tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694427406934260419.post1474504928140935362..comments2023-10-31T13:07:05.461+00:00Comments on Park Benches & Bookends: How my American Literature project is going...Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08861424110678889637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694427406934260419.post-15289483410239570022012-01-13T08:56:15.807+00:002012-01-13T08:56:15.807+00:00This is SUCH a great project!! I am currently read...This is SUCH a great project!! I am currently reading <i>Moby-Dick</i> and just finished <i>The Scarlet Letter</i> about a month ago. (The authors were friends. Apparently Melville was greatly inspired by Hawthorne while writing <i>Moby-Dick</i>. <br /><br /><i>Gone With the Wind</i> is my FAVORITE novel, and I can't wait to read <i>The Red Badge of Courage.</i><br /><br />Cheers and Happy Reading, Jess! :-)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694427406934260419.post-87419571946531778672011-11-18T08:37:17.801+00:002011-11-18T08:37:17.801+00:00Ti - haha I'm glad I'm not the only one! I...Ti - haha I'm glad I'm not the only one! I even just read Moby Dick one chapter a day to get through it but it got to the point where I was reading it but not taking in what I was reading so it was time to stop.<br /><br />JoAnn - I think giving a 14 year old The Red Badge of Courage is like some kind of torture haha. It was hard enough reading it as a 40 year old.<br /><br />I will add Peyton place so thank you for that!<br /><br />Amanda - ok well Catch 22 was in places very funny and had me laughing outloud but it just seemed to go on and on (I know that might be the point) so I gave up after 300 pages because I couldnt stand the thought of reading another 200 pages of it. I think it would make a really good audio book as the bits I read outload to my husband were the bits I enjoyed the most and the film was really good.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861424110678889637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694427406934260419.post-37927685387788903302011-11-16T15:20:30.133+00:002011-11-16T15:20:30.133+00:00I have never heard of anyone having to give up on ...I have never heard of anyone having to give up on Catch22 before!! Can I ask what you didn't like about it?<br /><br />*sobs a wee bit*Amandahttp://opinionsofawolf.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694427406934260419.post-27743511155667090002011-11-16T01:16:51.011+00:002011-11-16T01:16:51.011+00:00This is such an exciting project! I will say that ...This is such an exciting project! I will say that The Red Badge of Courage is probably my least favorite book...ever. Was forced to read it at 14 and never recovered. Additionally, I will never read Moby Dick, and probably not Catch-22 either.<br /><br />Peyton Place (1956) is a popular, almost cultish, American classic that was scandalous at the time. I read it about 5 years ago and couldn't put it down. <br /><br />I see you're reading O Pioneers! now. It's my favorite Cather so far. Will look forward to more posts on the project.<br /><br />P.S. - word verification is cathers :-)JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694427406934260419.post-44266192572657938402011-11-15T17:31:02.468+00:002011-11-15T17:31:02.468+00:00I finished Moby Dick but had I not been hosting my...I finished Moby Dick but had I not been hosting my own read-along I would I have stopped. <br /><br />Catch 22 was a DNF for me so I hear ya!Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.com