Archive for June, 2010
We never received this item but have been charged for it. The expected delivery date has come and gone by one week now and still no book. Issue full credit for this purchase and we will get it from a more reliable source.
Peg Perego Si Travel
Title: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Pages: 214
Time spent on the “to read” shelf: 4 or 5 months I think.
Days spent reading it: 4 days.
Why I read it: The Catcher in the Rye is an American classic and very controversial. I honestly wanted to see what was so controversial. Also, it was one of those “classics” that I did not read while in high school. In researching about it later I read that in 1981 it was the most censored book in US high schools and the second most taught book in high schools. It was one of the 10 most challenged books in 2005, but it came off the list in 2006. Those are some fun facts for you.
Brief review:
This book frankly annoyed me. The writing has very repetitive and had many aggravating sayings in it. The word “really” is used almost as much as the curse words that are prevalent throughout the book (one reason it is often censored–I would guess that gd appears 2-3 times a page at minimum, sometimes significantly more). And I assure you, both appear more than they need to, I really mean it.
Holden Caulfield is the main character. He is the epitome of teenage angst. His world is utterly pessimistic. He sees only the bad in everything except his sister and his deceased younger brother. He is bright, but is failing out of school. He is obsessed with sex, but cannot develop a relationship with a girl. He is active and pursues all the pleasure trappings that a big city have, but has no defining meaning to his life.
The book covers three days between him being kicked out of school and his untimely return home. Holden is depressed, hates everyone, exaggerates EVERYTHING (annoyingly so), and seems to have few people skills. In short, he is the perfect anti-hero and irritating enough that I did not like him one bit while reading this book.
I suppose this book speaks to the hearts of some disaffected youth, but they would have to be interested in drudging through 200 pages of dribble in order to find the voic
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I like this mount. Easy to attach to my Garmin and very stable. I do wish i could use my suction cup mount that came with my gps.
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Over the years I’ve had several pedometers, always thinking each would be better than the last. Now my search is finally over. The Omron is great and ONLY regsiters my actual steps rather than others that have registered sitting and standing up, and any number of other non-stepping moves. I’m very happy because I can now get a much truer reading of my steps throughout the day. And I can either clip the Omron to my waistband or put it in my pocket and it’s equally as effective.
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Good for resumes, school/college, etc…it’s Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, what more can you say about it.
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This is truly a polarizing book. When you read it, you will either love it, or hate it. I have yet to meet anyone on middle grounds with it. A friend and I actually avoid talking about it because we disagree so much about it.
I enjoyed the book for the first chapter or so before repetition of the line “[x] depressed me” began to annoy me to no end. I simply could not like Holden, and this is not a book where you can dislike the main character but still enjoy the story.
Having read it for an assignment and then having to write an essay, I do appreciate the meaning behind the book. I appreciate and understand how we hate the characteristics in others that most reflect upon ourselves and how desperately one holds on to childhood. I simply could not enjoy the story as much as I liked the meaning behind it.
1GB DDR SODIMM 200
Very quick shipment of Catcher in the Rye. I had it shipped to my brother for a birthday present and I can’t wait for him to read it. The book was in excellent condition as well.
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I use this to work around the house. It keeps perfect time and does not seem to wear out.
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On my pevious gps I used the suction mount. It fell off when I wanted in on ond stuck when I wanted it off.With lthis –NO Problem. easy to move and solid in place.
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