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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Sept 19, 2020 3:06:41 GMT -5
I'm really, really enjoying Dracula right now. But my favorite classic wasn't one I read in school. I love, love, love the Count of Monte Cristo. Hands down.
So I'm currently working on a painting, then I'll get back to this. Since the painting won the poll.
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 20, 2020 12:30:04 GMT -5
I’m glad you’re enjoying it (: What’s Monte Cristo about? I’ve heard the name, but I know nothing more xD I would say my favorites are Jane Eyre and Pride & Prejudice.
Nice! Good luck! I want to paint something, haha
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Sept 21, 2020 14:13:14 GMT -5
Pride & Prejudice is good, but I've only seen the movie. Monte Cristo is about a man who goes to prison after being framed, then gets out and his father is dead, his fiancé has married someone else (the guy who framed him) and he's lost all his property. He happened to inherit a fortune from another guy in prison, so swears revenge on the people who wronged him. But he slowly starts working out that revenge isn't worth as much as finding a better life now he has his freedom again.
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 22, 2020 17:15:46 GMT -5
I need to reread both Jane Eyre and Pride&Prejudice. But I remember that when I read the books, Jane Eyre was my favorite of the two. But when I saw the movies, Pride&Prejudice was my favorite xD Have you ever seen Pride&Prejudice with zombies?
Oh, that sounds really interesting! I have to add both Dracula and Monte Cristo to my to-read list!
I’m doing paper mache right now (well, not right this minute, haha, but it’s my current art project, so to say).
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Post by tiger beetle on Sept 23, 2020 10:25:16 GMT -5
I was going to say I've never read Dracula or Frankenstein, but...does it count that I've read Junji Ito's Frankenstein? Some of the books we read in high school were okay--to my surprise I actually kind of liked Wuthering Heights--but I bailed a few chapters into The Scarlet Letter, and I don't regret my decision. (Fortunately, as soon as I stopped reading, the teacher stopped testing us on the material.) My mom and my grandma both love Jane Eyre. Maybe I was just too young to appreciate it, but I "lost" the book about a third of the way through...
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 25, 2020 18:30:20 GMT -5
Tiger beetle; I suppose? XD Was it good?
I never got to read Wuthering Heights or The Scarlet Letter! I wish that I'd been able to! Perhaps one day I'll be able to pick them up! (:
It's definitely a lot, but if you can get through it, it's great! I really loved it. If you ever decide to try it again, hopefully you find that you like it!
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Post by tiger beetle on Sept 26, 2020 14:13:06 GMT -5
Yeah, to my understanding it's pretty much exactly the story, just in manga form.
Good luck; I hope you enjoy them!
If I get back into reading I might pick it up--but my mom will never hear about it!
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 27, 2020 14:03:01 GMT -5
Ohh, nice! That's pretty cool!
Thank you! I remember other people in my grade way back when read the Scarlet Letter, at least, but my specific class was given a different book XD
Haha XD
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Post by tiger beetle on Sept 27, 2020 16:17:18 GMT -5
The annoying thing was that it was considered all one chapter, so I kept having to refresh the page to get different pages of the story to load.
Ah, that's unfortunate. Did you at least like the other book?
I think my favorite assigned reading was Waiting For Godot. I got into a (mostly silly but technically our actual opinions) argument with my friend last week about whether it was good.
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Post by Captain Americat on Sept 29, 2020 8:17:55 GMT -5
Oh, gosh o: That does sound pretty annoying o:
Honestly, I can't even remember what other book it was b/c we read so many, but I enjoyed most of the books that I read (with the exception of like 2), so I'd say I probably did XD
I've never heard of it! I'm glad you liked it, though! You know you liked it when you're able to argue about it XD
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Sept 30, 2020 16:40:32 GMT -5
Y'all are making me very interested in all these books.
I have not read that version of Frankenstein, but now I want to. I'd say it counts.
I'm not sure what other classics I've read and enjoyed other than perhaps the Picture of Dorian Gray was mildly entertaining. Huuum.
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Post by Captain Americat on Oct 1, 2020 17:34:55 GMT -5
Mint; good XDD
Hm... I feel like that book sounds familiar, but I've never read it!
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Oct 2, 2020 21:51:23 GMT -5
Not surprising. It's by Oscar Wilde, if that rings a bell.
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Post by Captain Americat on Oct 4, 2020 14:57:23 GMT -5
Yes! Oscar Wilde rings a bell, so that's probably how I heard of it!
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Oct 5, 2020 3:11:24 GMT -5
Huuum. I'm reading Bloodchild and Other Stories now and hate every second of it. :')
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Post by Captain Americat on Oct 5, 2020 19:24:24 GMT -5
What is that about? o: I've never heard of it, but I must say I'm sorry that you aren't enjoying it! It's not fun when you have to read a book that's torture o:
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Oct 6, 2020 16:39:51 GMT -5
Huuum. NSFW stuff. Horror and sci-fi for the most part. That's Bloodchild anyway. The other stories I haven't read yet.
No, no it isn't. I prefer 1984, which is saying something.
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Post by Captain Americat on Oct 6, 2020 16:48:23 GMT -5
Never heard of that o: And, wow. You must not like 1984, haha. I haven't finished reading 1984 because it's not really holding my interest, but I want to read it because I feel like it's just one of those books you gotta read, haha.
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Oct 7, 2020 21:54:57 GMT -5
See, that's understandable. I had to write something for school on it and actually pay attention.
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Post by tiger beetle on Oct 7, 2020 22:27:51 GMT -5
Ah, we read The Picture of Dorian Gray! I liked that enough too.
I haven't read most of these others, though.
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Oct 9, 2020 0:31:52 GMT -5
I've read a lot of poetry lately too.
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Nov 11, 2020 19:47:22 GMT -5
I have half a page done!
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Nov 21, 2020 3:17:55 GMT -5
So guess who got a page finished and just needs to add word bubbles?
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Post by Captain Americat on Nov 21, 2020 19:53:25 GMT -5
You?
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Nov 30, 2020 15:15:56 GMT -5
Yep! I'll try and get it up this week!
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Post by Captain Americat on Nov 30, 2020 15:57:21 GMT -5
Wahoo! (:
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Dec 10, 2020 0:16:43 GMT -5
Alright, so now I'm home (new house, I moved), I can take a picture of it.
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Post by Captain Americat on Dec 11, 2020 19:26:01 GMT -5
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Dec 19, 2020 4:28:57 GMT -5
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Dec 19, 2020 17:06:36 GMT -5
Neither can I! I'm very excited. A lot of these were outlined ages ago, so I'm hyped. There's 2-3 more pages to this episode.
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