Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

I honestly hated reading until this year now I can’t stop!!! I didn’t read many books when I was younger.

That’s why I’m reading stuff all of you probably have already read

I’m kinda the opposite. Used to love reading as a kid but then stopped I think cause technology was/is more appealing. also school ruined it for me

 

[ShrekDawg]

OH, schools these days! Never more, Never more! oops wrong author

I read it!!! Lots actually. Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, etc. and/or watched the movies in class lol pretty sure we did Macbeth in middle school and we did Hamlet in college too so it must depend on the school and/or state we did Pride & Prejudice and Wuthering Heights too. Count of Monte Cristo, and some Charles Dickens too but I forget exactly which ones. I think the Christmas one for sure and then I think one more but idk. I HATED Wuthering Heights and Pride & Prejudice. So boring LOL but I actually really loved Count of Monte Cristo and Shakespeare. we read some other one too in like 11th grade I think? That was really good but I can’t remember what it’s called right now it was much more contemporary haha

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Anyone ever read Shakespeare??? Just wondering

I did, but decades ago. I was in a couple Shakespearean plays in college.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I remembered the name of the other book... A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. But apparently it’s one of those books that people either love or hate haha I liked it though.

 

[Folly's place]

I found Jane Austin as an adult, and love her books! Maybe wouldn't have enjoyed them when younger...
Mary

 

[ShrekDawg]

I found Jane Austin as an adult, and loves her books! Maybe wouldn't have enjoyed them when younger...
Mary

I might have to give her another shot! I was in high school and I’m also a super slow reader so it sucked for me but maybe now I’d like her haha

 

[MROO]

WHAT? Santa isn't a real person?

OF COURSE he's real! Isn't that what I just finished tellin' ya? Ain't NOBODY ever gonna convince me otherwise ... the buncha DOUBTERS!

 

[Folly's place]

Well, I can't type, and miss errors all the time when I do.
Her novels are a window into another time, but so very well done! Some of the movies are good too, as 'Sense and Sensibility'.
Mary

 

[rosemarythyme]

That has a whole new meaning around here. I have a year 'round creek I have to cross to get off the property and 3 times now, in less than 2 years, we've had 25 year, 50, and 100 year flooding and we have been stranded. The last time for 4 days and neighboring farms had barns and buildings washed completely away.

Ankle deep tranquil babbling creek went to a raging river at 12' deep. My bridge, driveway, and surrounding acres were deep under water. So now, when I hear that phrase, I cringe.

Wow, that's crazy!

The creek by my house flooded twice last winter, folks who've lived here a long time said they hadn't seen that happen in the last 40 years. My chicken run is only about 15' away and got flooded both times (and then drained out faster than the rest of the property, thanks deep litter). The second flood was bad enough that water was lapping at the house foundation, and flood water was shooting across the property into the stormwater pond, overflowing that, and then going across the rest of the acreage onto the main road and flooding that. We found stepping stones and railroad ties washed several hundred feet away from their starting location, and I ended up having to replace over 3 cu yard of gravel that got washed out as well.

 

[MROO]

I found Jane Austin as an adult, and love her books! Maybe wouldn't have enjoyed them when younger...
Mary

I just couldn't get "into" Gatsby in high school. I mean, I got it ... mental illness, trying to fit in an awkward world ... but I didn't fully "get it." When DS read it, I read it again, too - and it clicked - for both of us. I actually cried for the man. The tale is so "identifyingly" sad, especially when you know the author's own story along with it. Then DD read it for school ... and just looked at us all befuddled when we tried to discuss it with her. I told her to put it away and read it again when she's thirty. I hope she remembers!