DISQUS

jennifer · 2 years ago

Jandy,
Since you read and watch far more than me, I'll only comment on the two things I know about in this post. First, Rain Man-- I loved that movie when it came out so many years ago. I am glad you liked it, but it makes me feel old to think about when I saw it in the theater.

Second, Possession--yes, it's a good book. You are so good to look up the meanings of all the words you didn't know the meaning to. I take the contextual approach. If I can figure out the general plot without knowing the meaning to a certain word, then I just skim over it. I guess that's why you're an academic, and I am not.

Jandy · 2 years ago

Jennifer - I don't ALWAYS look up the words I don't know. If I can get the gist of the meaning from the context I usually don't look up an unknown word (unless it comes up a lot and just starts to bug me), but if I can't, I feel like I'm missing something and want to know what it is, because I don't like feeling left out. And I'm NOT an academic. I just fake it well. Sorta well. Sometimes. ;)