Welcome to readers.booksXYZ.com. We are currently building a new way to discuss and experience books. This beta forum is our first step. As we release features, we ask you to try them out and report your experiences to us.http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/index.phpThu, 17 May 2012 00:13:20 -0500 Phorum 5.2.11 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?5,27,107#msg-107 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?5,27,107#msg-107I admire the valuable information you offered in your article. Excellent submission very good post.Keep posting thumbs up.

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Effective study habits begin with setting time aside every day for studying. Try to set aside at least 2 hours a day, during a time when you can focus completely on studying. At the very least, this sets a practical routine, which will become necessary if you are seeking to receive an advanced degree. PhD students spend so much time studying that they usually give small study spaces at the university’s academic library.

Using the library brings us to our second point for effective learning methods, which is to use a quiet area free of distractions. All too often students cram in study time while watching television or eating, and this ruins their concentration. To have effective study habits, you must be able to concentrate on your schoolwork with minimal distractions.

Finally, students should engage in “active reading”. This means to take notes on what you are reading. Use a highlighter on the book, but don’t use the same color. Highlight new words with one color, and important points another color. This is particularly helpful for students who have difficultly learning by reading, as it lets the student actively engage with the text.

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Coach, coach outlet store,coach purses]]> Weston Bania LiteratureSat, 23 Jul 2011 03:15:18 -0500 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,101,101#msg-101 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,101,101#msg-101 kristin LiteratureWed, 31 Mar 2010 17:03:45 -0500 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?5,100,100#msg-100 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?5,100,100#msg-100notes.booksxyz.com] Does it remind you of Alice in Wonderland too or do I just have Alice on the brain?]]> kristin Central DiscussionThu, 11 Mar 2010 16:44:10 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?6,39,99#msg-99 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?6,39,99#msg-99 Fishhead2567 User FeedbackThu, 21 Jan 2010 16:27:38 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,98,98#msg-98 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,98,98#msg-98 kristin LiteratureThu, 21 Jan 2010 16:02:39 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,97#msg-97 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,97#msg-97Even though some of them are young adult they're still enjoyable, kind of one of my guilty pleasures. And the True Blood novels are much better than the HBO series in my opinion (I saw the first 6 or 8 episodes and wasn't very pleased with them - they were much more sexually graphic and suggestive than the novels and I didn't like the way they portrayed the main character Sookie Stackhouse as some kind of mentally impaired blond bimbo, and Bill was not very attractive in my opinion it seemed more of an excuse to show vampires and humans making out than anything else).
And The Host is awesome, I heard somewhere that she's either working on or thinking of doing a sequel, but that could have changed by now.]]> kristin Young AdultMon, 18 Jan 2010 13:58:55 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,96#msg-96 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,96#msg-96 kristin Science FictionMon, 18 Jan 2010 13:49:47 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,95#msg-95 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,95#msg-95Ender's Game? Good question. Ender comes out a winner in the end, and he did it with intelligence, not popularity or money or Dad's help. None of the boys is a winner in The Lord of the Flies. Also, if you like technology, the book explores the possibilities of advanced technology. The games are such fun to read. Orson Scott Card is able to describe the actions exquisitely. At least read the 1st 4 chapters to see if you might like it.

Fair warning: I've liked The Lord of the Flies each time I've read it.]]> jafortier Science FictionSun, 17 Jan 2010 18:49:28 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,94#msg-94 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,94#msg-94The Host but now I will. I can't give one good reason why I enjoyed the Twilight series, but I did. I find most adults can't defend that either.]]> jafortier Young AdultSun, 17 Jan 2010 18:36:58 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,93,93#msg-93 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,93,93#msg-93Crooked Little Vein. Something about it's irreverence, innuendos, wry humor, and wit just made me fall in love with it. (In fact I just lent it to one of my best friends to read). It's slightly satirical - hidden within it's depths is a touch of social commentary without the preachy-ness that sometimes happens in novels of that sort. It's also entertaining, and made me laugh every other page at least (I was afraid of reading it in public because I would erupt in maniacal chuckles, and all out guffaws - knee slapping and all, repeatedly while reading it).
One thing I'd want to point out to anyone thinking to pick up the novel, keep in mind that Ellis Warren is a graphic novelist - and that genre tends to be much more... well, graphic, than the mainstream material non-graphic novel readers are used to (just pick up a graphic novel and check out the bloody gore... not exactly PG).
Critics of the book claim that he uses some of this graphic/explicit material purely for shock value - that there's really no purpose other than to shock his readers into submission. But I think there's something deeper going on - I'm just not quite sure what yet (I'll have to wait until I get the novel back so I can re-read it with fresh eyes).
If you haven't read it, and are interesting in something out of the mainstream, aren't worried about being offended and aren't concerned about irreverence, than pick it up, read a few pages, and then buy it.
If you've read it I'd love to hear you're thoughts on it!!
Thanks!]]> kristin LiteratureMon, 11 Jan 2010 11:55:27 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,92#msg-92 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,92#msg-92 kristin Science FictionMon, 11 Jan 2010 11:40:27 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,91#msg-91 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,91#msg-91Hope I didn't ramble too much.]]> kristin Young AdultMon, 11 Jan 2010 11:37:57 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,71,90#msg-90 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,71,90#msg-90 jafortier LiteratureMon, 21 Dec 2009 18:28:08 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,66,89#msg-89 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,66,89#msg-89 jafortier LiteratureMon, 21 Dec 2009 18:22:48 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,88#msg-88 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?10,54,88#msg-88
I loved Ender's Game, especially seeing that the underdog can still come out on top.]]> jafortier Science FictionMon, 21 Dec 2009 18:00:09 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,64,87#msg-87 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,64,87#msg-87 jafortier Young AdultMon, 21 Dec 2009 17:55:58 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,86#msg-86 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?14,72,86#msg-86 jafortier Young AdultMon, 21 Dec 2009 17:53:44 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,84,85#msg-85 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,84,85#msg-85
The Fool, likewise, is both naive & wise. This is also true of the King's Fool: he is someone who has no power or wealth (ostensibly bad) but who can speak more freely-- and more objectively-- than those with power and wealth, precisely because he is not attached to these things. The scholastic, in his "knowledge" becomes inflexible, sclerotic. But the Fool, in his ignorance, remains curious & open minded.

