Basically everyone should go watch Avatar: The Lasts Airbender right now. You won't regret it.

I love that short story. I mention this further below, but if we are looking at literary allusions, to me Cabin is closer in structure and spirit to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Characters trapped in a narrative they can't escape. But Cabin is more hopeful because the characters do escape and fight back.

I agree that scene is a good encapsulation of the entire movie, but is it really comedy? It is "funny", on one level, but it is also really, really disturbing. Here is a real person, who has no idea what is happening, who did not sign up for this, being brutally murdered as another group of people celebrate. And I…

See I've had the exact opposite reaction. The first time with all of the twists of the third act I was giddy and found it incredibly fun. On rewatch I came to appreciate the characters and the acting. The college kids seem more like real people because you aren't caught up in figuring out the plot. What happens to…

Oh, but we love the random nature of Hotel cable Law & Order roulette. We don't have cable at home, and even though we could stream Law & Order on Netflix, the only time we seem to watch it is in a hotel room. It's become one of our little travel rituals.

This article is now one of my favorite things. Also finding Law and Order in the hotel room is one of me and my husband's favorite travel activities, though it is definitely getting more difficult to find. Stupid CSI.

I actually hated the first chapter when I read Cloud Atlas, almost stopped reading it. I'm glad I didn't because the amazing thing about this book is when that story line came back around again, it ended up being my favorite. From hate to love in 500 pages.

I loved Moby-Dick, really didn't expect to, but it's so funny! and strange (let's make it a play in the middle)! and, yes, a beautiful romance between a man and his cannibal/horribly-racist-stereotype-who-is-also-awesome.

I've gone a Pratchett binge the last couple of months. I'd never read any of the Witches' books so started in order with Equal Rites and am just finishing with Lords and Ladies.

Interesting! Yes definitely did not get a lot of good history or anthropology in school. Or at least the history was so removed from actual people that it never really made an impact. Reading Invisible Man made me experience racism and prejudice in a way I never could have imagined for myself.

Thanks Joshistory!

I religiously read the Wheel of Time series all the way through college until I couldn't take the bloat in Book 10. Should I finish it? Is it worth it? Do you have a suggestion on where to start up again?

Do you mind me asking how old you are? As someone who came of age and read Invisible Man right when the Internet was just becoming "a thing." I really did need Ellison to tell me that. I had no idea, because my experience was so limited at that point.

I think calling them trash is a bit much. Sure, they might not be your thing and are certainly not high literature, but they are enjoyable enough books with interesting narratives, ideas, or characters for me to keep reading.

As a white girl from the midwest (small town midwest to boot!), this book was absolutely eye-opening to me. Reading this and Catch 22 almost back to back for a high school lit class were actually a big part of making me who I am today.

I've missed the last couple of What are You Readings, so am itching to catch up with everyone.

Temeraire is a fun series, though it has some diminishing returns after the fifth novel (which was my favorite after the first one). I think it is worth it to read the first, but if you end up not really into it after that, it probably isn't worth it to go on. I'm not really into dragons either, but I do have cats and…

I was going to say the same thing Generic Poster. Really any McCarthy would probably work especially No Country, Blood Meridian or Outer Dark.

I'm the same way with non-fiction. My eyes glaze over after a certain point. The only non-fiction books that I burned through like they were novels was Ellis's Founding Brothers and Armstrong's A Short History of Myth. They are both quite a bit shorter than Adams.

How cool! I'm very curious how they will make that work. I'm an adaptation nerd so will definitely check it out.