tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post8205734652156679868..comments2023-10-30T06:24:49.560-06:00Comments on The Happy Geek: Not Yet Readhappygeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554736584093276751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post-30309361100673738652009-07-15T21:07:44.431-06:002009-07-15T21:07:44.431-06:00I love your list! War and Peace is one of my all-t...I love your list! War and Peace is one of my all-time favorites. I also loved I Know This Much is True and I liked The Hitchhiker's Guide and Wuthering Heights. Honestly, I hated Uncle Tom's Cabin. I read it in college, and despite its historical significance I thought it was a dreadful novel. I'll be interested to see what you think. :)<br /><br />I posted my list here -- http://starkravingbibliophile.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-pile-of-unread-books.htmlStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932060902413958983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post-60931823508976111422009-07-04T07:49:36.178-06:002009-07-04T07:49:36.178-06:00Love some of the choices on your list, some of the...Love some of the choices on your list, some of them, aren't great reading back to back, you'll be friggin depressed all summer!!!<br /><br /><br />PS. I Always read, don't always comment, that would require moving more than my mouse and well, I'm lazy!Tezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04914477611902687408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post-15036233475832445552009-07-04T07:11:03.994-06:002009-07-04T07:11:03.994-06:00Funny, I was just saying how I want to read Uncle ...Funny, I was just saying how I want to read Uncle Tom's Cabin. My mom recently read it and said it was really good.<br /><br />I can't read CS Lewis. I am ashamed to admit it, but I can't. His writing style - my mind wanders. <br /><br />Thank you for the heads up in my comments!Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264845015930907294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post-65942770048510112192009-07-03T22:38:02.178-06:002009-07-03T22:38:02.178-06:00Some of those are on my list, too. Let me know if ...Some of those are on my list, too. Let me know if you get through them. Any of them. It is hard to read those classics, when escapism helps to defray the frenzy of preschoolers...JCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582581376724478366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post-82470192235942307922009-07-03T12:02:42.449-06:002009-07-03T12:02:42.449-06:00And for a short hermeneutics book - maybe one of R...And for a short hermeneutics book - maybe one of Robert Alter's? It's been so long since I read them, I don't even remember if I liked them. But they are short and respected and should not be too difficult for someone who has already studied literature. The Art of Biblical Narrative and The Art of Biblical Poetry are their names.Sharon L. Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387774344892567897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post-33765688531779999622009-07-03T11:59:56.558-06:002009-07-03T11:59:56.558-06:00From a purely literary standpoint, Screwtape Lette...From a purely literary standpoint, Screwtape Letters is better than Mere Christianity.<br /><br />Uncle Tom's Cabin, though worth an eventual read, is maudlin and a little forced. I would put it at the bottom of the list.<br /><br />I loved Wuthering Heights, but no woman of sense can love that book IF she believes the idiots around her who think it is a love story. Heathcliff is the VILLAIN.Sharon L. Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387774344892567897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095061043716694119.post-35250092750785024792009-07-03T08:22:27.689-06:002009-07-03T08:22:27.689-06:00I don't know if I'll get booed out for thi...I don't know if I'll get booed out for this comment but I didn't find Mere Christianity as inspirational as people had been ranting and raving about for years.<br /><br />I found others more inspirational and encouraging to my walk.Knittinchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635576596828605090noreply@blogger.com