tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post6993410888123809000..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: Anne vs. Emily and other things we can have fun arguing about !Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-13052103826695471272010-03-10T16:41:56.710-08:002010-03-10T16:41:56.710-08:00I tend to consider myself an Emily fan. But we'...I tend to consider myself an Emily fan. But we'll just call this a personal preference :)<br /><br />On the side, you still have a lot of idiots coming along to comment negatively on your review about The Shack, don't you? Signs of pervasive stupidity in society, it would seem.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm snarky.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964373798194372154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-36236389755265628582010-03-10T12:46:50.066-08:002010-03-10T12:46:50.066-08:00Hahahaha, oh geez, I've never thought about it...Hahahaha, oh geez, I've never thought about it like that because (like you pointed out quite clearly) it's the same author!!<br /><br />I'm partial to Blue Castle characters myself but that's not breaking news. ;-)<br /><br />I kind of wish, of all the short stories LMM wrote, that she'd written the back story of Hester Gray's love story.Janice Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834020038009794226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-66887945422696780502010-03-10T10:33:59.445-08:002010-03-10T10:33:59.445-08:00Now you made me go back and read the Shack comment...Now you made me go back and read the Shack comments. Wow. Kind of like the ones I get on Goodreads of my review of I know why the caged bird sings. <br /><br />As for Anne or Emily, I know I read Emily as a kid but I can't remember her. So I'll have to decline to take sides. :)Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-45157764296232138102010-03-10T06:46:10.018-08:002010-03-10T06:46:10.018-08:00Having not read Emily yet, I can't put forth a...Having not read Emily yet, I can't put forth an opinion, but isn't it funny what people can get in a dither about?<br /><br />I wonder if there is a quiz about "What L. M. Montgomery character are you?" like there is about "What Jane Austen character are you?" <br /><br />I so agree about worldview coming through even when a book isn't about world view per se.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-23478713364011791222010-03-10T05:03:12.812-08:002010-03-10T05:03:12.812-08:00I bet you didn't expect this...You just talked...I bet you didn't expect this...You just talked me into reading Emily sooner than later! haha! <br /><br />I love your wit and personality. ANd I fully agree our worldviews come through in our writing and are influenced by what we read.Annette W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02498639468291720406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-88616949890700510062010-03-10T04:55:36.867-08:002010-03-10T04:55:36.867-08:00ohhhh please... I love both Emily and Anne... but ...ohhhh please... I love both Emily and Anne... but you so gotta know the best character is<br />'Valancy'..... (The Blue Castle)<br />huge big grin!Elinorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347199174051496348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-2079093197905578842010-03-10T00:03:08.444-08:002010-03-10T00:03:08.444-08:00Thanks for this hilarious post. I have never read ...Thanks for this hilarious post. I have never read Emily although I enjoyed Anne a lot, admittedly when I was a little girl. I think I probably stand for a broad church emcompassing all sweet kind and good hearted fictional characters - fair?!<br /><br />Great post - thanks for sharing<br /><br />HannahHannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.com