Comment on Book recommendations? by iTriela
I've honestly never been that big of a Mark Twain fan, but I'm keeping an open mind and reading Roughing It anyway. I go through about a book a week, so I'm always looking for something to read. Whether I like it or not, it's still a book to pass the time with.
And since I buy a lot of my books on Amazon anyway, I'll look for it. I love older science fiction also, so I'm sure I'll enjoy those.
I'll definitely know if I like any of these, I'm sure there's at least one that I'll enjoy.
And since I buy a lot of my books on Amazon anyway, I'll look for it. I love older science fiction also, so I'm sure I'll enjoy those.
I'll definitely know if I like any of these, I'm sure there's at least one that I'll enjoy.
To each their own. If you read his novels, you probably read his weakest works; they steer clear of his short stories in school, which are subversive and wildly creative, with parodies of Sherlock Holmes, straight-up horror and science fiction, even a story that deliberately leads to a rut and stops dead! Still, if anything has a chance of changing your mind, Roughing It is the one.
I used to read a book a week, but between work and the hurricane / snowstorm combo, I've been too distracted to handle a book lately. I'm just getting back into a nonfiction one, though. How I missed it!
I used to read a book a week, but between work and the hurricane / snowstorm combo, I've been too distracted to handle a book lately. I'm just getting back into a nonfiction one, though. How I missed it!
I'm sure there are better books of his than what I've read, I've read 3 of his works, and two of them were in school. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer were both in school, and I read The Innocents Abroad a couple summers ago. I don't hate his works, I just don't love them either. But I'm willing to read what you suggested, because one or two unappealing books can't really speak for his writing as a whole.
Oh that must be rough, I live out west but I see all the news coverage and I have friends that were affected by the storm, so I can only imagine how hard it must be to actually live there. (I hope you're okay) What do you do for work? (if you don't mind me asking)
Oh that must be rough, I live out west but I see all the news coverage and I have friends that were affected by the storm, so I can only imagine how hard it must be to actually live there. (I hope you're okay) What do you do for work? (if you don't mind me asking)
That's very fair of you. I can't promise you'll become a convert -- some of his stories are so-so too -- but at the very least, you'll see a side of him that school never teaches you.
I may be biased a little. I'm related to him, distantly but twice over. Alas, none of his genes though (just in case there really is a writing gene we haven't found yet...).
I'm fine, but thanks for asking. The eight days of cold weren't enough to do any damage (I worked out and rode my stationary bike to warm me up). I managed to cut down the one tree branch I could reach before it crushes my gutters any further. The other two need pros, though. I only have a handful of small cuts and scrapes from the encounter, which is actually an achievement I'm amazed by, myself.
I don't mind the question. I work in education with a specialty in math.
I may be biased a little. I'm related to him, distantly but twice over. Alas, none of his genes though (just in case there really is a writing gene we haven't found yet...).
I'm fine, but thanks for asking. The eight days of cold weren't enough to do any damage (I worked out and rode my stationary bike to warm me up). I managed to cut down the one tree branch I could reach before it crushes my gutters any further. The other two need pros, though. I only have a handful of small cuts and scrapes from the encounter, which is actually an achievement I'm amazed by, myself.
I don't mind the question. I work in education with a specialty in math.
Even if I don't like a book, I still enjoy the experience as a whole, because I love discussing books with the literary arts magazine I'm in. And that's cool that you're related to him! I've never really gone that far into my genealogy so I'm not aware of any important figures in my family tree...
I don't think I would survive in the cold, haha, cold out here is 50 degrees. And at least your house wasn't badly damaged
And what grade do you teach?
I don't think I would survive in the cold, haha, cold out here is 50 degrees. And at least your house wasn't badly damaged
And what grade do you teach?Get ready for this, then: my best friend married the direct descendant of his publisher. The publisher of Twain, Whitman, Steven Crane (and was a pallbearer at his funeral)...they had -- until they auctioned it -- a letter handwritten by Twain (and with a doodle of his!). It was quite a trove, and handling it with my special gloves was a major treat!
