Monday, November 23, 2015

Gotta Laugh


Oh the genius of Pearls Before Swine. Always good for a laugh

Happy Week, everybody
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  1. Annalisa CrawfordNovember 23, 2015 at 7:48 AM

    At school, I had to write 10k on Jane Eyre, Far From the Madding Crowd and, er... another one. I now hate each one of them with a passion!

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    1. JoanneNovember 23, 2015 at 9:17 AM

      this comic strip author often bashes "boring literature" - he must have been burned by a 10k paper too.

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  2. Alex J. CavanaughNovember 23, 2015 at 9:35 AM

    That is so true!!

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  3. ConnieNovember 23, 2015 at 9:48 AM

    Ha! Well, I'm sure there are many who see it that way. :D

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  4. Hilary Melton-ButcherNovember 23, 2015 at 11:49 AM

    Hi Joanne - the cartoonist is very clever .. what fun to read and see - great for NaNo month!! Cheers Hilary

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  5. Al PenwasserNovember 23, 2015 at 12:40 PM

    Well, then, I hope "It's An Adventure" isn't great literature.

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    1. JoanneNovember 24, 2015 at 10:45 AM

      I don't know why you didn't go for the great literature category

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  6. Al PenwasserNovember 23, 2015 at 12:41 PM

    Yeah, there's a real danger of that.

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  7. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comNovember 23, 2015 at 10:41 PM

    So much truth. They just validated me. I suppose I should be thankful my book has not been launched into the category of "great literature." I don't want it to bore.

    PS I enjoyed your delightful book and left a review. Sorry it took me so long.

    PPS Have a fabulous Thanksgiving, Joanne.

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    1. JoanneNovember 24, 2015 at 10:46 AM

      thanks much for reading my book - "not good literature" is an okay review - ha.

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  8. LizaNovember 24, 2015 at 6:13 AM

    Too funny. I still try to read some of those works of "great literature" I didn't get the first time round. Sometimes I do OK...others...just...not.

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    1. JoanneNovember 24, 2015 at 10:47 AM

      and back in school, the teachers went for so much symbolism and junk it took the fun away. I actually read "Middlemarch" recently and enjoyed it after a teensy bit of skimming.

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  9. John HoltonNovember 24, 2015 at 11:12 PM

    Pearls Before Swine is one of my favorite strips. I read them online when I remember to.

    10,000 words on Jane Eyre? That's like 40 pages... And see, that's why people hate the classics. Nothing against the story or the author, but English literature teachers ruin the experience by obsessing over minutiae that really has nothing to do with the story or the characters. I remember a discussion about why The Great Gatsby wore a pink suit. Because his purple one was at the cleaners! Geez...

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