tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post1801979882637392053..comments2023-12-23T08:37:50.433-05:00Comments on hula seventy: pass it onUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-5738921054502311352007-06-29T08:46:00.000-04:002007-06-29T08:46:00.000-04:00Ah, to be mentioned amongst this veey distinguishe...Ah, to be mentioned amongst this veey distinguished group! Thanks@<BR/>Linda OlssonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-75164797074935615672007-06-05T10:42:00.000-04:002007-06-05T10:42:00.000-04:00Classics:The Sound and the Fury - Wm. FaulknerThe ...Classics:<BR/>The Sound and the Fury - Wm. Faulkner<BR/>The Moviegoer - Walker Percy<BR/>A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway<BR/><BR/>New Classics:<BR/>-One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez<BR/>-Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie<BR/>-Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood<BR/><BR/>Brand Spankin' New Classics:<BR/>-Jonathan Lethem - The Fortress of Solitude; Motherless Brooklyn<BR/>-A Wild Sheep Chase - Haruki Murakami<BR/>-The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabonjennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188808082592337851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-49722429578337692962007-05-28T10:27:00.000-04:002007-05-28T10:27:00.000-04:00I loved The Fountainhead also. One of my favorite...I loved The Fountainhead also. <BR/>One of my favorite books is The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason (I have a book review on my book blog).<BR/>The Chronicles of Narnia is a classic.<BR/>So so many good ones (that's why I started a <A HREF="http://dogearedandunderlined.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">book blog</A> in the first place!).woof nannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585916446298818033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-60531745082052820082007-05-18T13:19:00.000-04:002007-05-18T13:19:00.000-04:00hey andrea, sorry to be late on the comment...that...hey andrea, sorry to be late on the comment...that flower is just so adorable i keep staring at it. its as if it is saying "hello?? anyone??" i just love it.<BR/><BR/>anyway, there were so many great suggestions, mine would have to include<BR/>~Pride and Prejudice...so engaging <BR/>~My Name is Asher Lev....is it a classic? not sure, but so very interesting.<BR/>~The Age of Innocence...wow, still a top 5 favorite after many years.<BR/>~The Great Divorce...CSLewis has so many amazing books, but this has always been my very favorite. You might also check out Til We Have Faces.luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184069690999108476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-26069688781675801842007-05-17T15:33:00.000-04:002007-05-17T15:33:00.000-04:00thank you, everyone! such great recommendations! I...thank you, everyone! such great recommendations! I have loved reading every single response and am furiously scribbling them down in my Big Book Of Lists. because I am a girl who needs a list and now I am set for life with great books to read. <BR/><BR/>I did have an individual response to each person here who commented here... some books I have read and loved (hello, gwen? song of solomon-- amazing)... so intrigued by so many of the recommendations. anyway, I accidentally deleted my own comment. and it was so long, too. I just don't have the energy to rewrite it. but I love you all for taking the time to post such thoughtful recommendations. thank you. I'll keep you posted! xoandreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932895308629536422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-57229307228212414612007-05-17T11:43:00.000-04:002007-05-17T11:43:00.000-04:00I usually don't make comments, but you've suckered...I usually don't make comments, but you've suckered me in with the postcard swap and now with books... <BR/><BR/>The Classics-<BR/><BR/>Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. This is one of the books that has really changed who I want to be- Melly is absolutely amazing. <BR/><BR/>The Diary of a Young Girl- Anne Frank. I read this as a teenager, but was amazed how touching it still was years later.<BR/><BR/>The Little Prince, by Antione de Saint-Exupery. You have to read this to your kids. They would love it.<BR/><BR/>I also have to add to the long list of Anna Karenina fans.<BR/><BR/>New Stuff- <BR/><BR/>Fried Green Tomatoes at Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg. Hilarious and inspiring and extremely touching. Way better than the movie. <BR/><BR/>I've been reading a lot of books about different cultures lately. These are my favorites so far:<BR/><BR/>The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Very interesting. About an Indian boy (from India, not Native American!) living in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>Falling Leaves, by Adeline Yen Mah. It's called the memoir of an unwanted Chinese daughter.