tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post4797320489715386948..comments2024-03-19T04:45:21.345-04:00Comments on Janie Junebug Righting & Editing: UPDATE ON THE GREAT AMERICAN READJanie Junebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-18420366476463047032018-07-03T19:49:57.427-04:002018-07-03T19:49:57.427-04:00Lewis Carroll was from another universe, in the be...Lewis Carroll was from another universe, in the best of ways. I'm glad you read that fantastic adventure.<br /><br />Love.Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-75561490124450540582018-07-02T12:37:31.796-04:002018-07-02T12:37:31.796-04:00"Great Gatsby" is a super book. I wrote ..."Great Gatsby" is a super book. I wrote a paper on Fitzgerald, for which I read all of his books, (still have 'em, too!) and it's been so long since I read any of them, I don't even remember which was my favorite. Hmmm, might be time to open 'em up again. <br /><br />I must confess, however, I've never read all of "Moby Dick." I hated it, and it was the ONLY assigned book in high school I never completed. Luckily, I was a good enough student to fake my way through the report. Maybe I need to re-examine THAT book, too...Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-75819209636958142382018-07-01T16:44:40.556-04:002018-07-01T16:44:40.556-04:00I shouldn't have used "it" the way I...I shouldn't have used "it" the way I did because it appears to refer to the list. I'm disappointed in myself.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-58417593892848424402018-07-01T16:08:29.671-04:002018-07-01T16:08:29.671-04:00They only surveyed 7200 people to create the list ...They only surveyed 7200 people to create the list and it sold very well. A lot of people loved it. I've never read it, so I suppose I shouldn't criticize it but when Willy Dunne Wooters told me what it was about I said, No way.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-77607919990010555582018-06-26T15:06:43.747-04:002018-06-26T15:06:43.747-04:00How did a piece of trash like "Fifty Shades o...How did a piece of trash like "Fifty Shades of Grey" even get on the list?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-27031285800816530962018-06-26T08:06:55.572-04:002018-06-26T08:06:55.572-04:00Yes, I'd heard that before. I wonder why Anne ...Yes, I'd heard that before. I wonder why Anne is so popular in Japan.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-5161560062759021192018-06-26T08:06:19.590-04:002018-06-26T08:06:19.590-04:00I don't like a couple of the books on the list...I don't like a couple of the books on the list and only read them because it was required in high school. If I hadn't read them and started now, I'm sure I'd quite after 5 minutes.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-44673599820546806812018-06-26T08:05:06.976-04:002018-06-26T08:05:06.976-04:00I understand your comment. I feel the same way abo...I understand your comment. I feel the same way about movies.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-89779413153443234212018-06-26T08:04:33.297-04:002018-06-26T08:04:33.297-04:00I'm jealous. That's a place I've long ...I'm jealous. That's a place I've long wanted to visit.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-31189607225437582492018-06-25T22:45:12.990-04:002018-06-25T22:45:12.990-04:00Anne of Green Gables is very popular in Japan. Man...Anne of Green Gables is very popular in Japan. Many Japanese take trip and honeymoons to see the Island.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-72778487373958867312018-06-25T20:56:52.264-04:002018-06-25T20:56:52.264-04:00My comment didn't really make much sense, did ...My comment didn't really make much sense, did it? What I was thinking was that there were many books on the list that I will never read because I've tried them and they didn't grab me . . . I'm not saying everyone should do what I do, just that that's the way I approach my reading. I'm only in it for the serotonin :Djenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-54070591057197097102018-06-25T20:51:45.517-04:002018-06-25T20:51:45.517-04:00Life's too short to read anything that doesn&#...Life's too short to read anything that doesn't grab me by the end of the first chapter. That's my motto even though it's not in Latin :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-42564658796951715292018-06-25T17:59:46.460-04:002018-06-25T17:59:46.460-04:00I'm wearing a Green Gables t-shirt from PEI ev...I'm wearing a Green Gables t-shirt from PEI even as I type this.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-33147618855675518862018-06-25T17:37:38.135-04:002018-06-25T17:37:38.135-04:00I enjoy biographies and read them frequently.I enjoy biographies and read them frequently.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-56785290096244708542018-06-25T17:37:07.871-04:002018-06-25T17:37:07.871-04:00The book is even better than the movie.The book is even better than the movie.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-81874158364495738752018-06-25T17:36:41.932-04:002018-06-25T17:36:41.932-04:00That's one of the books I want to read.That's one of the books I want to read.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-44349796634226015912018-06-25T17:36:26.305-04:002018-06-25T17:36:26.305-04:00Hi Janie - I'm really bad at having read few o...Hi Janie - I'm really bad at having read few of the 'great books' - but I enjoyed reading about Lucy Maude Montogomery ... in Rubio's biography of her ... cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-65850331817756716042018-06-25T16:51:54.741-04:002018-06-25T16:51:54.741-04:00I'm ashamed to say I haven't read any of t...I'm ashamed to say I haven't read any of these books. I'm a non fiction fan, but I really enjoyed the film "The Color Purple" if that gets me any brownie points. :DLL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-10181705554284097962018-06-25T16:48:07.209-04:002018-06-25T16:48:07.209-04:00Ken Follett. They made a mini series but it could...Ken Follett. They made a mini series but it couldn't hold a candle to the book and they had to change quite a few things to compact it down. My dear friend, Ruby, told me how she fell into the book and lent it to me many years ago--and I was reading day and night, too. As huge as the book is, I didn't want it to end! :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-70346570219681341682018-06-25T16:36:05.068-04:002018-06-25T16:36:05.068-04:00 A Confederacy of Dunces. I have read it at least ... A Confederacy of Dunces. I have read it at least a dozen times and re-read chapters all the time. I have 3 copies of the book, a first edition that I never lend and 2 other copies that I loan on a regular basis. When they were in high school all three of my sons used COD as a free read book report when they were in American Lit classes. I love it and cringe every time I read that someone has optioned it for a movie and want to cast someone like Will Ferrell to play Ignatius,Anne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-14255868908284563362018-06-25T16:32:02.980-04:002018-06-25T16:32:02.980-04:00I analyzed the hell out of it in two classes and I...I analyzed the hell out of it in two classes and I still love it. I'll never forget my favorite professor reading parts of it aloud.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-87481707065541670842018-06-25T16:30:37.862-04:002018-06-25T16:30:37.862-04:00I've never read The Call of the Wild or And Th...I've never read The Call of the Wild or And Then There Were None, but I'd like to read them.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-90839500902519911782018-06-25T16:29:42.070-04:002018-06-25T16:29:42.070-04:00I don't think I've ever heard of Pillars o...I don't think I've ever heard of Pillars of the Earth. Who wrote it?Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-78677151119750273372018-06-25T16:29:05.005-04:002018-06-25T16:29:05.005-04:00The list has a lot of great books, along with a co...The list has a lot of great books, along with a couple that I didn't like and one that I won't read.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-19165498794897121622018-06-25T16:27:54.978-04:002018-06-25T16:27:54.978-04:00I usually like delving, but certain books? No. I w...I usually like delving, but certain books? No. I will not delve.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.com