Tuesday is New Release Time

[jennythereader]

Body: I feel... off somehow, but I can't put my finger on any one thing that's wrong.

Book Review: I finally finished The Scarlet Letter. If you had asked me to rate it when I first read it as a high school junior I would have given it a 0 out of 10. After this reading I think I'd go a little higher. Maybe a 3 out of 10. I still don't like it, and will probably never read it again, but I can see its virtues after this reading.

Reading: I started Utopia: Thomas More last night, but only got through the introduction before I ran out of awake.

Hearing: The Commonwealth Club of California

Etsy find: Steampunk Owl pin

Project Follow-up: Food was bought and then vegging happened.

Tonight's Project: A walk at the mall, then home and some dinner and Sims.

Edit: I changed the book rating to the same number system I've used in other posts.

Comments

[lamiagirl.livejournal.com]

I've taught the Scarlet Letter. All of Hawthorne is really heavy on the symbolism but I really feel that it is way over the top in the Scarlet Letter. I think it would be a more readable book if he didn't feel the need to thump you over the head with his message so often. However, it is a good book to teach high school students who sometimes need thumping over the head to get ideas and see how different concepts in literature work.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

So English teachers use it as a symbolism-with-training wheels book? That makes way too much sense.