All Consuming : emchik

Consuming "The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:36:37 GMT

The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

A story about "Orientalism"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:36:11 GMT

by Edward W. Said

Now that I’ve read Orientalism (twice) I realize I had to find the right way of reading this book. And that way was not to read every single solitary word. I got too bogged down and couldn’t figure out what the heck Said was trying to say. The second time around, I looked for key points and I wrote a summary after each section. That did the trick. Not only did it help me get a better handle on what was going on, it helped me determine the shape of Said’s argument in Orientalism.

So I’m grateful to Orientalism, because I think it helped me figure out how to read the rest of the literary theory and secondary source material for my comprehensive exams.

Consumed "Castle in the Air"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:31:32 GMT

Castle in the Air

by Diana Wynne Jones

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Howl's Moving Castle"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:31:03 GMT

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Kaze No Hana Vol. 1 (Kaze No Hana)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:10:59 GMT

Kaze No Hana Vol. 1 (Kaze No Hana)

by Akiyoshi Ohta

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Lars and the Real Girl"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:31:07 GMT

Lars and the Real Girl

by Craig Gillespie

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Cashback"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:41:07 GMT

Cashback

by Sean Ellis (II)

WORTH IT!

A story about "ULYSSES"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:06:37 GMT

ULYSSES

by James Joyce

Four chapters down and lots more to go. I’ve gotten past the first three chapters, which are from Stephen’s perspective, and I’ve moved on to Calypso, the first chapter with Bloom. I find Bloom’s narration a bit easier to get through, because Stephen’s chapters are so esoteric in nature that I keep having to look up tons of references in my book of annotations for Ulysses (which I might add, is actually longer than Ulysses itself).

This isn’t my first time reading the novel, but this is the first time I’ll have read the chapters in order. Right now, I’m having a hard time preventing myself from skipping ahead and just reading my favorite chapters—Aeolus, Cyclops, Ithaca, and Penelope. They will be my reward for getting through the other, more difficult bits. However, I will say I find myself liking Leopold Bloom more and more with this reading. I found the Calypso chapter a more pleasant read this time around, and I hope the same will be true of the other chapters.

Consumed "The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:47:23 GMT

The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel

by Diane Setterfield

WORTH IT!

Consuming "ULYSSES"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:14:43 GMT

ULYSSES

by James Joyce

Consumed "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:10:56 GMT

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Special Edition)

Consumed "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Collector's Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:44:13 GMT

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Collector's Edition)

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Porco Rosso"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:43:34 GMT

Porco Rosso

by Hayao Miyazaki

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Baby Mama [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:42:28 GMT

Baby Mama [Theatrical Release]

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Iron Man"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:41:53 GMT

Iron Man

by Jon Favreau

Consumed "The History of Love: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:40:49 GMT

The History of Love: A Novel

by Nicole Krauss

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:37:17 GMT

Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics)

by James Joyce

WORTH IT!

Simply Beautiful

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:36:25 GMT

Dubliners (Oxford World's Classics)

by James Joyce

Reading Dubliners reminds me just how much I love James Joyce. I haven’t quite wrapped my head around all of the stories yet, but it’s Joyce, so it typically takes a couple of reads to really begin to get anything from it. By far, “The Dead,” was the best story in the collection. Never have I read a book with a more beautiful poignant ending: “His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.”

Food for the soul that is.

Consumed "Brigadoon"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:32:19 GMT

Brigadoon

by Vincente Minnelli

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Justine (Alexandria Quartet)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:20:45 GMT

Justine (Alexandria Quartet)

by Lawrence Durrell

I wanted to love this novel (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (emchik) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:03:52 GMT

A Passage to India (Penguin Classics)

by E.M. Forster

Because I loved A Room With a View and Howards End so much. However, the end of the novel falls short. The last few chapters are anti-climatic and a bit on the boring side.