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Sometimes I feel like the only one without some kind of affinity towards literature. Or maybe I'm always looking for too much in a book?
I just finished The Crying of Lot 49. And, it was good. I had read part of it, and I picked it up again to finish it because I was curious. But, on finishing it, all I can say is that I don't get it. What was the point? The back cover says that the main character "attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge," but I don't know what they're talking about. She went and got hooked into the idea of a long-standing worldwide conspiracy, met some really interesting people, some people died and some went crazy, and... I just don't know. Am I asking too much, wanting to get something out of a book? Because the book made itself out to be something I should profit from. If it had just said, "This is fun to read," I would be fine with it, because it was fun to read.
So maybe I'm just trying to be too deep. *shrug*
It was supposed to be really satirical too, and I missed that as well I guess.
Grumble.
I gave plasma today. I weighed in at 151, so I had to donate 850ml instead of 625 as normal - the cutoff is 150lbs. I felt very very dizzy and woozy after donating because it was more than usual. I saw the end of Tomb Raider, which I had seen before, and the beginning of Legally Blonde, which I hadn't, but now I want to. It actually was kind of cute and funny. Plus, it has a lot of pictures of Harvard Yard, which is a beautiful place that I miss.
On to Children of Dune.
I just finished The Crying of Lot 49. And, it was good. I had read part of it, and I picked it up again to finish it because I was curious. But, on finishing it, all I can say is that I don't get it. What was the point? The back cover says that the main character "attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge," but I don't know what they're talking about. She went and got hooked into the idea of a long-standing worldwide conspiracy, met some really interesting people, some people died and some went crazy, and... I just don't know. Am I asking too much, wanting to get something out of a book? Because the book made itself out to be something I should profit from. If it had just said, "This is fun to read," I would be fine with it, because it was fun to read.
So maybe I'm just trying to be too deep. *shrug*
It was supposed to be really satirical too, and I missed that as well I guess.
Grumble.
I gave plasma today. I weighed in at 151, so I had to donate 850ml instead of 625 as normal - the cutoff is 150lbs. I felt very very dizzy and woozy after donating because it was more than usual. I saw the end of Tomb Raider, which I had seen before, and the beginning of Legally Blonde, which I hadn't, but now I want to. It actually was kind of cute and funny. Plus, it has a lot of pictures of Harvard Yard, which is a beautiful place that I miss.
On to Children of Dune.