Well, it was a reader submitted list. It makes you wonder who the readers are who submitted book titles.
Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
'Beneath You'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sumi - Sep 26, 2008 9:49:05 am PDT #7558 of 28404
Art Crawl!!!
Hil R. - Sep 26, 2008 9:25:53 pm PDT #7559 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Gone with the wind you have to read between age 13-and 15 to enjoy.
Heh. I first read it in sixth grade and loved it. I still go back and reread it every few years -- I don't love the same things that I loved then, but it's still a great story. Plus, I've now got the vocabulary to express exactly why I think Ashley's an idiot, whereas then, I mostly just got irritated without being able to explain why.
erikaj - Sep 26, 2008 10:49:12 pm PDT #7560 of 28404
Always Anti-fascist!
Hil is me, here. Although I don't really think Ashley and Scarlett were ever suited.
Hil R. - Sep 26, 2008 11:15:54 pm PDT #7561 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't think we were supposed to think Ashley and Scarlett were suited.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 27, 2008 3:12:52 am PDT #7562 of 28404
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think that GWTW is somewhat important to read or see, because Rhett/Scarlett/Ashley seems to be the basis for a lot of love triangles in modern TV. But I am overinvested in the teen soap genre.
Jessica - Sep 27, 2008 5:21:50 am PDT #7563 of 28404
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Rhett/Scarlett/Ashley seems to be the basis for a lot of love triangles in modern TV.
Hee! Joey Potter is no Scarlett O'Hara, but Dawson & Pacey map pretty much perfectly.
Fay - Sep 27, 2008 6:17:41 am PDT #7564 of 28404
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I tried to read Gone with the Wind but never got very far. I had the impression that the love triangle was a bit like the one in Wuthering Heights? But I may be off base there?
Sophia Brooks - Sep 27, 2008 7:27:24 am PDT #7565 of 28404
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
It is a bit like Wuthering Heights, but the Rhett (healthcliff) is more of a wastrel who we find out is secretly good than a good young man who turns rather nasty because of circumstances. Ashley/Linton maps pretty well though/
Typo Boy - Sep 27, 2008 7:53:50 am PDT #7566 of 28404
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I have to correct an error where I apparently accidentally got two drafts of the same paragraph so entangled they are practically having sex. I've spotted examples of this before in other people's writing. I'm curious: is it common enough error to have a formal name?
Strix - Sep 28, 2008 11:10:53 am PDT #7567 of 28404
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I've read 30 of the books on that list; I agree, it's pretty arbitrary.
I also agree with whoever said (sorry, am lazyyyyy) that Cat's Eye should be on that list. ITA, IMHO, that is one of the best books about girls ever written. It completely captures the twisted relationships girls develop and how plain AWFUL they can be towards each other. I loved it.
I have a deep Atwood love; my favorites are Cat's Eye, Alias Grace and The Robber Bride. I don't know why The Blind Assassin got so many raves and awards; it's fine, but IMO not as compelling as the others mentioned. And Oryx and Crake kinda leaves me cold. The Penelopeiad is fascinating, tho.
I think if I ever worked on my Ph.D in English lit, I might have an Atwood focus, I really do. She just is such a GOOD writer, and I love her dead-on wryness and descriptiveness.