tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post8832375433278708890..comments2023-10-15T05:14:30.027-07:00Comments on worducopia: Weekly Geeks: The ClassicsAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745786643511417426noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-40068862682787873942009-01-29T21:19:00.000-08:002009-01-29T21:19:00.000-08:00I'd really love to read Cannery Row too, Ali!I'd really love to read <I>Cannery Row</I> too, Ali!Shanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303029261460733363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-10743385322831085602009-01-27T07:33:00.000-08:002009-01-27T07:33:00.000-08:00I'm with Claire on the Nancy Drew books. Could not...I'm with Claire on the Nancy Drew books. Could not live without them. But I also loved Lewis Carroll and as today is his birthday, I think I will read a little Alice today. Just because I want to as you say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-91466415829620299912009-01-26T05:26:00.000-08:002009-01-26T05:26:00.000-08:00"without a whole lot of appreciation for greatness..."without a whole lot of appreciation for greatness." Sound like your education was quite successful at training you for the workplace: "find out what they want and give it to them." ie, professors and bosses.<BR/><BR/>I actually was fascinated by symbolism and that all depended on how great the teacher was at explaining and discussing themes, etc. But that ended my jr. year in HS. I didn't have any lit classes ever again. sad, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-22932841888961413352009-01-25T23:09:00.000-08:002009-01-25T23:09:00.000-08:00Wow The Bobbsey Twins are that old! I loved them, ...Wow The Bobbsey Twins are that old! I loved them, too, but not nearly as I did Nancy Drew. :)<BR/><BR/>I totally agree with you.. I also don't read books because they're good for me but because they interest me. Good luck on David Copperfield.. I hope you love it.. I sure did. :)clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397226316253896335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-5549411459606843192009-01-25T18:02:00.000-08:002009-01-25T18:02:00.000-08:00Farmlane, I was surprised they were that old, too!...Farmlane, I was surprised they were that old, too! I would have guessed the 1940s. Maybe some of them are from that era--some of those series were long-lived.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Marie! So true, about Dickens--and Shakespeare, too. The pop culture of their time.<BR/><BR/>Nymeth, I feel the same way about Joyce. The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was torture for me to read. (Again: college)<BR/><BR/>BermudaOnion, I was worried about that with switching off between David Copperfield and contemporary fiction, but luckily it hasn't been a problem.<BR/><BR/>Andi, my experience exactly!<BR/><BR/>Amateur Reader, that's what I like about your blog. I love your most recent note on Emerson: <I>I seem to keep circling back to the journals, I think because they present a cogent, concise portrait of the true essence of Emerson. No, what nonsense. It's because they're easier.</I> I'm not planning to delve into Emerson this year, but you can bet if and when I do, I'll be going for his journals, thanks to you.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745786643511417426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-38357509410067976582009-01-25T16:35:00.000-08:002009-01-25T16:35:00.000-08:00One thing I'm trying to do at Wuthering Expectatio...One thing I'm trying to do at Wuthering Expectations is express the great pleasure I get from the books I read, and maybe to show that there are more and easier ways into these books than people realize. I mostly read older books, but at this point I don't think about Classics or non-Classics - I just want to read interesting books.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-47519227864489312802009-01-25T13:43:00.000-08:002009-01-25T13:43:00.000-08:00I haven't done my post yet, but I will say that I ...I haven't done my post yet, but I will say that I hated it when I was in school (work, as you said), but now I'm kinda starting to go back there again, do less analyzing, and just enjoy the stories for what they are. Most of the time that's where and when I feel the Greatness.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-38644409396121223262009-01-25T06:08:00.000-08:002009-01-25T06:08:00.000-08:00I do enjoy the classics, but sometimes it takes me...I do enjoy the classics, but sometimes it takes me a little while to get into the rhythm of the prose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-30097504503317822242009-01-25T04:44:00.000-08:002009-01-25T04:44:00.000-08:00I don't believe in reading a book because it's "go...I don't believe in reading a book because it's "good for me" either. So the classics I read are the ones I think I'll enjoy, the ones I think I'll take something from. Of course, I have to give an author a try to see if this will be the case or not, but if it isn't, I don't feel compelled to go back to them because of their classic status (Joyce, I'm looking at you).Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-57799308284304855232009-01-25T04:14:00.000-08:002009-01-25T04:14:00.000-08:00Granted, I'm a nerd and I love the "classics" but ...Granted, I'm a nerd and I love the "classics" but the thing is, so many of them are really good books. When Dickens was alive, he was a bestseller- one of those authors that regular people read- as were a lot of what are now considered "classic" writers. so anyway I hope you enjoy your foray into 'the classics'- a lot of it is really good stuff. :-)Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-65656313933876595142009-01-24T23:51:00.000-08:002009-01-24T23:51:00.000-08:00I didn't know the Bobsey Twins were that old - I l...I didn't know the Bobsey Twins were that old - I loved them as a child!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698068501004755678noreply@blogger.com