So I noticed this is the first book thread in entertainment for what appears to be quite a while. ;8 So when WAS the last time you guys read a novel? Shame! Reading very important! :=:
So I read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balzac_and_the_Little_Chinese_Seamstress) as part of a series of related class assignments in "Asian Studies". It's about the Cultural Revolution in China, and it focuses around the story of two teenage boys who have been sent to a re-education farm village.
I can't reveal too much of the story, but they come to "acquire" some forbidden books (that's where Balzac comes into play) and they meet a girl who becomes part of a love triangle of sorts.
It's an excellent story that I just now got through reading. So go grab a Balzac!
OK, my class has an ongoing joke about "Balzac". You probably noticed it too. But ballsack jokes aside, this book is excellent, and now I feel like reading more novels. :tpg:
EDIT: And yes, I noticed that my description kind of sucks, but that's not because I couldn't say more, it's because I've got quite a few homework assignments to do and it's currently 2:30 in the morning. Just read the book, K?
Quote from: Animefan on March 02, 2009, 07:25:29 AM
So go grab a Balzac!
OK, my class has an ongoing joke about "Balzac". You probably noticed it too. But ballsack jokes aside,
gee i'd never see you of all people making a joke like this.
the last time I read a book was when I read Twilight =x
Quote from: NAMKCOR on March 02, 2009, 10:19:36 PM
the last time I read a book was when I read Twilight =x
I bet you only read that because Amber made you. :P
Anti-twilight thread now
Stephanie Meyer should go die with alanis morissette
Quote from: Bayard Zylos on March 02, 2009, 10:52:14 PM
Quote from: NAMKCOR on March 02, 2009, 10:19:36 PM
the last time I read a book was when I read Twilight =x
I bet you only read that because Amber made you. :P
I was curious about their quality as well. The heated debates seemed to blow things madly out of proportions, and after reading them, my suspicions were justified.
Sewing up ball sacks.
I just told all the balzac jokes at once. :V
Haha Balzac! Anyone get it?
BAL-ZAC?
HAHAHAH
oh god its so funny
sry ;-;