Romeo and Juliet, written as text message exchanges... what's not to love? This book was creative and funny, but there were sections that were kind ofRomeo and Juliet, written as text message exchanges... what's not to love? This book was creative and funny, but there were sections that were kind of boring and not as funny as I had imagined it to be. The dialogue also sounded immature at times and I found myself cringing pretty hard. I don't really see myself ever rereading this, despite its short length, so 3 stars seems about right....more
I loved Alice in Wonderland when I was a kid and I still love it now. But while I appreciated the fantasy and weirdness of it when I was youn3.5 stars
I loved Alice in Wonderland when I was a kid and I still love it now. But while I appreciated the fantasy and weirdness of it when I was younger, it now feels too random and disjointed for me to fully enjoy. I still really, really loved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland but I had a harder time getting through Through The Looking Glass. There were elements that I really loved but also some chapters that were a little bit draggy and boring. What I did love in Through the Looking Glass were the poems - they were so masterfully composed!...more
Let me start by saying... I am never reading this again.
I didn't really enjoy the reading experience because there were so many references that I didnLet me start by saying... I am never reading this again.
I didn't really enjoy the reading experience because there were so many references that I didn't understand. But I did like the story (at least the parts that I understood). I liked the humour that was in the book and I did grow to like the main characters, especially Bloom.
At times, I liked the writing but Ulysses is definitely the most difficult book I've ever read. I found myself just skimming over lines because it wasn't clicking in my head and I was okay with that. Some chapters were definitely a challenge but others were surprisingly readable. I liked the different formats that the chapters were written in because it stopped it from being monotonous. I particularly liked the super long chapter that was written as a play, complete with stage directions. The stream of consciousness sections were hard to get through... especially the last chapter, which also has no punctuation at all. But when I did get to the ending, the last couple of lines brought on such an exhilarating feeling...I'm just elated that I've finished the book....more
Wow. I don't know what I was expecting going into this book but it exceeded all my expectations. This was incredibly funny to read and I appreciated aWow. I don't know what I was expecting going into this book but it exceeded all my expectations. This was incredibly funny to read and I appreciated and enjoyed David Bader's humour in his haikus so much! Some of the haikus tried to capture the language and the theme of the book and I loved it.
Of course, these haikus weren't a very good summary of the originals so I found that I had learnt nothing new about these works after finishing this book (as it is to be expected from a collection of 17 syllable poems). I most enjoyed reading the haikus for the works that I was familiar with because I could actually appreciate the humour and the cleverness of the poems. Sadly, there weren't very many of the 100 books that I was actually familiar with. Some of them were kind of obscure and I had never heard of them. But overall, I enjoyed this very much and it was a very, very quick read....more
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