I want to talk about books again

Re: I want to talk about books again

• seahorse01 mod

  

  September 2013

  Oh Little House . Also Anne of Green Gables. Paradise Lost is a great one I'd forgotten about.

                                                 
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• seahorse01 mod

  

  September 2013

  LuckyAngel07 said:

  seahorse01 said:

  LuckyAngel07 said:

  nfp147 said:

  What is this Giver you all speak of? 

  
  

  I read the summary and it sounds very Brave New World/Handmaid's Tale - like.  Is that roughly accurate? 

  How did you not read The Giver in school!?

  
  

  When I reread it, yes, I realized just how dystopian-ish it is. I didn't remember ANY of it from reading it back when I was younger. It is really an excellent book. I wouldn't relate it to Brave New World (which I'm feeling fuzzy on, so I definitely need to reread that one too!), and I haven't read  Handmaid's Tale, so I can't weight in on how close it is to that.

  
  

  It's not a long book; you could whip right through it. Definitely pick it up!

  
  

  ETA: Now that I'm thinking about it, I guess it is sooooort of like 1984, with lots of control by those of authority/super strict rules everyone sort of follows without question. 

  
  I'm old, that's how I managed to avoid reading it in school.

  You're not that old! Then again, I'm sure its inclusion in the curriculum could vary pretty widely across states.

  Oh no, I mean literally. Looks like it was published in '93, I was a jr in HS. I never ran across it in college
  

                                                 
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• nfp147 member

  

  September 2013

  seahorse01 said:

  LuckyAngel07 said:

  seahorse01 said:

  LuckyAngel07 said:

  nfp147 said:

  What is this Giver you all speak of? 

  
  

  I read the summary and it sounds very Brave New World/Handmaid's Tale - like.  Is that roughly accurate? 

  How did you not read The Giver in school!?

  
  

  When I reread it, yes, I realized just how dystopian-ish it is. I didn't remember ANY of it from reading it back when I was younger. It is really an excellent book. I wouldn't relate it to Brave New World (which I'm feeling fuzzy on, so I definitely need to reread that one too!), and I haven't read  Handmaid's Tale, so I can't weight in on how close it is to that.

  
  

  It's not a long book; you could whip right through it. Definitely pick it up!

  
  

  ETA: Now that I'm thinking about it, I guess it is sooooort of like 1984, with lots of control by those of authority/super strict rules everyone sort of follows without question. 

  
  I'm old, that's how I managed to avoid reading it in school.

  You're not that old! Then again, I'm sure its inclusion in the curriculum could vary pretty widely across states.

  Oh no, I mean literally. Looks like it was published in '93, I was a jr in HS. I never ran across it in college
  

  This is me too.  I graduated from HS in 1993.  

  

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• caseyandlizzie member

  

  September 2013

  nfp147 said:

  
  

  seahorse01 said:

  
  

  
  

  LuckyAngel07 said:

  
  

  
  

  seahorse01 said:

  
  

  
  

  LuckyAngel07 said:

  
  

  
  

  nfp147 said:

  
  

  What is this Giver you all speak of? 

  
  

  I read the summary and it sounds very Brave New World/Handmaid's Tale - like.  Is that roughly accurate? 

  
  

  How did you not read The Giver in school!?

  
  

  When I reread it, yes, I realized just how dystopian-ish it is. I didn't remember ANY of it from reading it back when I was younger. It is really an excellent book. I wouldn't relate it to Brave New World (which I'm feeling fuzzy on, so I definitely need to reread that one too!), and I haven't read  Handmaid's Tale, so I can't weight in on how close it is to that.

  
  

  It's not a long book; you could whip right through it. Definitely pick it up!

  
  

  ETA: Now that I'm thinking about it, I guess it is sooooort of like 1984, with lots of control by those of authority/super strict rules everyone sort of follows without question. 

  
  

  
  
  I'm old, that's how I managed to avoid reading it in school.

  
  

  You're not that old! Then again, I'm sure its inclusion in the curriculum could vary pretty widely across states.
  
  Oh no, I mean literally. Looks like it was published in '93, I was a jr in HS. I never ran across it in college
  
  
  
  
  
  This is me too.  I graduated from HS in 1993.  
  
  I graduated in 99, but didn't read it, probably because it was too 'new' of a book and our district was too poor to buy us up to date materials.

  
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