tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7223033021475500021..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The Wuthering Expectations Best of 2009Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4107127315828837002009-12-26T02:45:50.230-06:002009-12-26T02:45:50.230-06:00I have now done a Part 3 of my best of 2009 Readin...I have now done a Part 3 of my best of 2009 Reading List Post-<br /><br /><a href="http://rereadinglives.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-favorite-reads-part-3.html" rel="nofollow">The Reading Life Best of 2009 Part 3</a>Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-72451163379852282792009-12-22T19:52:24.976-06:002009-12-22T19:52:24.976-06:00What a fun list! Always great to look back on a ye...What a fun list! Always great to look back on a year of reading.Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28459824046510075512009-12-21T21:02:46.617-06:002009-12-21T21:02:46.617-06:00A prurient reason is the best reason to finish A S...A prurient reason is <i>the best</i> reason to finish <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>. Did I mention that the novel is tiny? And the first half is all right? My suffering was not exactly extensive.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-67836147807229083242009-12-21T20:05:30.651-06:002009-12-21T20:05:30.651-06:00Ohhhhh . . . I'm coming back when I have time ...Ohhhhh . . . I'm coming back when I have time to savor. I do love a list!<br /><br />Although, I confess to a prurient interest in reading the Utah parts of the Sherlock Holmes book. In my day job, I spend quite a bit of time suing the LDS church, so I am always interested in historic contemporary commentary.Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70146266254812204672009-12-20T19:46:06.762-06:002009-12-20T19:46:06.762-06:00zhiv, Emily, mel - thanks for the encouragement. ...zhiv, Emily, mel - thanks for the encouragement. And Imani and horoki - thanks for the specific encouragement re: <i>Villette</i>. The problem there is that I can't write what I have in mind without doing the work - the work is essential. But, again, the encouragement is very helpful.<br /><br />Imani - in <i>Villette</i>, don't trust that narrator. I have no idea what Charlotte Brontë thought about anything, but look out for that slippery Lucy Snowe. <br /><br />I recently came across someone who dismissed <i>Silas Marner</i> as not just sentimental but cloying, and all I could think was, y'ain't reading it right, son.<br /><br />Biblibio - it was the sixth grade you, definitely. Now, Doyle would be a breeze, if you find that sort of thing interesting at all.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69103161226342720052009-12-20T14:52:16.278-06:002009-12-20T14:52:16.278-06:00I haven't read "Cranford", but I rea...I haven't read "Cranford", but I really liked both "Villette" and "Silas Marner" (though Eliot won the round because Eliot always wins for me, and "Villette" needs a built-in French/English dictionary...). I should really get around to reading something by Gaskell; this is getting a bit embarrassing...<br /><br />I tried reading Sherlock Holmes stories at the beginning of sixth grade (or maybe it was a novel? The first part of a "Complete collection" book either way...). It might be that I was too young to actually understand anything (my excuse for just about everything), but I couldn't even make it through thirty pages...Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5431006078783985262009-12-20T11:46:48.494-06:002009-12-20T11:46:48.494-06:00I, too, am eager to read what you have to say abou...I, too, am eager to read what you have to say about <i>Villette</i>, as you hinted at an interesting take of the anti-Catholicism; perhaps Bronte did not mean it as straightforwardly as I took it. I wouldn't mind a good excuse to re-read as I found it fairly wearying the first time. (And people think <i>Jane Eyre</i> has the melodrama...)<br /><br />But <i>Silas Marner</i>! The Best! So much better than <i>Adam Bede</i> -- I consider that one to be the red-headed step-child. I believe there's another Eliot I ought to try before I take on <i>Middlemarch</i>, just to heighten anticipation. Not <i>Mill on the Floss</i> (love!) but that other bit...<i>Scenes of a Clerical Life</i>.Imanihttp://imani.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-73807747873378560502009-12-19T00:53:10.319-06:002009-12-19T00:53:10.319-06:00You must write whatever you have in mind for Ville...You must write whatever you have in mind for Villette, even if you don't have time or inclination to elaborate. It's one of my all-time favorites.<br />And I want to add my bit of praise--since I found this blog it's consistently been fun and informative and has pointed me in a lot of promising directions. Thank you and keep up the great work!horokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09744766639668562587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-85111717100595434222009-12-18T18:07:32.882-06:002009-12-18T18:07:32.882-06:00What a cool way to do a best-of list! Best moment...What a cool way to do a best-of list! Best moments. I like it.Emilyhttp://www.eveningallafternoon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-14109176625013712782009-12-18T15:19:30.715-06:002009-12-18T15:19:30.715-06:00I was very happy to see you mention the Flaubert S...I was very happy to see you mention the Flaubert Story "The Simple Heart"-this and the other two works in "Three Tales" will radically alter the perception of Flaubert one has if you read only MB-I read Walden and The Scarlett letter a long time ago<br /><br />thanks for the very inspiring post-I will read Villete in the next month or soMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69207690692555108302009-12-18T13:32:14.330-06:002009-12-18T13:32:14.330-06:00Great post. Superb highlight reel. Admirable wor...Great post. Superb highlight reel. Admirable work all year long, presented with discrimination and panache, and now this fine conclusion.zhivhttp://zhiv.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com