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http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:41:00 +0000

Although Rachel Ray works fine as a first Trollope read, I've heard that The Warden is better. I think I'll have to read that one (and its follow-up novels) soon.

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:00:26 +0000

Thank you for stopping by! I really did enjoy Rachel Ray very much, but I do see that it is one of Trollope's lesser novels for a reason. Nevertheless, the charm and wit of his characterizations makes me want to read more.

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:49:15 +0000

I hope you enjoy Rachel Ray if you get a chance to read it. With this book (and it sounds like with most Trollope), I kept thinking about who I would cast in each role if I were making a film version of the novel. (I'm imagining Shirley Henderson as Mrs. Prime.)

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : A Personal Odyssey

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:31:25 +0000

Thanks. Fadiman is a great read--quirky and opinionated, down to earth and pretentious, charming and witty. At the very moment you've had it with his pretentiousness, he turns around, makes you laugh, and reminds you that he has only written his book because of his love of and enjoyment of literature. I highly recommend it. You've got a point about the Bible. Thinking about it as philosophy is a nice way to think about it. But I'm worried that no matter how I talk about it, I'll be stepping on a lot of toes and offending almost everyone. I certainly don't want to do that.

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Wed, 8 Dec 2010 00:00:47 +0000

I love the idea of going from what we know to what is most foreign. I'll meet you in the middle!

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : A Personal Odyssey

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:03:51 +0000

I can imagine! When I started putting things together, I had much more limited choices. But as I get more and more aware of what I am doing, I get more and more excited about each little section.

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : The Tangled Web

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:12:00 +0000

I'll be starting Gilgamesh on the 5th and writing about it through the 17th. (My plan right now is a M-W-F schedule.) Sounds like the Chris of ProSe blog might join us as well! I'll try to connect with y'all by email soon to see what we want to do. OK?

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : A Personal Odyssey

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:07:45 +0000

I keep telling myself that if I totally freak out at the order, I'll let go of it. The project will still be a success. So glad my lists might be helpful for you. Much is missing--and they are too long at the same time--but I figure they'll be my starting point.

http://www.pageturnersbooks.org/ : Tarzen of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:54:07 +0000

If I am remembering correctly, she and Jem and Dill act out Burroughs stories. Very cute!

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : A Personal Odyssey

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 17:29:27 +0000

I've been eying Penelope's Daughter but haven't read it yet. How exciting to have you stop by! And I don't know Margaret George's novel at all. Off to look it up right now. Thanks!

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : A Personal Odyssey

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:53:10 +0000

I am so jealous! Please add any thoughts you remember from your studies as I go along. Sounds like an amazing experience, even if you did get enough of the ancients!

http://www.pageturnersbooks.org/ : Tarzen of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:30:27 +0000

This was my father's very favorite book when he was a young boy--and Scout Finch loved it in To Kill a Mockingbird. I still haven't read it, but I think I'll have to remedy that!

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : A Personal Odyssey

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:14:11 +0000

Thanks, Mel. I just put the FMF on hold at the library on your recommendation. Terrific! Getting these kinds of suggestions and ideas is one of the things that makes me most excited about this project.

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/p/ii-medieval-period.html

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:02:48 +0000

That is a good question. Without any real knowledge or justification, I decided since so much of the literature of this period grows directly out of it, the New Testament sort of is the starting point of a new movement in literature. Of course, what it starts here continues into the 17th and 18th as well as future books.... Do you know if there is a more standard way to do this?

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Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:00:10 +0000

I haven't written a post yet but I'm excited to participate! Thanks for organizing this.

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Mon, 6 Dec 2010 02:07:05 +0000

I'll be happy to have you then! Do you have any favorite books from that period?

http://lifetimereadingplan.blogspot.com/ : The Tangled Web

Sun, 5 Dec 2010 13:34:29 +0000

Thanks so much for your encouragement, Allie, and for your inspiring blog. I too feel astonished how much is out there that I have not read and do not know. For so much of my life I was teased about being such a bookworm that I must have read the whole library. Hah! If only those jokers knew how much more I have to learn!

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Sun, 5 Dec 2010 03:56:03 +0000

Thank you so much for your comment, Sylvia. I hope you're right that reading them chronologically will help me understand the books' contexts. That was certainly my plan--although sometimes I wonder if going backwards from our world into the past might be enriching as well--taking us from what feels more familiar into the unfamiliar. The historian in me definitely makes me want to see things of a piece at least.

Although I've read a several contemporary books which have affected me profoundly, it is astonishing to me that almost every \"classic\" I've read has stayed with me and even become part of me. And as I plan to write about next week, the work that goes into the reading has something to do with the deep joy the texts bring, I think.

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Sun, 5 Dec 2010 03:33:03 +0000

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Sun, 5 Dec 2010 01:12:30 +0000

Wonderful! I'm starting with Gilgamesh at the beginning of January. It is a very short read. Want to join me? I'll plan to do several posts over the course of maybe two weeks and would love to have some discussions together if you are interested.