tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post6853797476928096056..comments2023-12-28T04:36:06.035-05:00Comments on Wylie's Words: To Each His OwnWylie Kinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271148590574475682noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-57856216037217552272006-12-17T15:04:00.000-05:002006-12-17T15:04:00.000-05:00Christine, I read Trixie Belden, too. Thanks for r...Christine, I read Trixie Belden, too. Thanks for reminding me -- I haven't thought about her in a long time. And I devoured the Nancy Drew mysteries like candy.<br /><br />As a young'un, I also adored <a href="http://www.beverlycleary.com/characters/ramona.html">Ramona Quimby</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harriet-Spy-Collins-Modern-Classics/dp/0007155026">Harriet the Spy.</a> :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-49241148050152132542006-12-17T14:59:00.000-05:002006-12-17T14:59:00.000-05:00Yes, the LOTR trilogy -- my experience is the same...Yes, the LOTR trilogy -- my experience is the same as yours, Wylie. I read it once as a kid and loved it for its adventure, and when I read it as a young adult, I loved it for its layers and symbolism, and whenever I read it next, not just as an adult but as a writer myself, I'll be in awe of Tolkien's ability, imagination and worldbuilding skills. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-80230901692046165872006-12-17T11:56:00.000-05:002006-12-17T11:56:00.000-05:00LOL, Christine, at being called Trixie!! Man, she ...LOL, Christine, at being called Trixie!! Man, she was cool! Wonder why she was never as famous as Nancy Drew? Politics in publishing perhaps :) I smell a conspiracy!!Wylie Kinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271148590574475682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-66577494777716692902006-12-17T11:54:00.000-05:002006-12-17T11:54:00.000-05:00TL - LOL at Virginia Wolf. ME EITHER! Yawn...
Am...TL - LOL at Virginia Wolf. ME EITHER! Yawn...<br /> <br />Amy - one more thing: I read LOTR when I was about 14 and it was a fun exciting adventure series to me then. I re-read it when I was 30ish and WOW - the religious-culture symbolism was hit-me-on-the-head obvious and the undertones of hitler/war etc... were subtle yet unmistakable. I couldn't believe I enjoyed it as a teen because as an adult, I could barely grasp the deeper meanings!Wylie Kinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271148590574475682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-3845575189676919792006-12-17T11:51:00.000-05:002006-12-17T11:51:00.000-05:00Amy - Funny. I don't read romance very often, eith...Amy - Funny. I don't read romance very often, either. And I write it. I think I was saturated in my teens and twenties and now like things that are different from my own experiences, - like spy/drama/adventure, history (lots of history), and only turn to romance when I'm looking for a very quick escapist need. I also tend to stay loyal to authors rather than genre's. I also listen to what my friends like.Wylie Kinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271148590574475682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-37527903831920346592006-12-17T10:45:00.000-05:002006-12-17T10:45:00.000-05:00I loved Trixi so much as a kid, that is still my n...I loved Trixi so much as a kid, that is still my nick name from my Dad. Trust me, I don't look like a Trixi!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777733587200293442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-26994311595390572202006-12-17T07:48:00.000-05:002006-12-17T07:48:00.000-05:00I love Austen, I love Bronte; I was reading way be...I love Austen, I love Bronte; I was reading way beyond my years in public school. My faves always affect me the same, every time I read them.<br /><br />There are classics I have tried to read and cannot get through them. Honestly with The Fellowship of the Ring, I couldn't get past the first chapter. I saw the movie then I was able to wade through that first part of the story and I was fine, the next two books were so much easier to read.<br /><br />My problem is now I can't really enjoy a good romance anymore. I really have a hard time reading them. I seem to be able to read chick lits because I don't write them ... but historical I can't read, I just have a hard time reading them. What do you make of that?Amy Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02212879406999128140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-80260699442645973292006-12-17T02:56:00.000-05:002006-12-17T02:56:00.000-05:00I haven't read Moby Dick -- it's one of those book...I haven't read <i>Moby Dick</i> -- it's one of those books I want to get around to reading, but I haven't gotten to it yet. But yeah, I think Moby's probably on somebody's top 6 list. And I'll confess to you that though Viginia Woolf was brilliant and an innovator, I have a hard time getting into her stuff. But there are plenty of folks out there who really dig her.<br /><br />So I guess if a classic becomes a classic and stays a classic, it speaks to enough people over the ages to remain so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-11914580947638759102006-12-16T18:17:00.000-05:002006-12-16T18:17:00.000-05:00T.L. -
Agree - some of the classic romances would...T.L. - <br />Agree - some of the classic romances would have made my top 10 or 15, but I was going for books that that fit this criteria:<br />a)finished in one sitting - usually means I was up all night<br />b)affected me emotionally for days after reading<br />c)gave me an 'aha' moment by either teaching me something I didn't know or related specifically to something in my life at that exact time of reading.<br /><br />As for what makes a classic a classic, I quite agree, but also wonder if some survive only because they're required reading for highschool. I'm cool with Shakespeare - his work is amazing and has never been repeated, but Moby Dick? Have you ever read it? I pride myself with sticking to books once I've started, and like the 'literary' works in general, but seriously, I could not, COULD NOT, get past chapter 3 for the boredom. Yawn. Ah, revenge and determination. I've read better.<br />But perhaps Moby has changed someone's life, perhaps it would even be on some reader's TOP 6 list... who knows?Wylie Kinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271148590574475682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-83915655553685861952006-12-16T18:08:00.000-05:002006-12-16T18:08:00.000-05:00Christine - I read Trixie when I was a kid, too!! ...Christine - I read Trixie when I was a kid, too!! Her and Nancy Drew... I wanted to BE them. And what a cool name,... Trixie ('course, now it sounds like a porn star.)Wylie Kinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271148590574475682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-52573947056931664502006-12-16T17:45:00.000-05:002006-12-16T17:45:00.000-05:00Excellent post, Wylie! :)
Yeah, I could easily ha...Excellent post, Wylie! :)<br /><br />Yeah, I could easily have listed <i>Wuthering Heights</i>, or <i>Jane Eyre</i> for that matter -- I love them both. <i>Gone With the Wind</i> is also excellent. Ha, it was hard to list just six books, and the six I listed would probably be different based on which of my favorites sprang to mind on any given day.<br /><br />I liked what you said about how different books speak to us differently during different times in our lives -- and LOL @ "different word for different." I've reread many of my favorite books a number of times, and they always have something new to say to me on each reread.<br /><br />And I'll use that statement to segue into what I believe a "classic" is: it's a book with a story and characters that withstand the passage of years by having something timeless to say, applicable to any age or era in which it's read. And in that way, classics move us: they illuminate something of truth and perhaps of beauty, too. Fads come and go, but truths of the human condition endure. Many books flicker out pretty quickly, but classics have a long, long shelf life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28243793.post-15008407212113715552006-12-16T17:43:00.000-05:002006-12-16T17:43:00.000-05:00I'm slow, but I have mine up! Good point about how...I'm slow, but I have mine up! Good point about how our perspectives change as we get older. I thought Trixi Belden was the coolest fictional person going when I was a kid. I doubt those books would have the same impact on me now. Then again, who knows. Charlotte's <br />Web did when I read it to my daughter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777733587200293442noreply@blogger.com