tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post7526322320893929480..comments2023-08-16T08:44:39.804-04:00Comments on Slash & Burn: By the bookAmanda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631269469790529611noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-76768615959951018812009-08-14T00:10:18.544-04:002009-08-14T00:10:18.544-04:00Sons & Lovers is the only book I have ever thr...<i>Sons & Lovers</i> is the only book I have ever thrown across the room. Gods, it felt good to do it, too! You were very wise to avoid it.<br /><br />There's always someone who hated having to read <i>Portait of the Artist...</i>. I <i>loved</i> that book. And <i>The Dead</i>, too. Have you seen the movie? Anjelica Huston stars, and Colm Meany is in it, too, if I remember right.Maia Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352482028469213261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-66333087318325025422009-08-13T09:09:27.968-04:002009-08-13T09:09:27.968-04:00George, I love the way you put that. *g*
Maia, I ...George, I love the way you put that. *g*<br /><br />Maia, I avoided that book in school, and now I'm glad I did! <br /><br />Louisa, I don't like Dickens. He was paid by the word, and it shows! I totally agree about Ethan Fromme. Ugh.<br /><br />Tam, did you finally get rid of the book? I think The Dead is the only Joyce I ever enjoyed.Keira Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847603963119665510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-13154643020271433992009-08-12T13:45:06.437-04:002009-08-12T13:45:06.437-04:00A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Jo...<i>A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man</i> by James Joyce. *gag* The only book in university that I never read. For about 10 years it sat on my bookshelf with the page turned over at page 17. I never got further, thank god for in class discussions I made it through the exam based on everyone else. I don't remember WHY I didn't like it, but as I said, I managed to read everything else I was assigned so it must have been something BAAAAAD.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-77308043134986831522009-08-12T10:02:24.222-04:002009-08-12T10:02:24.222-04:00Least favorite literary classic. Hmm. It's a t...Least favorite literary classic. Hmm. It's a toss-up between Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Both unrelentingly grim and unhappy, with protagonists you want to strangle with your bare hands.Louisa Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035634952904038638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-15932993720054801632009-08-11T22:02:25.410-04:002009-08-11T22:02:25.410-04:00Sons & Lovers by D.H. Lawrence. Made me want t...<i>Sons & Lovers</i> by D.H. Lawrence. Made me want to dig up his dead body and kick it repeatedly. The only nice thing I can say about that book is that it ended.Maia Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352482028469213261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205240430255489119.post-2155380615577443062009-08-11T20:46:23.088-04:002009-08-11T20:46:23.088-04:00I don't care much for any of Edgar Allen Poe&#...I don't care much for any of Edgar Allen Poe's stuff. His writing just bothers my sensibilities.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965966172331514161noreply@blogger.com