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  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Farenheit 451

    I've been meaning to read this book for a long time. I always get sidetracked. :( Should I make room to read it? :? Absolutely, especially since its plot pertains ...

    Feb 27, 2010
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: V For Vendetta

    Yeah, anyone interested in graphic novels should probably read V for Vendetta. It's not perfect, but the core idea is just so enticing its totally worth it. You can't be ...

    Feb 27, 2010
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: (E&iC) Dictionary [Part One]

    Devil's advocate time! So before I start, just remember that I'm only reviewing this because it shows great potential, you are remarkably undull, and your writing is the only type ...

    Feb 3, 2010
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: (E&iC) Could it be more ridiculous?

    That was funny. Funny in a way where I didn't laugh, but if someone asked me (like you) if it was funny I would have paused in reflection for a ...

    Jan 26, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Prologue with nothing to follow

    Finally, a good prologue, I suppose, and nothing to follow? The universe teases me. It has a sort of stigma: you are constantly tugged forward to this seeming huge secret ...

    Jan 8, 2010
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Redwall by Brian Jacques

    I read a lot of those books when I was younger. It seems a little weird for you to be reading them in class, though. I guess they are sort ...

    Jan 4, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Short Story

    Hm... interesting, interesting. I'm confused, but interested. But first off, there are a few grammatical problems in this. First of all, whenever you have dialogue by a different person, you ...

    Dec 30, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The last act of the Black Widow.

    I hope I'm not as crazy as the MC when I write a novel. I mean, in a matter of seconds, she convinces herself of a lot, does she not? ...

    Dec 29, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Sommers' Crash

    I like this world. You do mean the soda coke... never mind. First of all, we have a little policy on this site that you should try to do 2-3 ...

    Dec 10, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The First Canto (tentative title)

    Have you read the Divine Comedy? I have a strong feeling you've read the divine comedy. A very strong feeling. Because, basically, this is the Divine Comedy. It has cantos. ...

    Dec 5, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Black Book

    'Brevity is the soul of wit,' eh? I think you are definitely channeling this. I'm not the best poet here (I despise poetry with a burning passion most days), but ...

    Dec 5, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Teddy bear in Ground Zero-edited version

    Okay, here we go. First off, you have a lot of problems with grammar and vocabulary, which can make this story somewhat hard to comprehend at times. But overall, this ...

    Dec 5, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: The Secret Chapel (Short Story)

    Ooh, competition. Better make this good. First off, your link to the picture is broken. It's definitely a difficult picture, but you've done well. The concept is sound- Wedding day ...

    Dec 5, 2009
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Has anyone read 'The Book Thief' by : Markus Zusak?

    It's an excellent, excellent book. Too long, and with a despicable ending, and very monotonous at times... but totally worth it. Zusak's other [known] book, I Am The Messenger, is ...

    Nov 30, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Mrs. Marx surrenders- soul piece

    Overall, I agree- good description. I might argue whether some of it actually means anything. Some lines sound, like Rena said, hard to grasp in a way that doesn't signify ...

    Nov 29, 2009


It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language
— Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey