'Shindig'
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."
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.
Hil is me, here. Although I don't really think Ashley and Scarlett were ever suited.
I don't think we were supposed to think Ashley and Scarlett were suited.
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.
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.
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?
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/
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?
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.
For anyone who might be looking for a copy of Misquoting Jesus, which connie neil and I have both talked about here, it's available as a bargain book at Barnes & Noble for $6 (I just picked up my copy yesterday).