tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post152605908166737769..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: Books That Shaped AmericaBybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-46074104299563127802013-01-18T19:50:51.511-08:002013-01-18T19:50:51.511-08:00Hi Bybee! I confess I'm most fascinated by the...Hi Bybee! I confess I'm most fascinated by the titles where we disagree... <br /><br />Your comments on Ayn Rand and Zane Grey made me bust up laughing. The annotations are most Blue-Hearted, thank goodness. Unruly Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497236563247359759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-46435088863563277122013-01-17T11:09:38.033-08:002013-01-17T11:09:38.033-08:00What an incredible list! I'm so glad you share...What an incredible list! I'm so glad you shared this. Now I want to read them all. Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-69040127690141738332013-01-08T18:51:11.854-08:002013-01-08T18:51:11.854-08:00The Dale Carnegie book is mentioned in my current ...The Dale Carnegie book is mentioned in my current read (Quiet). I'm holding Carnegie personally responsible for the rise in the importance of Personality and being an extrovert (the author gives him a lot of blame, too). So he's on my shit list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-78873701458816716222013-01-08T15:26:48.334-08:002013-01-08T15:26:48.334-08:00Our Bodies, Our Selves. I remember being really, r...Our Bodies, Our Selves. I remember being really, really squicked out by this book.<br /><br />Poor William James! Less prose-y than his brother, at least. Carrie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585975894624687972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-39883206454843154902013-01-08T14:39:35.564-08:002013-01-08T14:39:35.564-08:00Great list! Please do read And the Band Played On...Great list! Please do read And the Band Played On. I just recently checked it out of the library for a reread. It's a riveting account of how the AIDs epidemic began and was ignored. A brilliant book that I hope you will like too!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-74861869527273341732013-01-08T07:15:28.479-08:002013-01-08T07:15:28.479-08:00Love Jack London, too. Your assessment of Cat in t...Love Jack London, too. Your assessment of Cat in the Hat made me laugh. When me kid was younger, she just giggled at it. Now that she's older she always points out to me all the things the cat does wrong, and especially that the kids let him in the house at all! I never made much headway with Catch-22 either. I've tried twice. Love Catcher in the Rye. You really should try Farenheit 451 again, it's great. I read the Feminine Mystique once, but don't think I ever will again. Lots of food for thought there, though. I prefer the Runaway Bunny, too, although Goodnight Moon is one of my toddler's current favorites. I couldn't read In Cold Blood. Just couldn't. The Jungle enthralled and horrified me. I never read Red Badge of Courage yet but my sister tells me it's good. Silent Spring is great, but some of the incidents she described still give me the shivers to think about. Babies playing on the floor after cleaners were used, dead the next day. Along with the family dog. My dad loves Faulkner, but I can't make head or tails of his writing. Get so lost. Stranger in a Strange Land was a tough one. I don't think I'll read that again. I loved Tree Grows in Brooklyn but don't recall that bit of advice. And I've read it three or four times. You make me want to read it once again just to search for that line! Some of the Oz sequels were fun, but none as good as the first. I read about half a dozen of them. <br /><br />Don't know why I felt compelled to respond so to this list, and I didn't even remark on half the books I've read, but that was fun!Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.com