Well, I don't love cold, although snuggling uner a warm blanket and watching a good movie or reading a book with hot chocolate nearby is a treat indeed.
I'm not a teacher. I run a tutoring business and have for a very long time. Math is my true love, and I've done it since birth, though I never wanted it as a job; I always thought it was a fun hobby. Magic was my goal, and I trained at it for many years, even going to magic school, heh. Turns out you need a personality for that, though, at least if you plan to be on stage. I don't have that sort of extroversion in my blood. I'm the professorial type, down to the beard and absent-mindedness...
Well, I don't love cold, although snuggling uner a warm blanket and watching a good movie or reading a book with hot chocolate nearby is a treat indeed.
I'm not a teacher. I run a tutoring business and have for a very long time. Math is my true love, and I've done it since birth, though I never wanted it as a job; I always thought it was a fun hobby. Magic was my goal, and I trained at it for many years, even going to magic school, heh. Turns out you need a personality for that, though, at least if you plan to be on stage. I don't have that sort of extroversion in my blood. I'm the professorial type, down to the beard and absent-mindedness...
That's really cool! I remember my grandfather had (don't know if he still has it, I hope he does) a framed letter written by Twain, it was hanging up on the wall in his computer room. I remember bringing it into school to show when we read Tom Sawyer.
I love the cold, which is why I want to move somewhere farther north after I'm done with school. And I agree, although I don't watch many movies.
That's pretty noble, and you must have a lot of patience. Most poeple can't stand anything remotely related to math, haha. I'm more of a history-oriented person than a math and science one. And I used to be interested in magic also, but mostly party magic like card tricks and making things disappear. Terrible stagefright prevented me from going any further with that, so I dove into the arts instead.
I love the cold, which is why I want to move somewhere farther north after I'm done with school. And I agree, although I don't watch many movies.
That's pretty noble, and you must have a lot of patience. Most poeple can't stand anything remotely related to math, haha. I'm more of a history-oriented person than a math and science one. And I used to be interested in magic also, but mostly party magic like card tricks and making things disappear. Terrible stagefright prevented me from going any further with that, so I dove into the arts instead.
Wow, a framed letter, eh? Did it have any cusses in it? The one I held was a little pissy about a story his publisher had been sitting on. That's why he doodled a picture of his publisher as the Kaiser on the back...
What, are you a masochist? MORE cold?! Jeez!
Weeeeelll....yes, I am famous for my patience, at least in my circles. It's a self-discipline I've practiced since childhood. I would sit in front of the oven to watch food cook so I could understand how a bowl of goop becomes a cake, or pasty red stuff is a meatloaf.
I love science, but I also enjoy history on the side -- including the surprisingly colorful history of math. I love telling my students about it; all that sex, marriage, death and life, all that politics and war, all because of math! Woohoo!
Wow, you did that stuff. too? I preferred stage performance, though many years later I used it in my old retail job to wow little tots when they misbehaved. I got over the last of my stagefright when I joined the speech team in college -- not that I suffered much. I was just introverted more than most. I still am.
What, are you a masochist? MORE cold?! Jeez!
Weeeeelll....yes, I am famous for my patience, at least in my circles. It's a self-discipline I've practiced since childhood. I would sit in front of the oven to watch food cook so I could understand how a bowl of goop becomes a cake, or pasty red stuff is a meatloaf.
I love science, but I also enjoy history on the side -- including the surprisingly colorful history of math. I love telling my students about it; all that sex, marriage, death and life, all that politics and war, all because of math! Woohoo!
Wow, you did that stuff. too? I preferred stage performance, though many years later I used it in my old retail job to wow little tots when they misbehaved. I got over the last of my stagefright when I joined the speech team in college -- not that I suffered much. I was just introverted more than most. I still am.
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