tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post2501461119573854820..comments2023-10-18T09:32:02.914-05:00Comments on <b>a book with a view</b>: For All the Books I've Never Read...Teri Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03999534282021701036noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-29132220303950049592009-11-19T15:09:17.030-06:002009-11-19T15:09:17.030-06:00I meant to add that your blog is sooo wonderful
yo...I meant to add that your blog is sooo wonderful<br />you deserve the award twice! :)Always a momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666264649750762632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-26939994452456940612009-11-19T15:06:20.674-06:002009-11-19T15:06:20.674-06:00Hi, I have an award for you on my blog. See post
...Hi, I have an award for you on my blog. See post<br />"Blushing". Congrats!Always a momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666264649750762632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-30985047083088427882009-11-12T15:21:05.589-06:002009-11-12T15:21:05.589-06:00Thank you to everyone for your replies. There real...Thank you to everyone for your replies. There really are quite a few of us out there, aren't they? This is the first time I've been back on the computer, so I didn't get to reply to everybody. Sharyn -- I love the idea of the English teacher reading the opposite of the assignment. I'm all for rebels in the classroom, just not mine. HA.<br />Robyn -- I see you built your reputation on the work of others. Somehow the really smart kids always find a way to skip work the others slogged through!<br />Being Me has it right I think. Many of the classics we all should be familiar with for a common culture are may be too sophisticated for our young understanding. Though a lot of them can be enjoyed on their own level.<br />Always a Mom -- Thanks for your encouragement. I'm not sure I could make it through Purple. It's so tragic.<br />Thanks for sharing!Teri Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999534282021701036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-14000274361593869082009-11-11T14:56:23.882-06:002009-11-11T14:56:23.882-06:00Hi Teri K,
I have something for you on my blog. ...Hi Teri K, <br />I have something for you on my blog. Check my post<br />"My First Award". Congrats!.....I loved your "Books I only Pretended to read"....by the way!I have a few of those myself. "The Color Purple"<br />was one of mine....but of course I watched the movie years later and loved it. Wishing now I had read the book....guess I should. LOLAlways a momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666264649750762632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-22660507451477930762009-11-10T14:02:44.537-06:002009-11-10T14:02:44.537-06:00Happily, I was never required to read The Faerie Q...Happily, I was never required to read The Faerie Queen. Long form poetry gives me a headache. It also turns out I hate English Romantic Poetry. I know because in college I took English Romantic Poetry and Prose. I thought I'd get to study Jane Austen because of the dates. My bad.<br /><br />To both my grandfathers, both winners of the Purple heart in WWII and one a POW. To my father LtC. Steven James Powers (Ret.) and to my brother who won't let me name him online lest his helicopter go down in Iraq.Cara Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629469295992958988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-50531996571579148852009-11-10T01:00:31.782-06:002009-11-10T01:00:31.782-06:00I actually read the books BUT did not really get i...I actually read the books BUT did not really get into them. George Elliot's Mill on the Floss was oh so tough and Wuthering Heights so tragic..'Things Fall Apart' King Lear and let's see.. 'Walkabout'- why on earth they put us through so much tragedy .. I have no idea; the one I really enjoyed was Midsummer Nights Dream..<br />I think it takes maturity to appreciate some of those other titles .. Which I think I can now.<br />Interesting confession.<br />cheers<br />BMA Mother Alwayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13061214919572800420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-30744200221095304342009-11-09T07:18:35.330-06:002009-11-09T07:18:35.330-06:00Teri, no cliff notes for me. I'd read the begi...Teri, no cliff notes for me. I'd read the beginning, middle and end. Just skimming, of course! Then act like I'd read the book. Prance around like nobodies business. :) And take credit if I was the only one in the class that (supposedly) read it. "Why can't you all be more like Robyn? I can always count on her to read the books I choose." FOR SHAME ON ME! :)<br /><br />I did read Red Badge of Courage though. Even going so far as to enjoy it. I think because