<BR/><BR/>Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi. It is about a book club reading the banned classics in Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-74447404792900948402007-05-17T07:51:00.000-04:002007-05-17T07:51:00.000-04:00I'm not much of a classics reader -we're reading T...I'm not much of a classics reader -we're reading The Great Gatsby as a comparison novel to a modern one, The Double Bind (really good) for bookclub this month. <BR/><BR/>Anything by John Irving - can't go wrong there although my personal all-time favorite is The Cider House Rules. I love The Hours by Michael Cunningham, that book kills me it is so beautifully written and bittersweet.<BR/><BR/>I adored Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon and another fanastic book is Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-11787750465751824552007-05-17T00:02:00.000-04:002007-05-17T00:02:00.000-04:00classic...catcher in the rye for sure. newbie...el...classic...catcher in the rye for sure. newbie...elizabeth mccracken (the giant's house is one of my all time favorites!).Mindy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13933766818857262761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-76730953609252787682007-05-16T23:08:00.000-04:002007-05-16T23:08:00.000-04:00East of Eden. end of sentence. it changed my life....East of Eden. end of sentence. it changed my life. John Steinbeck is a literary genius.Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535378668023216562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-60762944324943661592007-05-16T22:51:00.000-04:002007-05-16T22:51:00.000-04:00I second The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and Dande...I second The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. Like you, I grew up in Illinois, and this book, which takes place in the midwest, was like going home to my childhood. <BR/><BR/>I highly, highly recommend Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (classic) and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-85630413902696266072007-05-16T19:17:00.001-04:002007-05-16T19:17:00.001-04:00Hi Andrea...Jen Schiavone here. I used to work wit...Hi Andrea...Jen Schiavone here. I used to work with Ward at Click 3x. I've been blurking for ages! ;)<BR/><BR/>Anyway...ditto on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. A truly fabulous book.<BR/><BR/>Other favorites of mine:<BR/>A Spot of Bother (Mark Haddon)<BR/>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Mark Haddon)<BR/>A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)<BR/>Bluebeard (Kurt Vonnegut)<BR/><BR/>happy reading!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-7120648508473097392007-05-16T19:17:00.000-04:002007-05-16T19:17:00.000-04:00oooh, lists...(squeal!)Anna K, of couseDandelion W...oooh, lists...(squeal!)<BR/><BR/>Anna K, of couse<BR/>Dandelion Wine - Bradbury<BR/>Surfacing - Atwood<BR/>This Side of Paradise - Fitzgerald<BR/>Henderson the Rain King - Bellow<BR/>The Living - DillardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-52272324345543016992007-05-16T16:47:00.000-04:002007-05-16T16:47:00.000-04:00Theodore Dreiser (maybe Sister Carrie, or An Ameri...Theodore Dreiser (maybe Sister Carrie, or An American Tragedy). <BR/><BR/>Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth) <BR/><BR/>Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged is my favorite) <BR/><BR/>Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose) <BR/><BR/>and something newer: Michael Chabon (The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay)Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546618789539197751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-76615885225916200072007-05-16T15:39:00.000-04:002007-05-16T15:39:00.000-04:00Second on 'Watership Down'also: I *get* something...Second on 'Watership Down'<BR/><BR/>also: I *get* something new everytime I read:<BR/><BR/><I>Mere Christianity</I> and<BR/><I>The Screwtape Letters</I> by C.S. Lewis and they are classics in their own sense.Jeremy Stockwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588877690446354814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-27794884646210626252007-05-16T14:10:00.000-04:002007-05-16T14:10:00.000-04:00have you read anything from Tom Robbins or Christo...have you read anything from Tom Robbins or Christopher Moore? funny silly and wonderful.<BR/>I just finished The Red Tent, Eat Love Pray and both were fantastic.