tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4060899402501677479..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The Wuthering Expectations Best Books of 2012, in a certain narrow senseAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-44226617525836882212013-01-04T20:57:33.198-06:002013-01-04T20:57:33.198-06:00Gee, thanks. A good new year to you, too.Gee, thanks. A good new year to you, too.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-72330546236627295392013-01-04T19:13:47.468-06:002013-01-04T19:13:47.468-06:00The nicest thing about reading this post is recall...The nicest thing about reading this post is recalling all the other terrific posts that made this one possible. It's an enormous pleasure reading your writing about your reading. To a very happy and productive new year!seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22850293354021609722013-01-02T22:12:58.937-06:002013-01-02T22:12:58.937-06:00Exactly, it is writing, with all that writing dema...Exactly, it is writing, with all that writing demands.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51501939981880656212013-01-02T19:31:23.408-06:002013-01-02T19:31:23.408-06:00Your posts are always a reminder that writing abou...Your posts are always a reminder that writing about writing must be writing. Looking forward to reading this writing in 2013.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-35708203103390128662012-12-29T22:46:56.933-06:002012-12-29T22:46:56.933-06:00I am still on vacation but will say hello rather t...I am still on vacation but will say hello rather than catch up on other people's blogs, which in the past week have been too rich and may make me ill if read in too great a quantity.<br /><br />Hello! Happy New Year,soon! Thanks for all of the good wishes and nice words. I will address a point or two.<br /><br />Tom - Why no Balzac? Records indicate that I have not read Balzac since 2010. As for Dickens, I am not sure that he digresses <i>enough</i>. You have read <i>Tristram Shandy</i>, right? That book has the proper ratio of digression to non-digression. Any move away from that ratio is an artistic failing, and likely an act of artistic cowardice.<br /><br /><i>Little Women</i> is not exactly a favorite book of mine, but as Alex suggests, that ain't got nothin' to do with nothin'. She expressed the thought a little differently. The problem is <i>how</i> to read the book, and how to write about it.<br /><br />The basic angle is something like: What if I take <i>Little Women</i> seriously as a didactic novel?<br /><br />I should try to write something about Carroll. Maybe after I have read some of his later books.<br /><br />Lauren - I know what you mean! Do I ever. Just keep writing, hacking away, gripping the keyboard in anguish, banging your felt head on the piano keys while receiving encouragement from a frog puppet in a trench coat - however it is you write.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-57323347216316618702012-12-29T15:32:09.794-06:002012-12-29T15:32:09.794-06:00*grin* Glad I am not the only one who looks at som...*grin* Glad I am not the only one who looks at some books as excellent to 'play' with as a blogger as well as fun to read. :)Alex in Leedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581135303575274237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75802964484490397982012-12-27T11:38:22.732-06:002012-12-27T11:38:22.732-06:00Another year of wonderful and varied reading! And ...Another year of wonderful and varied reading! And thanks for all your thoughtful and interesting posts. It's been ages since I read Little Women and the details are nonexistent but I am looking forward to finding out what you think of it. Enjoy the holidays and happy New Year!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-27496677693752986262012-12-26T22:15:36.289-06:002012-12-26T22:15:36.289-06:00I miss writing about books. I mean, I still write ...I miss writing about books. I mean, I still write about books when I read one that really inspires me to give an opinion on my blog, but I miss writing about them in an academic style. I learned so much from breaking down texts, analyzing them, and regrouping them into a thesis with ideas and quotes to support those ideas. Everyone always thinks it's odd when I say I was an English major in college but have no desire to go into public school teaching. I just really like writing about books and poems and stories and articles and what have you. I'd love to get into a line of work someday where I'm writing about books and interviewing writers about their books. Whilst writing my own, of course. :)Lauren Michellehttp://hersilentmusings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38250424317055599282012-12-25T03:58:09.806-06:002012-12-25T03:58:09.806-06:00Happy holidays and thank you for a year of enterta...Happy holidays and thank you for a year of entertaining posts, as well as a reminder that I've never read Alice in Wonderland or Through the The Looking Glass.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23044917594145337022012-12-24T10:52:47.285-06:002012-12-24T10:52:47.285-06:00It sounds like you had a wonderful reading 2012 in...It sounds like you had a wonderful reading 2012 indeed! I'm looking forward to your <em>Little Women</em> thoughts comes January, as I've recently started myself and am already curious as to your angle. Hopefully I'll finish this one in time to post with you and Bellezza and anyone else participating. <br /><br />Happy holidays and I hope you have an excellent break!amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-64155056691755040032012-12-24T06:11:59.865-06:002012-12-24T06:11:59.865-06:00Little Women, not my favorite, which makes me all ...Little Women, not my favorite, which makes me all the more curious to read your angle. <br />Have a wonderful holiday and a very fine break - here's to 2013! Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-48378823172723751222012-12-23T14:26:15.406-06:002012-12-23T14:26:15.406-06:00Enjoy your much-deserved vacations. It's been ...Enjoy your much-deserved vacations. It's been a pleasure reading your blog all year!LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-79612476704785184312012-12-22T02:11:15.497-06:002012-12-22T02:11:15.497-06:00An amusing post indeed! Robert Bolano left me abs...An amusing post indeed! Robert Bolano left me absolutely cold. Henry James likewise. But I agree with you about the French trio you mention but why no Balzac? (Lost Illusions is an all time favourite of mine).<br /><br />I can't read Dickens these days - he digresses and rambles too much for me.<br /><br />Have a wonderful Christmas and thanks for your visits to my blog over the last year Tom Cunliffehttp://www.acommonreader.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42780966573277259952012-12-22T01:38:46.360-06:002012-12-22T01:38:46.360-06:00Every time a bell rings, an angle gets its wings. ...Every time a bell rings, an angle gets its wings. <br /><br />You claim to doubt it, but <i>Wuthering Expectations</i> had a great year in 2012.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33745952351987401092012-12-21T23:07:28.807-06:002012-12-21T23:07:28.807-06:00Angles, it's all about the angles.
Happy holi...Angles, it's all about the angles.<br /><br />Happy holidays to you, too!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-38117797508309315362012-12-21T20:11:45.333-06:002012-12-21T20:11:45.333-06:00Happy holidays! I suppose Christmas break = readin...Happy holidays! I suppose Christmas break = reading time across centuries still. Looking forward to the angles your new reading year will spotlight on.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.com