tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post3449882206970598146..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Top Ten TuesdayLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-37230333796941487542011-03-24T17:31:33.668+00:002011-03-24T17:31:33.668+00:00Hi, found your list here from twitter #AboutTimeIR...Hi, found your list here from twitter #AboutTimeIRead.<br /><br />I highly recommend Crime and Punishment! It's my favorite, or second favorite book... (I have a hard time deciding between that and Gone with the Wind as my top favorite :) )KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607991815190479242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-14409548230331865802011-03-02T00:42:06.149+00:002011-03-02T00:42:06.149+00:00Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your honest o...Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your honest opinion on Desperation! You do indeed have some heavy reading on this list. I have Anna Karenina in my TBR pile too and it's been there for a while. I guess it's the size of the thing that holds me back. I read Watership Down several years ago and remember liking it a lot. It is so much more than a just story about rabbits. I think you'd like it. Happy reading. I'm now a follower.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947271410329103836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-43000963953839979672011-03-02T00:24:38.827+00:002011-03-02T00:24:38.827+00:00Wow... you've got some DEEP ones on this list!...Wow... you've got some DEEP ones on this list! I have Watership Down too, and it has sat here forever I think.Sueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926501219758538615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-39884737399754901422011-03-01T23:17:24.210+00:002011-03-01T23:17:24.210+00:00I have quite a few of these books at home as well....I have quite a few of these books at home as well. White Teeth is one of my favorite books. You should read it.<br /><br />Check out my list here: http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com/2011/03/top-ten-tuesday-tbr.htmlLBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-75624243713448654162011-03-01T22:34:09.810+00:002011-03-01T22:34:09.810+00:00Your list looks about what like mine would look li...Your list looks about what like mine would look like. Books you feel you should read, but that I probably won't. Your cake sounds delicious. I'm a new follower.Robyn Rylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510195754917893035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-15147223189730444322011-03-01T20:25:41.966+00:002011-03-01T20:25:41.966+00:00Haha, I have heard that from other people too, Dai...Haha, I have heard that from other people too, Daisy! I'm sure I will learn to hate her, since I hate characters really easily! Haven't actually met her yet in the whole 40 pages I've read, but I'm all prepared for the annoyingness!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-70474402339438992972011-03-01T20:18:39.162+00:002011-03-01T20:18:39.162+00:00I read Anna Karenina last year, while it wasn'...I read Anna Karenina last year, while it wasn't my favourite book, I'm glad I read it. Hope you'll enjoy it! (I wanted to seriously kick Anna's ass at some points, just so you're warned)Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468649356197119023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-52200236668186765582011-03-01T19:56:58.318+00:002011-03-01T19:56:58.318+00:00I think you'll really like Watership Down. It...I think you'll really like Watership Down. It was a sweet book.Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16850833262363051091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-14138217231083220942011-03-01T17:49:37.104+00:002011-03-01T17:49:37.104+00:00I've had White Teeth and On Beauty on my TBR l...I've had White Teeth and On Beauty on my TBR list forever, but have yet to buy either, let alone read them. Nice list!Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10780185535345559390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-70141663144944375722011-03-01T17:47:10.210+00:002011-03-01T17:47:10.210+00:00@Lindsay- thanks for your recommendation! Am defin...@Lindsay- thanks for your recommendation! Am definitely more keen to read Watership Down now (I've totally been doing this all day too lol- telling people that they *must* read certain books! hehe)<br /><br />@TwoBibliomaniacs- You're welcome-just trust me on the Robinson Crusoe thing, you don't even want to go there!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-50679893597498166162011-03-01T17:20:31.497+00:002011-03-01T17:20:31.497+00:00Great list! I struggled a little with Anna K, but...Great list! I struggled a little with Anna K, but enjoyed Crime and Punishment and Watership Down. I also need to dust off a couple Hemingway books. Also, thanks for the tip on Robinson Crusoe!Two Bibliomaniacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442484227213602009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-40750009005838214232011-03-01T15:03:46.074+00:002011-03-01T15:03:46.074+00:00Oh, I adore Watership Down. It has fantastic world...Oh, I adore Watership Down. It has fantastic world-building. The rabbit society is more real than many human societies in books, while remaining completely non-human, not the same.<br /><br />Also, it's Exodus, but with rabbits. Hazel leads his people from destruction to a new home. There are issues with some bits of it being dated, you can see in my review from a re-reading a couple years back:<br /><br /><a href="http://bluefairysbookshelf.blogspot.com/2009/11/watership-down.html" rel="nofollow">Watership Down @ The Blue Fairy's Bookshelf</a><br /><br />(I read a whole sequence of books about animal societies and compared them.)Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372317376002783405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-38636387849739628692011-03-01T12:37:00.669+00:002011-03-01T12:37:00.669+00:00Oh man... Freud was such an idiot really, wasn'...Oh man... Freud was such an idiot really, wasn't he?! I might check me out some Jung after I've gotten through my giant Freud collection lolLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23368924140477859972011-03-01T12:34:30.623+00:002011-03-01T12:34:30.623+00:00Oooh, I highly recommend you picking up a collecti...Oooh, I highly recommend you picking up a collection Jung if you want to delve into the human mind. He was Freud's contemporary but incorporated quite a bit of mythology in his speculations, plus his mandalas are equally cool.<br /><br />As it goes, Jung used to correspond with Freud through letters, looking up to Freud as his teacher. But then when Jung began to stray away from Freud's thinking, Freud had a conniption and severed all conversation.christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.com