tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post3443152711993341915..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: A Whale Of A ConfessionBybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-48714876791778014622010-01-12T05:10:48.525-08:002010-01-12T05:10:48.525-08:00I read Moby Dick in high school. I remember I was ...I read Moby Dick in high school. I remember I was the first (and one of the few) to finish because I had such an awful head cold I wasn't able to take advantage of several glorious snow days we had and had nothing better to do. Truth was, I liked it, and read it again with my son three or four years back. He still seethes about it, although it's his own fault because I was certainly okay with him skipping a lot of the chapters.<br /><br />My theory is if the chapters on Ahab's obsession with one particular whale were separated from Ishmael's obession with anything to do with whales were separated, and people were left to read the whale essays nights when they were having difficulty sleeping, not as many people would hate the book.<br /><br />One of these days I want to read The Confidence-Man. I have a feeling it would tie in with my obsession with AS&J.<br /><br />The book I've never been able to read is House of the Seven Gables. I tried, decided the first day the old woman opened the store was never going to end, and returned it to the library unfinished.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-70973468615951510632010-01-10T04:53:39.448-08:002010-01-10T04:53:39.448-08:00I picked up a map of Melville's New Bedford ye...I picked up a map of Melville's New Bedford yesterday in honor of my possible attempt at Moby Dick. Tying books to personal places I can visit sometimes will reel me in. Best to both of us on this! I just had too many books to cram in by the end of the year to be willing to do this latest readalong. but it would be (and I'm loving all the ongoing posts on MB) to read this way.Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478474870247729611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-24496556522667855982010-01-09T12:43:13.672-08:002010-01-09T12:43:13.672-08:00You are so brave, LOL. But I completely understan...You are so brave, LOL. But I completely understand your need to do this...I've got several books that fall into this category for me and I fully intend to rectify the problem this year. :)Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873109350235219509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-85646659309698968992010-01-08T22:15:44.486-08:002010-01-08T22:15:44.486-08:00Oh, I'm impressed. I was once assigned to read...Oh, I'm impressed. I was once assigned to read excerpts and thought it might kill me. <br /><br />Then I read "Ahab's Wife" by Sena Jeter Naslund and loved it... and wondered if maybe "Moby Dick" wasn't so bad after all. <br /><br />I'll let you take the plunge for the rest of us, though. :)<br /><br />Watching from the shore --Unruly Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06269889689990923227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-2346169646351744082010-01-06T22:08:09.740-08:002010-01-06T22:08:09.740-08:00Infogoddess,
Thanks so much for the link!
Kathlee...Infogoddess,<br />Thanks so much for the link!<br /><br />Kathleen,<br />I know that it can't be worse than Pierre. Last night, I was looking at some articles about Pierre, and this book was Melville's way of flipping the bird at the reading public. So he flipped me off, eh? Well, I was right to break up with him and sulk for almost 25 years!<br /><br />Autodidact,<br />I'm hoping for the best; I truly am.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-64575781759226732972010-01-06T13:14:09.693-08:002010-01-06T13:14:09.693-08:00I've tried to read Moby Dick twice. It starts ...I've tried to read Moby Dick twice. It starts out so well and then your eyes start to roll back in your head and you want to die. You've seen my insanely long reading list- of all of Susan Wise Bauer's reading suggestions and Clifton Fadiman's the only two I left off my list is Moby Dick and Adolf Hitler's Mien Kampf.<br />But hey, maybe you'll like it, some people do. It's good to try things and make up your own mind.Unfocused Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607033921530491078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-44631070809793341552010-01-06T13:02:17.101-08:002010-01-06T13:02:17.101-08:00Good luck with Moby Dick. I've always shied a...Good luck with Moby Dick. I've always shied away from reading it...I was probably intimidated more than anything else! Eva's review got me thinking I might give it a try also! I look forward to hearing what you think of it.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-8428019566940324712010-01-06T11:34:24.833-08:002010-01-06T11:34:24.833-08:00I'm not sure if you are an NPR fan or not but ...I'm not sure if you are an NPR fan or not but on Studio 360 they recently did a show dealing with Moby Dick http://studio360.org/americanicons/episodes/2006/08/18fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969950888009692199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-1880550413535202482010-01-06T11:04:52.454-08:002010-01-06T11:04:52.454-08:00Eva,
Just started the book...I noticed that Melvil...Eva,<br />Just started the book...I noticed that Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to Hawthorne.<br /><br />Jenny,<br />I remember liking The Confidence-Man. It takes place on a riverboat, I think, which represents the world and if I remember correctly, the CM is supposed to be Satan.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-50825299987694924982010-01-06T06:30:17.824-08:002010-01-06T06:30:17.824-08:00How was Confidence Man? I've been wanting to ...How was Confidence Man? I've been wanting to read it but been nervous because of how much I hated Moby Dick. TWICE at university I had to read that book. I loved "Bartleby the Scrivener" though and just can't decide which represents the true Melville.Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-11720776203409290662010-01-06T05:01:09.784-08:002010-01-06T05:01:09.784-08:00I hope you enjoy Moby Dick! Otherwise I'm goin...I hope you enjoy Moby Dick! Otherwise I'm going to feel really bad, lol. I read House of Seven Gables last winter (I listened to it on audio actually), and I was surprised by how much I liked it. :) Still, in a choice between British and American classics, I come down heavily on the British side!<br /><br />And I have TOTALLY broken up with authors before!!!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com