tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post9126912373738535294..comments2024-01-20T18:08:44.444-05:00Comments on You Can Never Have Too Many Books: The Classics Challenge - July 1 - Dec 31, 2008Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-66084405185504116562008-07-12T18:41:00.000-04:002008-07-12T18:41:00.000-04:00I didn't like Catherine either! But I sympathized...I didn't like Catherine either! But I sympathized with Heathcliff. I haven't watched any movie versions of Jane Eyre although I always mean to. <BR/><BR/>My book blog is http://andreasbooknook.blogspot.com and my personal blog is http://christmasinmarch.blogspot.comAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697202003716416028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-79229398603854733602008-07-12T16:50:00.000-04:002008-07-12T16:50:00.000-04:00Bybee: my secret is that all the books are alread...Bybee: my secret is that all the books are already on other challenges!!! I'm not crazy, even if challenge-addicted!! I'll never get through everything I've signed up for (non-fiction 5, where are you??), but at least it's getting me to read more. :-) more classics, my CLIB whispers....<BR/><BR/>andrea:I love Jane Eyre and have read it several times, seen almost all the British tv versions too. This is my bi-annual reread of it, which I am due for :-) Wuthering Heights doesn't even come close as far as I am concerned, too, because I hate Catherine and Linton so much. Heathcliff I understand!! Do you have a blog? I'll come visit you....<BR/><BR/>rhinoa: I saw you read Beowulf too recently, so as soon as I do my post I'll let you know :-) and then come read what you wrote!! did I put Emily for Jane Eyre. Sigh, I originally put Charlotte, then saw both Bronte sisters books in a pile.....thanks for correcting me! That would be bad for an English lit major to mix them up! when are you reading MIddlemarch? I've never read it, so it's getting closer to the top for this summer, I think. <BR/><BR/>kim l: they are both rereads for me, but as I said above, Jane Eyre is one of my favourites, and Wuthering Heights I reread every 10 years to see if I like it any more - I like Heathcliff, and I love the setting! (I also like what Jasper Fforde did with the characters in Well of Lost Plots - someone finally slaps Catherine! Heathcliff has to get anger management classes!! hee)<BR/><BR/>everyone: we all seem to agree on Jane Eyre vs Wuthering Heights! hmm, I just had an idea...wouldn't it be fantastic to have one of the men who played Jane Austen's heroes, play Rochester? oooh, I'm going to have to think about this one!!! lolSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-66256662188898650242008-07-11T18:15:00.000-04:002008-07-11T18:15:00.000-04:00Very nice, I think this will be a great challenge....Very nice, I think this will be a great challenge. I hope you like Wuthering Heights, I found it to be not my taste when reading it long ago. But Jane Eyre is a new favorite of mine... i've gone to see a play version, and a movie version, and I love it more each time.Kim Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024112944002002232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-58665156693889722822008-07-11T04:46:00.000-04:002008-07-11T04:46:00.000-04:00Glad you are officially joining in. I read Beowulf...Glad you are officially joining in. I read Beowulf not too long ago and really enjoyed it, I look forward to your review. I hope you enjoy The Iliad and go to read The Odyssey which I think I just preferred. I think you have a typo, Jane Eyre was by Charlotte Bronte and I really should read it again. I am also due to read Middlemarch this year and am looking ofrward to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-90489160091603775442008-07-09T21:51:00.000-04:002008-07-09T21:51:00.000-04:00Jane Eyre is my favorite book of all time! I've r...<I>Jane Eyre</I> is my favorite book of all time! I've read it 3 times and I'm sure I'll read it even more in the future. I've also read <I>Wuthering Heights</I>, and while it isn't my favorite (I found it very depressing), I think it's one that everyone should read.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697202003716416028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-8053852339447730452008-07-08T03:15:00.000-04:002008-07-08T03:15:00.000-04:00Your Cool Literary Inner Bookworm is a harsh taskm...Your Cool Literary Inner Bookworm is a harsh taskmistress, but she does have good taste. And she's got curls? Mine could be bald, for all I know! All I ever see is that disapproving forefinger waggling in my face -- which often leads me to waggle back one of my own fingers. Good luck with this challenge! Don't think I'll join, but maybe your good example will have a positive influence on me. (At least You-Know-Who is hoping so.)Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.com