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alcesverdes) wrote2010-08-19 11:18 am
alcesverdes) wrote2010-08-19 11:18 am
Book Meme - Day 10
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Well, since I don't usually read books that I don't think are going to interest me one way or the other, I'll go with one I'd to read at the university:
Naufragios y comentarios
Written by Álver Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, this book tells the story of a shipwreck in Florida in the first half of the 16th Century, and the journey the author made from there to what today is the state of Sinaloa, México. That's a lot of territory to cover.
Naufragios has adventure, con men, mystery, legends, lots and lots of descriptions of the natural landscape, cannibalism (the Conquistadores eating each other) and it's based on a true story. The author was one of the two people who survived the ordeal. There's even a movie about it. I haven't seen it, but I do know that it ventures more into Fiction Land.
The reason I thought I wouldn't like it is that all the other texts in that class--which was the first texts written in America by Spaniards--were boring and long and arid and... bleh, since they were supposed to be accurate recounts of what the Conquistadores found. For one, they'd to be careful about what they said because of the Inquisition, and they applied their Western European world view in their texts so hard it wasn't funny. And we had to tell apart what they saw and what they thought they saw (Columbus calls a manatee a mermaid and there's a point in another text where an Amerindian pyramid is called a pagoda, for example.)
TL;DR: that class was too much history in my literary studies. :x
Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 – A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 – The best book you’ve read in the last 12 months
Day 04 – Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 – A book or series you hate
Day 06 – Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 – Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 – A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 – Best scene ever
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 – A book that disappointed you
Day 12 – A book or series of books you’ve watched more than five times
Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 – Your “comfort” book
Day 16 – Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?
Well, since I don't usually read books that I don't think are going to interest me one way or the other, I'll go with one I'd to read at the university:
Written by Álver Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, this book tells the story of a shipwreck in Florida in the first half of the 16th Century, and the journey the author made from there to what today is the state of Sinaloa, México. That's a lot of territory to cover.
Naufragios has adventure, con men, mystery, legends, lots and lots of descriptions of the natural landscape, cannibalism (the Conquistadores eating each other) and it's based on a true story. The author was one of the two people who survived the ordeal. There's even a movie about it. I haven't seen it, but I do know that it ventures more into Fiction Land.
The reason I thought I wouldn't like it is that all the other texts in that class--which was the first texts written in America by Spaniards--were boring and long and arid and... bleh, since they were supposed to be accurate recounts of what the Conquistadores found. For one, they'd to be careful about what they said because of the Inquisition, and they applied their Western European world view in their texts so hard it wasn't funny. And we had to tell apart what they saw and what they thought they saw (Columbus calls a manatee a mermaid and there's a point in another text where an Amerindian pyramid is called a pagoda, for example.)
TL;DR: that class was too much history in my literary studies. :x
Day 01 – A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 – A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 – The best book you’ve read in the last 12 months
Day 04 – Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 – A book or series you hate
Day 06 – Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 – Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 – A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 – Best scene ever
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 – A book that disappointed you
Day 12 – A book or series of books you’ve watched more than five times
Day 13 – Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 – Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 – Your “comfort” book
Day 16 – Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 – Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 – Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 – Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 – Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 – Most annoying character ever
Day 24 – Best quote from a novel
Day 25 – Any five books from your “to be read” stack
Day 26 – OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 – If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 – First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 – Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 – What book are you reading right now?