It's kind of gloomy today, rain coming down in sheets. The perfect time to curl up with a good book. In my case, today is the day I read Kafka's "Metamorphosis" for World Lit II. I go into it thinking I've heard of this but having no idea what the story will be about.
One of my favorite things to do on a day like this is to curl up with a book...any book, and a cup of hot chocolate. The world falls away and I enter the world of whatever I'm reading. It's a magical transportation to another land. I discovered reading in second grade. My teacher Mrs. Kurtz showed me the joy of the written word. She told us with books we could go anywhere, do anything, and be anyone. I've remembered the lessons she taught us all these years. She opened up a new world of posibilities for me. Thank you Mrs. Kurtz wherever you are.
My husband calls my desire for books 'feeding my addiction'...lol...thats what I do when I go to the library or to Barnes and Nobles (which in my opinion is the closest thing to heaven on earth). I think thats why I want to teach Literature so badly. I want to share the joy I feel about books with others and open up that world of possibilities for them. Some of my favorite modern authors are Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinline, and Jeffrey Deaver. I've discovered I really like Tolstoy, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. I can't wait to find out what Kafka is like, so I guess I'd better close this out for now and go read. I'll post more later after I'm done reading. TTFN Ladifrog
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ok so I read Metamorphosis and while the first sentence hooked me and I kept reading to see when the second transformation would take place, which never did, I'm a bit confused. I think i'm supposed to see symbolism in the story and while it wasn't a bad Sci/Fi story, I'm not getting the symbolism. Maybe I have to read it again.
This blog, like so many other things in my life, has taken on a life of it's own. This was started as a project for American Lit and well, I haven't blogged anything about that yet really. But, I guess blogging is writing and I love to write, so what the heck. I just hope I'm not boring you....lol
I like what you have done so far, Lori! In fact I was thinking of making something like this the first assignment---why I like to read, when I like to read, how my desire to read came about...something in that area. Keep blogging!
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