tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post7482841612122395304..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: Pants on Fire!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-6307123110561812152009-10-04T09:39:24.826-07:002009-10-04T09:39:24.826-07:00I edited the post to clear up confusion -- thanks ...I edited the post to clear up confusion -- thanks to J.G.'s reaction! I eventually read these books, although there are plenty of others out there that I am iffy about. <br /><br />Bob -- I love French Lieutenant's Woman. It is one of only a handful of books that I have read twice. I think that was why I was so disappointed with The Magus, because I was hoping to be blown away.<br /><br /Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-15842184094062182122009-10-02T19:51:05.930-07:002009-10-02T19:51:05.930-07:00I read half of Great Expectations. I wish it had b...I read half of Great Expectations. I wish it had been half the length. Good story, so much word padding. <br /><br />Faulkner has been my most disliked writer since high school when we read some short stories and As I Lay Dying. Yuck. All the characters were the kind of people that make me disagree with the old saying "takes all kinds." We can do without ignorant, dirty, immoral scum.Tina Kubalahttp://tinakubala.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-6435447262621876792009-10-01T20:54:57.755-07:002009-10-01T20:54:57.755-07:00Actually, I liked The Magus. But Daniel Martin and...Actually, I liked The Magus. But Daniel Martin and The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Ebony Tower, all of which Fowles wrote later, are beautifully written and a lot easier to wade through. (Can you tell I'm a Fowles fan?)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13765688465211717384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-11060869949413049732009-10-01T16:24:59.915-07:002009-10-01T16:24:59.915-07:00Okay, you are making me laugh! You reviewed books ...Okay, you are making me laugh! <i>You reviewed books you didn't read???</i> You are too funny! <br /><br />I sometimes fudge about books related to work. Everyone assumes I have read everything ever written about the environment, which is neither true nor possible. So I occasionally just mumble (then furtively add it to the TBR list). I haven't actually lied about any books. Yet. <br /><J.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02806805528636359436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-46059704806792245262009-10-01T12:50:05.434-07:002009-10-01T12:50:05.434-07:00Yes, today's topic has made me realize there a...Yes, today's topic has made me realize there are probably several books I think I've read when maybe I'm only remembering the movie or the mini-series! Like A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol. I know I've suffered through - I mean <i>read</i> Great Expectations, though. I remember it vividly!jlshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268434704970729620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-17369354665942632682009-10-01T12:01:37.615-07:002009-10-01T12:01:37.615-07:00I had the same thing with Pride and Prejudice. I ...I had the same thing with Pride and Prejudice. I had seen so many movie and miniseries and re-worked versions that I knew the story by heart and honestly thought I had read the book ... until I couldn't find it on my shelves and realized that maybe I hadn't read it after all! I remedied that this year though so now I feel better about it.Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-4192083073654615462009-10-01T11:58:03.926-07:002009-10-01T11:58:03.926-07:00Lying about book reading is wrong, so I try to do ...Lying about book reading is wrong, so I try to do it as seldom as possible.<br /><br />MalcolmMalcolm R. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840134761199335243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-73458019320261970282009-10-01T09:37:34.740-07:002009-10-01T09:37:34.740-07:00I think this is a particularly interesting questio...I think this is a particularly interesting question. I like seeing what people 'fess up to. <br /><br />There are several books that, in retrospect, I wish I just lied about. My compulsive need to finish lists wouldn't allow me to do that, but, I mean, I really didn't need to torture myself with The Magus, for example, and I could have done without the eternal From Here to Eternity.Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-7203288340788931652009-10-01T09:04:31.478-07:002009-10-01T09:04:31.478-07:00I was just thinking a few minutes ago how much I w...I was just thinking a few minutes ago how much I want to reread The Sound and the Fury. I remember finding the Quentin section most confusing of all.<br /><br />What I remember most about Great Expectations is wanting to slap Pip for being so mean to Joe!SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-14657480456186595592009-10-01T08:31:21.842-07:002009-10-01T08:31:21.842-07:00I started reading Great Expectations out loud with...I started reading Great Expectations out loud with my mom and we never finished it. I read The Sound and the Fury in college and really got into, but I think I was helped by the fact that I took a class that was purely Faulkner.<br /><br />I say that I have finished Catch 22 but haven't. Not one of my favorites.Nicole (Linus's Blanket)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12473607646939202824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-25360512593757763882009-10-01T08:30:57.158-07:002009-10-01T08:30:57.158-07:00The Sound and The Fury I have read, Great Expectat...The Sound and The Fury I have read, Great Expectations I have not. But I have great expectations about reading Great Expectations! :-) (I crack me up. Ha!)<br /><br />LezlieLezliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747969193923246804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-56682310234115171432009-10-01T08:23:13.501-07:002009-10-01T08:23:13.501-07:00Well, I did in high school once, but I'm not p...Well, I did in high school once, but I'm not proud of it.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-3372431478457509392009-10-01T08:07:51.176-07:002009-10-01T08:07:51.176-07:00I remember Great Expectations. Here is mineI remember Great Expectations. <a href="http://web.me.com/bluestocking_bb/The_Bluestocking_Guide/Book_Reviews/Entries/2009/10/1_Would_You_Lie.html" rel="nofollow"> Here is mine</a>Brooke from The Bluestocking Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832634751075478091noreply@blogger.com