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kala_way

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  • Birthday 08/23/1983

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  1. Happy birthday! Hope you are having a good day :D

  2. Hope you have a great birthday! :)

  3. Yea, it's not a very big school. I majored in Research Psych. I'm using the 'research' side a lot more now--I do a lot of statistics and such in my job. What's your major?

  4. Sorry for the delayed response! Finals were this week and I barely spent time on the computer. I have never heard of your college before, what did you major in?

  5. That's because CS Lewis was an apologist, Bunyan was a preacher. CSL thought you converted people by going for their logic, getting under their skin with appeals to nature and root moral sense, rather than fire and brimstone.
  6. It's definitely one of those books that you have to go into with a certain perspective and expectation. If you accept it for what it is, and especially if you're a Christian yourself, it really is a beautifully written book in it's original form. How it came about and it's history in the church add another dimension to it.
  7. :) I went to Biola U. It's a school in Southern California, sorta near Disneyland. I graduated almost 4 years ago now.
  8. I rarely read non-fiction. I have quite a few fiction books with prefaces and forewards written by the author for a later printing or by the translator or publisher or by another author talking about the book/author. I've never found them very useful, but that's just me.
  9. From the outside he seems understanding but making me come in friday after my final from 2:10-5 to work til 9pm then 12pm-9pm on both Saturday and Sunday does not seem understanding to me.... haha where did you go to college?

  10. That's exactly the book I was thinking of, and I completely agree. That's a case where it was used correctly and to good effect! I read prologues if they are actually part of the story and important to it's opening, otherwise, no. Prefaces and forewards and such like that I never read, let the book speak for itself
  11. Very true! I think you just have to approach fanfiction with a different mindset than a normal book. It's like Youtube vs. regular television. Most YouTube videos are boring and stupid but if you find good people and follow good recommendations you can find some great, entertaining stuff. I think maybe 3 or 4 times ever I've thought, "Wow, this is good enough to be published if the HP references were removed." 99% of the time fanfiction doesn't warrant serious consideration, but it's a fun distraction if you have the time for it
  12. This trailer ran before The Soloist! I think it will be one of the few that might be better as a movie than as a book. The way the book flows and the simple story I think will really lend itself to the movie format.
  13. whew, good luck with finals! I worked all through college as well, so I know how that goes. Hopefully you have an understanding boss.

  14. I came to the end of several all at once: 20. The City of Ember - The writing style was more childish than I usually read. It was definitely meant for maybe 8-10 not young adult, but it was good story. I don't know that I buy that there would be so little crime in such a place but whatever. I must have not really been paying attention because I didn't 'get' the point until almost the very end. I think a little more could have been done with the story because the bones were very good yet it ended rather abruptly, but then it wouldn't have been a children's book I guess if it went into a great amount of detail about heavier things. - 6/10 21. Lolita - Well written and interesting. I found the way his opinions were so clearly reflected in his descriptions to be very unique. I've never read an author who did this more effectively. Thinking back on all he said about her, she seems like a twiggy little brat without any natural grace of character, yet his love for her is all consuming. It was perfectly voiced, but he was almost too logical for his lack of logic if that makes sense. But I guess smart people do stupid things all the time, and hindsight is more sensible. The shape of his guilt is rather sickening though. - 7/10 22. The Charioteer - This book was just too lovely. I cried at the end. I underlined all kinds of stuff. It was just one of those books where I was always saying, "Yes, it's exactly like that!" The only thing I could have wished was that it was a tad more descriptive, and maybe less timid in places. But it was just so completely lovely The love triangle was well setup and really exemplified Laurie's main weaknesses. It's a side of the war you don't really think about, and a side of that generation that you never hear about. Overall I was very impressed with it, and plan to pick up more of Renault's books.- 9/10 23. The Inheritance - Well, I read this book because I've seen the movie and I thought it was a cute sappy romantic movie and that the book was probably better and more detailed and exciting. It wasn't. The movie I think was actually better than the book in some ways. The book was like a sugar overload. She was only 17 when she wrote it though so I can understand it to a degree, but whew, it really needed some balance. It was almost like it was written as a penance to be given to a priest in order to show how the 'righteous will overcome' It was blessedly short at least. - 5/10
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