tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post8291926867384124094..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: Book Meme Bonanza!Bybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-45550303439733055112008-07-13T23:03:00.000-07:002008-07-13T23:03:00.000-07:00Eva,I'm definitely a bookworm with issues.sfp,I kn...Eva,<BR/>I'm definitely a bookworm with issues.<BR/><BR/>sfp,<BR/>I knew it was that damn teacher! She even spoiled my introduction to Steinbeck via her unappetizing presentation of The Pearl. Luckily, I was already interested in him. <BR/><BR/>Jeane,<BR/>A Portrait of Jennie was also the 10th grade English teacher. <BR/><BR/>justareadingfool,<BR/>At our school, Caesar was 10th, Romeo and Juliet was 11th and Macbeth was 12th. <BR/><BR/>Carrie,<BR/>Yep, John's a wonderful force out there in the blogiverse.<BR/><BR/>LitFeline,<BR/>I'm probably not being fair to poor Jennie.<BR/><BR/>C.B.<BR/>I read Mockingbird twice during that 9th grade year, but haven't read it since. I'd like to go back and see how I encounter it as an adult.<BR/><BR/>Susan,<BR/>I have every intention of doing my fluffy five meme.<BR/>The whole text of Portrait of Jennie was in my 10th grade lit book. I suppose it was a way of teaching the concept of tone or something....it's all there for a no-nonsense reason...certainly not enjoyment. The Scarlet Ibis = Imagery = Bleah!Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-46934285781616277082008-07-13T20:14:00.000-07:002008-07-13T20:14:00.000-07:00PS good answers, I like the classics answers a lot...PS good answers, I like the classics answers a lot, and agree with many of them except Shakespeare answer; and - Is Portrait of Jennie a classic???? How did that happen??Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-13637577374003287832008-07-13T20:12:00.000-07:002008-07-13T20:12:00.000-07:00Hey! I tagged you too! For Fluffy Five Meme!!! ...Hey! I tagged you too! For Fluffy Five Meme!!! *sniff* I know it's a long one, but it's fun!!! (It has to be, it comes from Emily (Queen of the Memes).....Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-87218475732457403342008-07-13T11:53:00.000-07:002008-07-13T11:53:00.000-07:00I think To Kill A Mockingbird has popped up on eve...I think To Kill A Mockingbird has popped up on every ones Over-rated Classics meme.<BR/><BR/>I haven't read it in decades and I put it on mine. I need to give it another read....I was planning on going to the library today....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-53796260255105461132008-07-12T20:50:00.000-07:002008-07-12T20:50:00.000-07:00Your six word story is great, Bybee! It says so m...Your six word story is great, Bybee! It says so much in few words. I can see how it would be difficult to do.<BR/><BR/>I got a good chuckle out of your response to reasons for reading outside of your comfort zone. :-) <BR/><BR/>I have never heard of Portrait of Jennie. I guess that's a good thing. :-)Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-70678005388323470682008-07-12T12:21:00.000-07:002008-07-12T12:21:00.000-07:00I never did like a classic I was assigned to read ...I never did like a classic I was assigned to read in school. Luckily I'd already read a lot of them. <BR/><BR/>What? You don't like touchy feely books you don't "get"? You are clearly heartless, shallow and (checking original post), stupid but in good company, since that would include me. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to have to steal some of these memes. <BR/><BR/>Glad to see that someone else will be voting for Robertson Davies on John's blog. Isn't he fabulous?(RD, but John too.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-68632145818931734992008-07-11T22:06:00.000-07:002008-07-11T22:06:00.000-07:00I had Julius Caesar in 10th grade, but I don't thi...I had Julius Caesar in 10th grade, but I don't think I hated it. Oddly after that, I didn't read many of Shakespeare's plays in high school (for example, Romeo and Juliet -- gasp!) or really college either. It was more his poetry to which I was exposed then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-14603294301853288262008-07-11T16:18:00.000-07:002008-07-11T16:18:00.000-07:00Oh! I happen to really like A Portrait of Jennie. ...Oh! I happen to really like A Portrait of Jennie. Although I never heard of it before I found it in a dusty thrift store, and it certainly wasn't approached in school. I liked it because it featured an artist, and because it was quoted in another book I had just read! But I haven't read it in years; I might find it just silly now.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-60079363071539009552008-07-11T02:43:00.000-07:002008-07-11T02:43:00.000-07:00It was your teacher! My son still loves Julius Cae...It was your teacher! My son still loves Julius Caesar above and beyond all other Shakespeares. Mentally murder your teacher in some gruesome fashion and then give it another chance. ;)SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-32740548261622229092008-07-11T02:28:00.000-07:002008-07-11T02:28:00.000-07:00I love the forces pushing you outside your comfort...I love the forces pushing you outside your comfort zone! :)Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com