my dad loved it, which made me WANT to love it. <br /><br />Teri, when I decide who and what I want to write, I just start typing. And I write mostly picture books and MG, because those are the books that I love to read even now. And I want to help those kids have a love for reading books. With the age of computers and video games they don't have a chance to open a good book like we did. Right now I'm writing a YA mystery. It's very exciting to try and think up clues as I go. If you write mysteries, you might think about YA mystery. They need mysteries. They don't have many. They have a lot of fantasy. It sells, but that isn't what I write. Email me if you want to talk about it. robyn@robyncampbell.com<br /><br />BTW, I'm a longtime fan of your blog too. :)Robyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-45492850452624634952009-11-09T03:21:37.563-06:002009-11-09T03:21:37.563-06:00'... regarding me as an unusual specimen of fi...'... regarding me as an unusual specimen of fish,' love your description, it made me smile.<br /><br />There must be so many people who have not finished books but are unwilling to admit it because it is frowned upon. I myself always tell the truth. (wink)<br /><br />I studied English lit at university and I remember the lecturer telling my class to skip over the first seven chapters or Waverly by Sir Walter Scott. Being a maverick I read the first seven chapters ... then stopped - they were the best bits.<br /><br />Stephen Crane's book you talk of I have not read, and after reading your post will cross it off my list ... why waste time. though I have to say Stephen Crane's Maggie Girl Of The Streets is my favourite story of all time. There you have it.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments on my blog. I like yours too - will be following. :)Sharon McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568442958046594336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-73379022885778856562009-11-08T21:24:02.631-06:002009-11-08T21:24:02.631-06:00So entertaining! I, too, have books that I've ...So entertaining! I, too, have books that I've never finished: <i>A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court</i>, <i>Atlas Shrugged</i>, and <i>Anna Karenina</i>. I know I'll probably never pick up the first two again, but hoping to finish off the last one soon. <br /><br />Worse, though, is the list of books I have never read: <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i>, <i>The Red Badge of Courage</i>, <i>Moby Dick</i>, <i>1984</i>, and Jane Austen's novels. And other than <i>Great Expectations</i> and <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i>, I haven't read much Dickens either. Pretty sad for an English Lit major.<br /><br />However, I did get through <i>The Faerie Queen</i> in college! And <i>Paradise Lost</i> twice! I suppose that counts for something.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176254886383532172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-42465335048520662232009-11-08T20:37:27.208-06:002009-11-08T20:37:27.208-06:00Jill -- I forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS! That is a...Jill -- I forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS! That is a very big deal, and I'm glad your books are doing well.<br />BTW, the post was written a bit tongue in cheek. I'm sorry if I didn't convey that well.Teri Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999534282021701036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-4887994695076593172009-11-08T13:52:27.811-06:002009-11-08T13:52:27.811-06:00Jill -- I'd love to hear some of the books you...Jill -- I'd love to hear some of the books you skipped, and which ones you read later. Cliff notes weren't available in my tiny home town, so I just winged it. Fortunately I got enough out of the discussions to pass the tests.Teri Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999534282021701036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952225279447975447.post-15967159530730596622009-11-08T06:22:37.370-06:002009-11-08T06:22:37.370-06:00Oh, good grief! Yikes!
We all did that in high s...Oh, good grief! Yikes!<br /><br />We all did that in high school (to our eternal shame!!)<br /><br />I pretended that I'd read a bunch of boring books our teachers had in the high school curriculum. I even wrote essays on them (Cliff Notes and Coles Notes anyone?)<br /><br />The irony is that in receent years I have gone back and actually read some of what I'd skipped. In some cases I enjoyed the books, in others I was glad I'd skipped it the first time around :)<br /><br />Cheers, Jill<br />www.jilledmondson.com<br />"Blood and Groom" will be available in mid-November 2009!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152599507268946811noreply@blogger.com