Read Review: Girl With a Pearl Earring
I must admit, this isn’t my favorite. It wasn’t bad either though. It just didn’t have enough. I felt it had no real plot, and although that was fine, it was overly-dramatic of the little plot there was. It felt pushed and strained, and all too overdone.
It reminds me a bit of my style of writing, which I don’t like all too much… I’m not a writer, that I can tell you. I’m not sure why I didn’t like the style of writing though. I think it was that she, from the beginning, called the master of the house, “he”. From the beginning it was already overdone. The next issue I had was that the pearl earring, meant nothing. Besides her having to wear it, it had no real ”wow thats important” moment. She wore it and that was that.
So now I am not sure why I didn’t hate it altogether. It was cheesy and I had false expectations. I think I remember liking the movie more, I do think they made more of a conflict.
It was a quick read anyways, so I didn’t mind.
2.5/5
8:53 pm • 28 May 2012
Read Review: Soviet Women
An informative piece on women in the Soviet Union was given to me for free. I read it and was astonished! Although I knew about some of the information, since my mom has told me about it, there was much I didn’t know about. It was based on different regions of the Soviet Union so it did not concentrate on any specific region.
The writing was well-done and I picked up a few new words. I think I found it interesting because it was related to me, since I do not often enjoy history lessons. I have even decided to read Anna Karenina. Well, eventually.
This book took me to the lives of women, and also compared it to those of men, in the Soviet Union. How the children are raised to how brain-washed some people can be is all covered in the book. There are many different views on peristroika in the book which doesn’t help me figure it out. I may pick up another book to help me on that one later…
Interesting read!
4/5
11:36 am • 28 May 2012
“Nobody knows you.
You don’t know yourself.
And I, who am half in love with you,
What am I in love with?
My own imaginings?”
— D.H. Lawrence, Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence (via serialstranger)
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5:52 pm • 16 May 2012 • 774 notes
“You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody’s one and only.”
— Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (via bookmania)
9:53 pm • 15 May 2012 • 5,622 notes
“I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.”
— Jon Stewart (via 42lies)
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9:39 pm • 9 May 2012 • 14,405 notes
Read Review: Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre. One of my absolute favorites. I read it again and it was once again, stunning. Written by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre tells the story of Jane, starting off in her childhood. She’s an orphan and gets sent away to school. Afterwards she finds work and falls in love with her master. What I love is how she leaves, though her heart tells her to stay. She would get the emotional satisfaction but decides independence is more important.
It is arguable a feminist novel, which I hands down agree with. Jane shows how her independence as a woman is important and that she doesn’t need to be repressed by any man. Jane is complex, especially for a woman during her time.
The language in this classic is equally impressive. It is so delicately and precisely crafted that I had to underline in my copy. It clearly shows the emotions Jane feels, and uses the best comparisons. Everything was thought out in the novel.
I can read this novel again and again.
10:01 pm • 6 May 2012
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
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1:49 pm • 31 March 2012 • 15,772 notes
