tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post8222339221468311117..comments2024-03-22T17:51:15.887-04:00Comments on The Edge of the Precipice: Top Ten Tuesday: The Struggle is RealHamlette (Rachel)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-35722779277145065832017-09-28T08:10:31.088-04:002017-09-28T08:10:31.088-04:00Birdie, I think the next time I read The Silmarill...Birdie, I think the next time I read <i>The Silmarillion</i>, it will be much easier now that I've kind of wrapped my head around everything going on in it!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-3127212292784986442017-09-27T16:47:44.624-04:002017-09-27T16:47:44.624-04:00The first time I tried the Silmarillion, I got str...The first time I tried the Silmarillion, I got stranded and couldn't finish it. A few years later, I got through quite easily. Huh...Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240886179336298463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-9556263531891873022017-09-22T20:43:31.499-04:002017-09-22T20:43:31.499-04:00(Oops, didn't mean to say your name twice, hee...(Oops, didn't mean to say your name twice, hee. Been a long day!)Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-54919603623531389412017-09-22T20:39:45.236-04:002017-09-22T20:39:45.236-04:00Maura, that's quite a load to read all at once...Maura, that's quite a load to read all at once, Maura!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-42057083018182713912017-09-22T10:24:53.938-04:002017-09-22T10:24:53.938-04:00Haha. I'm reading the Illiad and The Silmarill...Haha. I'm reading the Illiad and The Silmarillion, so I know what you mean. :)Maura Martinhttp://modg.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-82190061309959553402017-09-12T09:05:36.196-04:002017-09-12T09:05:36.196-04:00Rebekah, yeah, Scarlet Letter was a tough one for ...Rebekah, yeah, <i>Scarlet Letter</i> was a tough one for me too. I read it in high school and then had to read it again in college and was like, "Noooooooooooo!" <br /><br /><i>Anne of Windy Poplars</i>, though? Is one of my favoritest Anne books. But I know a lot of it is epistolary and that is not everyone's thing.<br /><br />Your challenge is very cool! I follow like 80 blogs and am constantly struggling to stay afloat with them. I need more hours in the day. Or a time-turner like Hermione's!Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-43572022773440946452017-09-11T22:29:17.373-04:002017-09-11T22:29:17.373-04:00Ugh, The Iliad and Odyssey, Merchant of Venice (al...Ugh, The Iliad and Odyssey, Merchant of Venice (although I got through Julius Caesar easily enough), the Scarlet Letter, Anne of Windy Poplars... maybe I'm picker than I thought, haha.<br /><br /><br />Comenting as part of my challenge: rebekahdevall.wordpress.com/challenge/Rebekah D. Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216040512555099417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-16267601157980509742017-09-06T12:29:26.565-04:002017-09-06T12:29:26.565-04:00Lauren, I agree. I like some of P.D. James' o...Lauren, I agree. I like some of P.D. James' other books, but this one just didn't work for me.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-26653508262401184192017-09-06T12:29:04.527-04:002017-09-06T12:29:04.527-04:00Meredith, so true. I did like The Silmarillion a ...Meredith, so true. I did like <i>The Silmarillion</i> a lot in the end! But it took me like 6 months to get through.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-54103261470193386632017-09-05T21:44:39.199-04:002017-09-05T21:44:39.199-04:00I really tried on Death Comes to Pemberly, but I t...I really tried on Death Comes to Pemberly, but I thought the characters seemed like wooden copies of themselves...<br /><br />Lauren @ <a href="https://never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/2017/09/top-ten-tuesday-books-that-were-chore.html" rel="nofollow">Always Me</a>Lauren Stoolfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777860030600932061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-84308744200812544702017-09-05T21:39:59.128-04:002017-09-05T21:39:59.128-04:00The Silmarillion and Hood are a long 300-some page...The Silmarillion and Hood are a long 300-some pages! The Silmarillion is still good though. :) Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764461173370472669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-47770252911955166722017-09-05T21:19:12.224-04:002017-09-05T21:19:12.224-04:00DKoren, I'd like to try a different translatio...DKoren, I'd like to try a different translation for both of Homer's works. I know there was one Hemingway thought was particularly good too, and I wrote it down somewhere...<br /><br />Actually, the prompt had a parenthetical part about books you never finished, but I could only think of five.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-36205439702551013652017-09-05T20:56:57.189-04:002017-09-05T20:56:57.189-04:00The Iliad and the Odyssey both are favorites of mi...The Iliad and the Odyssey both are favorites of mine, but the subject matter of those is very high on my list of things I love. I also love my versions, which were easy to read, for me. (The Lattimore versions, which I bought for a classics class in college and got rid of all other versions because these were far superior.)<br /><br />For some reason, I can only think of books that I was unable to finish, like Middlemarch. Although P&P was a slog, but I think that was mostly because reading it in that daily calendar format just didn't work well for me.DKorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819702518388146971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-75996571653463067482017-09-05T19:51:21.197-04:002017-09-05T19:51:21.197-04:00I made it through, and one day I will read The Ody...I made it through, and one day I will read The Odyssey too. I WILL.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5587150608901957801.post-71137055193588071522017-09-05T19:45:23.220-04:002017-09-05T19:45:23.220-04:00I've only read a little bit of The Iliad and I...I've only read a little bit of The Iliad and I think I struggled with the prose, or whatever it is written in. But...someday...I...am...going...to...conquer...it. Someday. : )Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.com