Material Girls and Love Slaves
You like the title? It's also the title of a paper I am writing about protagonists in Edith Wharton. I just finished writing the intro paragraph and all that jazz. Oh and I just finished reading Summer, which I highly recommend if anyone is into realism/naturalism. Good times. Good times. I mean, I buy the book and it says something about "erotic fiction" on the back, so I'm expecting to REALLY like it, if you know what I mean, but, you know, it's Edith Wharton and was written in 1917 so I guess I should not have gotten my hopes up. But if you like your eroticism a little cerebral and really veiled, take it up. It's a pretty awesome little book.
So I should probably make it real short and sweet as I've got a small mountain of reading to do before tomorrow, and which in all sincerity is most likely NOT going to get done. I have 200 pages of Dostoevsky (sp?) to read, and I haven't started because I've been indulging myself in Wharton. Sigh. I have a long night ahead of me, I guess. This is, of course, not to mention The Consolation of Philosophy, which I read ages ago, and am going to hope I still remember for tomorrow's Milton class.
Matt and I had our merlot last night, and I guess I should blame this on it, as I was utterly useless after drinking a goodly bit of it. Sigh. I'm actually still pretty useless. Dramatic sigh.
Well, I should go. I am roasting a chicken to have in quesadillas tonight, so I need to check on it. I am very unexcited-able today. Sorry. So I'll leave you with this.
The Official Southern Literary Queen Must Read List-February 2005
1. Edith Wharton--just read something, it's all good in the hood
2. Heart of Darkness--I know it was painful in high school, but you're smarter now, and the language and mood it creates is sublime.
3. Flannery O'Connor's The Habit of Being--I got this for Christmas, and have not read them all by any stretch of the imagination, but it's definitely a great scanning book--perfection in letter form.
4. And finally...Diary by Chuck Palaniuk--This is a recommendation from Matt as I am officially the last person in America to read something by this guy, and am currently chomping at the bit to get to read it. So read it, and gloat at me that I have to read Milton while you're reading good stuff. You bastard.
So I should probably make it real short and sweet as I've got a small mountain of reading to do before tomorrow, and which in all sincerity is most likely NOT going to get done. I have 200 pages of Dostoevsky (sp?) to read, and I haven't started because I've been indulging myself in Wharton. Sigh. I have a long night ahead of me, I guess. This is, of course, not to mention The Consolation of Philosophy, which I read ages ago, and am going to hope I still remember for tomorrow's Milton class.
Matt and I had our merlot last night, and I guess I should blame this on it, as I was utterly useless after drinking a goodly bit of it. Sigh. I'm actually still pretty useless. Dramatic sigh.
Well, I should go. I am roasting a chicken to have in quesadillas tonight, so I need to check on it. I am very unexcited-able today. Sorry. So I'll leave you with this.
The Official Southern Literary Queen Must Read List-February 2005
1. Edith Wharton--just read something, it's all good in the hood
2. Heart of Darkness--I know it was painful in high school, but you're smarter now, and the language and mood it creates is sublime.
3. Flannery O'Connor's The Habit of Being--I got this for Christmas, and have not read them all by any stretch of the imagination, but it's definitely a great scanning book--perfection in letter form.
4. And finally...Diary by Chuck Palaniuk--This is a recommendation from Matt as I am officially the last person in America to read something by this guy, and am currently chomping at the bit to get to read it. So read it, and gloat at me that I have to read Milton while you're reading good stuff. You bastard.
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