Diana's Updates en-US Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:59:36 -0700 60 Diana's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Comment289380816 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:59:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Diana commented on Michelle's review of The Picture of Dorian gray]]> /review/show/7328745065 Michelle's review of The Picture of Dorian gray
by Oscar Wilde

I remember having a similar thought about the monologues the first time I read it too. ]]>
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The Picture of Dorian gray by Oscar Wilde
"I've had this book on my TBR for a long time. I am glad I finally read it. I've long been an Oscar Wilde fan. I was in his play, The Importance of Being Earnest in high school.

Dorian Gray is a good novel. It raises questions about narcissism, morality, even the association of ugliness with aging (and with evil), and the old being less than. It also has one of my favorite quotes, "The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame." So true.

The only problem I had, and it's a minor one, were the long passage describing Dorian's interests, his fleeting passions, and Lord Henry's various monologues. Yet there's no denying that this is an excellent novel of Gothic fiction.

I have seen two film adaptations of Dorian Gray. The 1945 and 2009 films. Both of them changed the story and I have to say I much preferred the book. Not really a surprise though, right? "
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ReadStatus9295820324 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:19:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Diana marked as tbr-own 'Under the Same Stars']]> /review/show/5544756592 Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray Diana marked as tbr-own Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
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UserStatus1043049729 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:22:48 -0700 <![CDATA[ Diana is on page 128 of 576 of He's Got Rhythm ]]> He's Got Rhythm by Cynthia Brideson Diana is on page 128 of 576 of <a href="/book/show/31951931-he-s-got-rhythm">He's Got Rhythm</a>.
Diana wrote: These two spent a lot of time looking at budgeting and box office charts and they want you to know it. ]]>
ReadStatus9287038035 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:06:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Diana wants to read 'An African American and Latinx History of the United States']]> /review/show/7473583498 An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz Diana wants to read An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
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1984 by George Orwell
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ReadStatus9271236938 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:22:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Diana wants to read 'A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18']]> /review/show/7462615994 A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War by Joseph Loconte Diana wants to read A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 by Joseph Loconte
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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
"They say there are two sides to every story, but if even half of this is accurate then there are many people who deserve goal time for their parts in manipulating and condemning this woman to a life of fear and loneliness.

I felt sickened with rage reading Britney’s story"
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ReadStatus9260289692 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:12:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Diana started reading '1984']]> /review/show/1769374891 1984 by George Orwell Diana started reading 1984 by George Orwell
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