tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344081053488023713.post2064358967820670928..comments2023-09-20T20:26:45.765+12:00Comments on Scribbles: Literary Inspiration - Mark Twain on Jane AustenScribbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380089303451451752noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344081053488023713.post-86223534921751700832008-12-05T00:03:00.000+13:002008-12-05T00:03:00.000+13:00I just read The Lovely Bones after hearing everyon...I just read The Lovely Bones after hearing everyone rave about it. I thought the ending wasn't as good as it could have been, but then again, I wonder if Sebold did this to make us think a bit more about it all. It certainly wasn't as good as what I had expected it to be which was a bit dissappointing. When is the movie coming out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344081053488023713.post-57535458688500462742008-12-04T12:18:00.000+13:002008-12-04T12:18:00.000+13:00@Andrea - I haven't read Catch-22... now I have th...@Andrea - I haven't read Catch-22... now I have the perverse desire to read it and see whether it's really REALLY bad. <BR/>@Meri - I did two papers that involved literature from around the same period as those two novels so it's really expanded my reading of the classics.Scribbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380089303451451752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344081053488023713.post-70520627269800889802008-12-03T13:16:00.000+13:002008-12-03T13:16:00.000+13:00Wuthering Heights can not be blamed for Kate Bushe...Wuthering Heights can not be blamed for Kate Bushes voice (it's me i'm kathy, i've come home.....i'm so cold ... *continues singing) although i'll admit i adore them both....<BR/><BR/>I wanted to name my first boy Heathcliff (Husband disagreed *sigh)Luxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873772893809390623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344081053488023713.post-47093474258076826272008-12-03T13:14:00.000+13:002008-12-03T13:14:00.000+13:00I've never read any Dickens, so I can't be scandal...I've never read any Dickens, so I can't be scandalized. I really should get on that at some point though...I have a BA in English. And I haven't read Wuthering Heights <BR/>I dig Harry Potter, but I've always been interested in that genre, even as a child.<BR/>But whatever floats your boat.<BR/>I've read Catcher in the Rye, but it was so long ago. I don't remember disliking it, but I do remember wondering what all the fuss was about.<BR/><BR/>Here's a few books that I don't care for:<BR/>*"The Alchemist" - Paulo Coelho. First time I read this, it was ok. Second time, I really didn't care for it. I liked "Veronika Decides to Die" though.<BR/>*"Love in the Time of the Cholera". - Marquez. I didn't really get into it.<BR/>"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". - Dave Eggers. I didn't make it past 50 pages. And I normally finish a book once I've started it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344081053488023713.post-58542785475055276422008-12-03T12:55:00.000+13:002008-12-03T12:55:00.000+13:00I am absolutely with you on Harry Potter, The Love...I am absolutely with you on Harry Potter, The Lovely Bones and The Catcher in the Rye.<BR/><BR/>I would also add Catch 22. Uh-oh ... now I'm waiting for the villagers with torches and pitchforks ... :)Andrea Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304706719936895188noreply@blogger.com