Comments on: reading list http://dbabb.wordpress.com flash fiction, book reviews, comic book talk, and art all in lists Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:52:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kris http://dbabb.wordpress.com/reading-list/#comment-105 Kris Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:52:46 +0000 http://dbabb.wordpress.com/reading-list/#comment-105 There is a new author (Alikzandria James)that has come up (her book is only available online as of right now) called MilkyMay Mooberry's Amazing Adventures: Marauders a'la Mode. It is a GREAT book. You should check it out. A friend turned me on to it. She is supposed to be writing a series of adventures. I hope the next one will be much longer! You can find it at www2.xlibris.com There is a new author (Alikzandria James)that has come up (her book is only available online as of right now) called MilkyMay Mooberry’s Amazing Adventures: Marauders a’la Mode. It is a GREAT book. You should check it out. A friend turned me on to it. She is supposed to be writing a series of adventures. I hope the next one will be much longer! You can find it at www2.xlibris.com

]]> By: dylanbabb http://dbabb.wordpress.com/reading-list/#comment-6 dylanbabb Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:42:01 +0000 http://dbabb.wordpress.com/reading-list/#comment-6 Margaret, you didn't miss anything. I read On the Road my senior year of high school, right before I left for college. I thought it'd be the perfect time to read Kerouac. You know get into the spirit of freedom. I finished the book with the same question. The way he wrote about his travel made him sound arrogant and glib. He was speeding back and forth across the country without taking the time to explore where he was. He rarely comes up with anything insightful to say about where he is or what he's doing. And the women in the book are totally disposable. I'm open to hearing about why the book is important, and considered a classic from the Beat generation. But in my opinion, Kerouac is missing the observations and insights to qualify him as a great writer. Margaret, you didn’t miss anything.

I read On the Road my senior year of high school, right before I left for college. I thought it’d be the perfect time to read Kerouac. You know get into the spirit of freedom. I finished the book with the same question.

The way he wrote about his travel made him sound arrogant and glib. He was speeding back and forth across the country without taking the time to explore where he was. He rarely comes up with anything insightful to say about where he is or what he’s doing. And the women in the book are totally disposable.

I’m open to hearing about why the book is important, and considered a classic from the Beat generation. But in my opinion, Kerouac is missing the observations and insights to qualify him as a great writer.

]]> By: Margaret Abbott http://dbabb.wordpress.com/reading-list/#comment-5 Margaret Abbott Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:44:35 +0000 http://dbabb.wordpress.com/reading-list/#comment-5 Dylan, I am the friend of your Mom and Dad's who currently lives in the Virgin Islands. Anyway, now that I don't work for a living, I mostly read. I just finished Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and guess I missed the point. Have you ever read it? I am puzzled why it's thought to be such a great book. Margaret Dylan,
I am the friend of your Mom and Dad’s who currently lives in the Virgin Islands. Anyway, now that I don’t work for a living, I mostly read. I just finished Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and guess I missed the point. Have you ever read it? I am puzzled why it’s thought to be such a great book.
Margaret

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