<BR/><BR/>I am yerning to read dandilion wine again, and maybe Trumpet of the Swan (classics me thinks)<BR/><BR/>happy reading andrea!Vanessa/NessieNoodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956202676065863060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-78429381701017282822007-05-16T00:58:00.000-04:002007-05-16T00:58:00.000-04:00i gotta vote for jane austin. just gotta.i gotta vote for jane austin. just gotta.lisa solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824254691379334918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-39618478095875786442007-05-15T23:48:00.000-04:002007-05-15T23:48:00.000-04:00The Autobiography of Malcolm X was excellent. It a...The Autobiography of Malcolm X was excellent. It altered my views on several things, least of which was racism.JustMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301955517044392288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-6941342870873151572007-05-15T22:57:00.000-04:002007-05-15T22:57:00.000-04:00Hi Andrea, I'm a fellow Andrea, and an admirer of ...Hi Andrea, I'm a fellow Andrea, and an admirer of your site. Never commented before, but it's high time I did! It seems you have a bevy of fabulous suggestions. Because I'm a total geek and a Reference Librarian by profession, I'd thought I'd share 3 classics that haven't shown up yet. All belong in the "life-altering" category:<BR/><BR/>Middlemarch--by George Eliot<BR/>Tender is the Night--by F.Scott Fitzgerald<BR/>The Sound and the Fury--by William Faulkner<BR/><BR/>(Also, a new one--Zoli, by Column McCann is marvelous! I think Gracia over at HighUpintheTrees suggested already.)<BR/><BR/>Lastly, thanks for sharing such incredible writing and insight. Your blog is beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-13427622346729172442007-05-15T22:36:00.000-04:002007-05-15T22:36:00.000-04:00it's hard to pick but i have to say i could read '...it's hard to pick but i have to say i could read 'pride and predjudice' by jane austen over and over againmeridithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908142105118039918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-20077163504268974682007-05-15T22:23:00.000-04:002007-05-15T22:23:00.000-04:00Reading some modern classics has been my reading g...Reading some modern classics has been my reading goal lately. Flannery O'Conner, William Faulkner and Gunter Grass haven't disappointed.sulu-designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997610829986070303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-40051243212118786322007-05-15T16:49:00.000-04:002007-05-15T16:49:00.000-04:00i got two words for ya: "watership down" by richar...i got two words for ya: "watership down" by richard adams. it'll change yer life!<BR/><BR/>vAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-43552083111210120602007-05-15T16:18:00.000-04:002007-05-15T16:18:00.000-04:00here's a strange request. or i find it to be more...here's a strange request. or i find it to be more... thinking outside of the box. i stumbled onto your page about a week or so ago. and i've added it to my links - see right column. now, all my friends are reading your blog and feel as inspired as i do. so, seeing that you love little experiments, here's one -- and this is also for my edification because i'm a sucker for when someone comments to my blog. please click on natty and leave me a comment. introduce yourself to me in one or two sentences and tell me what is your special place in Portland :)nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217067293718671958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-55206908953842734952007-05-15T16:14:00.000-04:002007-05-15T16:14:00.000-04:00Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises [you may recognize ...Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises [you may recognize the plot from Madonna's "Take a Bow" video, but the book's better]<BR/>Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray or his letters or anything else [though every time I read him, it makes me self-conscious about my conversational skills].<BR/>Toni Morrison's Jazz a/o Song of Solomon.<BR/>I've read a lot of Faulkner and Cather and don't have a particular favorite but it's all been good.<BR/><BR/>second on Steinbeck [my daughter's reading Grapes of Wrath in school right now and says it's the first thing she's had to read that she's really enjoyed], To Kill a Mockingbird [I think I would choose this above anything else here. Maybe not Jazz.], Woolf's Orlando, Hurston, Austen, Salingergwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797254251052449434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-13195850862786225862007-05-15T16:02:00.000-04:002007-05-15T16:02:00.000-04:00there are a million trillion books to recommend bu...there are a million trillion books to recommend but i enjoyed ahab's wife by sena jeter naslund. small wonder by barbara kingsolver. in watermelon sugar by richard brautigan. hannah coulter by wendell berry. the brothers k by david james duncan. classically speaking i have always loved the great gatsby. happy reading acj!!!cat collier martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551617284372891395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-44753003946143977812007-05-15T15:02:00.000-04:002007-05-15T15:02:00.000-04:00Hey Andrea :)I just finished Astrid and Veronika b...Hey Andrea :)<BR/>I just finished Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson-it was such a beautiful book. I second the Time Traveler's Wife and although not a classic, or a new author, or a novel, I recommend The Cinnamon Peeler a book of poetry by Michael Ondaatje.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com