class were not pleasent. Using the movie to show what excatly is going on in the play doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

[the-crazy-lady.livejournal.com]

Lesse. . . I think I've read part of Beowulf, and there were excerpts from Hamlet and Macbeth in a play I was in 7th grade, I really want to read 1984, and I read Hound of the Baskervilles in June (Damn good book, too). Actually, I'm pretty sure we read 1984 in English 12 this year. But I may be mistaken and it's AP that gets to read it. Pooey if that's so.

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

From what I've heard of it, I don't particulary care for 1984 And since this includes a spolier heavy hour long documentary on the book, I have my Doubts.

But the Canterburry Tales includes a fanfiction writting contest with cupons for dinner at the end for the best one, so I'm excited by that.