tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730255230276910377.post1854142383570561424..comments2023-09-19T05:08:22.680-06:00Comments on Random Thoughts of a Mom: Books I Didn't LikeTasha Seegmillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11489911822054861132noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730255230276910377.post-6104026134320613622009-04-29T23:02:00.000-06:002009-04-29T23:02:00.000-06:00Can't agree with you on LOTR. I read it at 9, and...Can't agree with you on LOTR. I read it at 9, and i liked it as much then as I did at 14, 17, and 23...yes, I'm a geek.<br /><br />I love Hamlet, and I could read it and watch it over and over. Every time, and every time i watch a different rendition, I get something more. Sometimes I like to just watch parts of Branaughs rendition, just to listen to the words.<br /><br />Metamorphosis...what a dumb book. It may be symbolic, but I think really Kafka was just making it up as he goes. I think think maturity will not help the reader enjoy it more. In fact, it might hurt. I think really it is as bad as it looks.<br /><br />Moby is a better musician than a whale, and I still can't get past a chapter or two. I feel like my eyes start to bleed every time i try delving into Ishmael and his self-destructive quest for that white whale.<br /><br />And last: you actually finished Marquez's weird little history "A hundred years of solitude?" I think i picked it up because it was recommended or a pulitzer, or something, and i couldn't have disagreed with it more. What a waste of paper. <br /><br />One more to add to your list that i thought, if not dumb, was at least over rated? The Road. OV-ER-RA-TED.Daniel B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17402355082739032733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730255230276910377.post-8820176884628415922009-04-29T10:16:00.000-06:002009-04-29T10:16:00.000-06:00I loved this post! I'm with you on Tolkein (ugh) a...I loved this post! I'm with you on Tolkein (ugh) and 100 years (ugh ugh ugh). I haven't actually made it to The Good Earth yet, but the thought of having to read any of the whaling chapters of Moby Dick ever again makes me want to throw up. <br /><br />Can't wait to see you on Saturday!Tianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754068409952818565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730255230276910377.post-14034318415617691872009-04-29T10:14:00.000-06:002009-04-29T10:14:00.000-06:00I'm with you on the Lord of the Rings.
It's so ...I'm with you on the Lord of the Rings. <br /><br />It's so nice not to be alone! <br /><br />As to a book that I didn't appreciate the first time, but did an about-face the second time . . . (perhaps I shouldn't admit it)--Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmadge.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993244397463948411noreply@blogger.com