Category Archives: AP English – 18 Years Later

Finally halfway through…. Thoughts on parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Anna Karenin(a). (by Jill)

Posted on May 27, 2013 by badkitty1016

So here is the primary problem with nineteenth century Russian novelists: they do tend to go on.  Back then people didn’t have quite as many things to do besides ride around in sledges and engage in extramarital affairs and read … Continue reading →

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It’s time to talk about April’s AP English Challenge: Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenin(a). Pre-reading thoughts by Jill

Posted on April 9, 2013 by badkitty1016

Anna Karenin(a) had been the summer reading book for AP English at SI since time immemorial, or at least since 1990, when June of 1993 rolled around and I finally got to read it.  AP English had been this dream … Continue reading →

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In which Jill catches up on the AP English Challenge: final thoughts on Dickens’ Great Expectations

Posted on April 5, 2013 by badkitty1016

I broke with custom in my rereading of Great Expectations and didn’t do a pre-reading post.  Not because I didn’t want to.  I just started reading and forgot to stop and write something and all of a sudden I was … Continue reading →

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On a day that looks more like February than April, I finally finish up February’s AP Challenge: final thoughts on King Lear (by Jill)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by badkitty1016

Shakespeare has never been an easy thing for me to write about, not ever.  I once fell asleep on my computer keyboard trying to write a paper about Shakespeare.  Or maybe that was Faulkner.  Let’s say it was Shakespeare.  It’s … Continue reading →

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I Liked January So Much I Made It Last Through March: Finally Some Final Thoughts on The Portrait of a Lady (by Bethany)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by lfpbe

I finished The Portrait of a Lady on Tuesday, and when I did it occurred to me that I never really thought I would finish it at all. All this verbiage about the AP English challenge aside, there is a … Continue reading →

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Final Thoughts on The Portrait of a Lady (by Jill)

Posted on March 22, 2013 by badkitty1016

I finished The Portrait of a Lady a few weeks ago, and I honestly don’t know what I’ve been doing since mid-February because it obviously hasn’t been writing blog posts.  Let’s just say that the first ten weeks of 2013 … Continue reading →

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Pre-Reading Notes on King Lear (by Bethany)

Posted on February 25, 2013 by lfpbe

We’ve already told you about the time the human cruelty in Light in August made Fr. Murphy throw up. Now I’m going to tell you about the time Fr. Murphy got angry because the human cruelty in King Lear DIDN’T … Continue reading →

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Pre-Reading Thoughts on Shakespeare’s King Lear, February’s AP English Challenge. Yes, I’m posting this before finishing my The Portrait of a Lady review. (by Jill)

Posted on February 23, 2013 by badkitty1016

I read King Lear once in college and I actually remember the gist of the plot and the names of many of the characters, which is more than I can say about the first Shakespeare play we read for the … Continue reading →

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Finished!

Posted on February 11, 2013 by badkitty1016

I finished The Portrait of a Lady a few days ago and would really love to be working on my final post. But, you see, my cat Maxwell is busy using it as a pillow. So I can’t because we … Continue reading →

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The A.P. English Challenge Eats Crow: Thoughts on Part I of The Portrait of a Lady (by Bethany)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by lfpbe

Every so often it is necessary to admit that the grownups are right. I don’t want to, of course. I would much rather live in a Roald Dahl novel, where grownups are a dysfunctional bunch of lying, swearing pinheads and … Continue reading →

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