tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post5741839260636648412..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Overrated Classics MemeStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48583442466094501492008-07-13T23:38:00.000+01:002008-07-13T23:38:00.000+01:00I'm afraid my answers are going to be the least li...I'm afraid my answers are going to be the least like yours imaginable (I think I mess up your demographic as much as Colin). The best book we had to read was probably <B>Othello</B> – tightly plotted, powerful characters, and a villain who is not only eminently hissable, but is also strong and well-rounded.<BR/><BR/>The worst was undoubtedly <B>Emma</B>. I found it incredibly dull. There's practically no plot, and what gems of dialogue there <I>were</I> got entirely buried by filler. When Mrs. Weston gave birth I had to comb madly back through the previous chapters for the slightest hint that she was pregnant.<BR/><BR/>No opinion of CCM, having not read it. I quite enjoyed the first few chapters when I flicked through it, though...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303312993857949172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58234606465705130792008-07-13T10:56:00.000+01:002008-07-13T10:56:00.000+01:00The Heart of Darkness was my school horror, but I ...The Heart of Darkness was my school horror, but I was compensated by lovely, lovely Lark Rise, and Good Morning, Miss Dove, (can only remember the name Paton for the authorMary Cavanaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969833405395303943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-61008704130170035522008-07-12T22:37:00.000+01:002008-07-12T22:37:00.000+01:00Relieved to find someone else underwhelmed by The ...Relieved to find someone else underwhelmed by The Catcher in the Rye. It just passed me by with very little to linger on. Felt like I'd missed the point.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401356477073274808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-2295940495987163182008-07-12T17:55:00.000+01:002008-07-12T17:55:00.000+01:00I *did* love The Bell Jar, but in my defence I was...I *did* love The Bell Jar, but in my defence I was fifteen. Capt. Corelli? Yuck.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68222415357898661222008-07-12T15:54:00.000+01:002008-07-12T15:54:00.000+01:00I forgot to add - I didn't like The Bell Jar eithe...I forgot to add - I didn't like The Bell Jar either.BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-80335962451516072782008-07-12T15:53:00.000+01:002008-07-12T15:53:00.000+01:00My comment disappeared! It was something like I'm ...My comment disappeared! It was something like I'm so glad I'm not the only one to dislike Capt Correlli - I only read a few chapters and gave up - I thought it was just awful.<BR/><BR/>Hard Times is funny (in parts) - did Monty Python base their Four Yorkshire Men sketch on part of it - when they were lucky to live in a corridor - used to dream of it - going on to a shoebox and thena paperback!BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-46802878789926238322008-07-12T14:11:00.000+01:002008-07-12T14:11:00.000+01:00I can only assume you got your answers to question...I can only assume you got your answers to questions one and two the wrong way round.<BR/>Hard Times 'incredibly funny'? I must have read a different book of the same title. By the same author.<BR/>Sometimes I feel I mess up the demographic of this blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73196824879802590552008-07-12T09:42:00.000+01:002008-07-12T09:42:00.000+01:00I too was not overly impressed with CCM. Love this...I too was not overly impressed with CCM. Love this meme and am off to do it myself right now!harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-76934160592888165162008-07-12T09:34:00.000+01:002008-07-12T09:34:00.000+01:00Every charity shop you go into has a copy of Capta...Every charity shop you go into has a copy of Captain Corelli's flippin' Mandolin and personally - I think that speaks volumes! (No pun intended.)Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-85283206414722111032008-07-12T09:02:00.000+01:002008-07-12T09:02:00.000+01:00I am another that has struggled to read Captain Co...I am another that has struggled to read Captain Corelli's Mandolin. My bookmark has remained midway through the book for over a year.<BR/><BR/>SarahMrs of the Regimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13545808021114833824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10309133766060790232008-07-12T01:26:00.000+01:002008-07-12T01:26:00.000+01:00Oh, thank you *so* much for not liking Captain Cor...Oh, thank you *so* much for not liking Captain Corelli's Mandolin!!! I thought I was the only person in the world who didn't think it was wonderful. It is *such* a relief to hear someone openly describe it as 'trash literature'! <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I was 'forced' to read Ulysses as part of my degree and will be forever grateful that I was. I would never have read it otherwise, and I will probably never read it all the way through again. But I do dip into it from time to time and would certainly never wish to see it 'put to rest'.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.com