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Comment on Shmoint, Countershmoint: The Post Office – Thumbs Up? Thumbs Down? by masuda

masuda — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:50:22 +0000

cool

Comment on 8 Movie Adaptations that Were Actually Better than the Book by Bridie

Bridie — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:43:38 +0000

This is very debatable, every person I know who read the Twilight Series before seeing the film agrees that the books are an awful lot better than the very poor film series. Secondly, The Shawshank Redemption is my favourite ever film, but the novella is so much better than the movie.

Comment on Summer Reading List 2011 by Naomi

Naomi — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:08:45 +0000

Oh please Harry Potter FTW! The DaVinci Code is soo freshman year summer reading. I didn’t really like the writing. It was too “Please make this a movie and make more millions” (though I have nothing against the plot). And Harry Potter? Yes, they’re good reads but by now, everyone has read them and they’re really written for fourth graders to understand, just like the Twilight series.

I’m very happy that some of Ray Bradbury’s books made the list. I feel that he’s an author with a lot of insight. Might I add some other dystopia books to go along with Farenheit 451? Brave New World and 1984 are both very interesting reads if Farenheit 451 did suit your tastes.

Comment on 32 New Learning Guides. Just For You. by Anialla

Anialla — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:25:45 +0000

Grammar police: For all the lit guides, you write “Title, by Author” There’s no comma between title and “by;” the “by” serves as a separator between the title and author.

Comment on Awesomely Bad Facial Hair of the Civil War Era by HolyfudgemuffinsthisisHILARIOUS

HolyfudgemuffinsthisisHILARIOUS — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:39:15 +0000

…This goes with one of the GREATEST inside jokes EVER. And the best part? It was created on an educational trip. *dies lauging* THE COWARDLY LION IS COMPLETELY CORRECT.

Comment on The 25 Best Opening Lines in Western Literature by Preston

Preston — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:33:25 +0000

This list is very good, but this one might be my favorite:
“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and was is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”
-Alice in Wonderland

Comment on Awesomely Bad Facial Hair of the Civil War Era by abs

abs — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:22:58 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Comment on Summer Reading List 2011 by Chris Perez

Chris Perez — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:26:13 +0000

Lighten up Rosmari…if you read the introduction it was based off of popular vote. Which did you nominate or vote for? oh right, you were to busy insulting the intelligence of those who may not have picked something off of your list…hmmm…

Comment on Summer Reading List 2011 by Allison

Allison — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:08:53 +0000

You should add Beastly by Alex Flinn and Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood. They’re really good books and the movies starring Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, respectively are really good too.

Comment on Summer Reading List 2011 by Harry Potter FTW!

Harry Potter FTW! — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:56:59 +0000

This list fails. WHERE’S HARRY POTTER?! OR THE DAVINCI CODE?!

Ah well. Seriously though, guys, I’m disappointed :’(