Here there are the questions, Is happiness possessions, and wealth? or Is happiness a lack of possessions, and freedom from encumbrances?

To the peasants of medieval Europe, someone who did not know the monetary value of things would have been the subject of ridicule. But to the truly wise, and to the mystic, the same man would have been the subject of meditation. Certainly Hans seems to be the sort of person Jesus described in the Beatitudes.]]> Bibliophile LiteratureThu, 17 Dec 2009 16:50:39 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,84,84#msg-84 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,84,84#msg-84Just a thought. Let me know yours - :)]]> kristin LiteratureWed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:43 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,76,83#msg-83 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,76,83#msg-83here.

Chapter three coming soon!]]> kristin LiteratureWed, 09 Dec 2009 12:20:08 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,82,82#msg-82 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,82,82#msg-82 kristin LiteratureWed, 09 Dec 2009 12:17:55 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,16,81#msg-81 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,16,81#msg-81
So in the middle of all these rigid formalities and brutal injustices, Scout is wise-cracking her way through it all.

Certainly with this on book, Harper Lee strengthens that stereotype, and reinforces it in southern literature. A couple of years ago I read The Secret Life of Bees, and I was reminded of Mockingbird, partly because it captured some of that dark humor.

Although I'm not sure anyone does it quite as well as Lee does through Scout.]]> Pistache LiteratureFri, 04 Dec 2009 20:57:30 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,66,80#msg-80 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,66,80#msg-80
In addition, note the phrase, "It was in the eastern or blue chamber... " So the rooms run east to west. This suggests the path of the sun across the sky. In the monastic tradition (fertile ground for the Gothic style) the day was divided into 7 periods and 7 religious services, Matins, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, and Vespers (there was also an 8th service in the middle of the night, Vigil). Prime etc. refer to 3-hour portions of the day, giving 12 hours of daylight. In this approach, the blue room (ostensibly Matins upon rising before the dawn) does not seem to fit either, but the purple and violet certainly make sense as dawn and dusk, and of course black is the night of Vespers.

All of these, of course, point to the cycle of time, of the mandala. In literature and poetry they are all used interchangeably to suggest the cycle of life.

Traditionally, the seasons are four. Dividing the year into 6 parts is a bit unusual, but maybe using 7 rooms is meant to refer to all of these, the parts of the day, the stages of man, and the times of the year. So I suppose viewing the rooms as seasons is a new approach, but equally valid.]]> Pistache LiteratureFri, 04 Dec 2009 20:47:50 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,76,79#msg-79 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,76,79#msg-79
And of course, because we already know that Holmes is a master of deduction, we are able to giggle at poor Watson when he calls the article-- obviously written by Holmes, even before he claims it-- "twaddle."

Twaddle. Whataword.

It is great to rediscover Holmes after all these years.]]> booksxyz LiteratureThu, 03 Dec 2009 20:24:41 -0600 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,66,78#msg-78 http://readers.booksxyz.com/forums/read.php?11,66,78#msg-78
This is really interesting. The language does create an ominous, threatening tone. A question that occurs to me, is that because Poe chooses language that will do so? Or could it be that we associate mid/late 19th Century English with the Gothic and with ominous situations?

And the reason that this occurs to me-- and which will call on another of your disciplines-- is the idea of the minor key being ominous. We watch a movie, the music goes from major to minor, and we all start shifting in our seats.

But my grandmother was Lebanese, and she would sing in what (I think) was a minor key. And it seems to me somewhere that I read the minor key is associated with Arabic music. If so (and I may be completely wrong here), the early roots of modern polyphony date to the time of the Crusades, and the Venetian wars with the Turks. So is minor music inherently, "genetically" ominous? Or have we been trained to fear the 'other', the 'Boogie' man for so long, that his music warns us of approaching danger?

While I'm on this tear, let me add a couple of observations. I have a small background in art, and I am particularly interested in typography. Garamond is one of the most beautiful typestyles available. But as I look at it with a more critical eye, after looking carefully at more modern typefaces, I see a lot of inconsistencies in how different elements are treated: some spurs (serifs) are pointed, some are rounded; some are slanted, some orthogonal; some finial elements are straight, some are curved; etc. Which leads me to wonder, is Garamond inherently beautiful? Or is it an acquired, and an artificial beauty, something that we have all seen in old texts for so long, and we all associate it with important works, that we have attributed beauty to it, just as we have attributed tension to the minor key?

Finally, I wonder about the Gettysburg Address, and many such critical American documents. The GA is often referred to as poetry. But again, is the language that beautiful? Or is it that we have all had to memorize it since we were children, and that we all recognize it as part of the fabric of our collective consciousness?

If all this seems fanciful, I take you back to my grandmother. Grandmothers are often old, as was mine; she was hardly a beauty. But she was "attractive" to me, in that I moved toward her whenever I saw her for warmth and comfort.

So I guess that's where I'm going with all of this. I wonder if Poe choosing words that evoke horror? Or have we associated Poe with horror for so long, that the concept of horror, instead, evokes Poe's language?

Random thoughts.]]> booksxyz LiteratureThu, 03 Dec 2009 19:50:13 -0600