tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post8005088966209895341..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: What's On My Nightstand - MarchCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-80438655384925651462015-02-27T19:45:51.039-08:002015-02-27T19:45:51.039-08:00Haha about Canterbury Tales. Sounds like you made ...Haha about Canterbury Tales. Sounds like you made it further than I did! I just couldn't take the vulgarity. It wasn't work it just to say I'd read it. <br /><br />I just placed The Pursuit of God on hold at my library. I'm looking forward to reading it. I hope you get some more uplifting titles read in March!Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319901329438691914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-42046435954062231322015-02-24T18:36:50.227-08:002015-02-24T18:36:50.227-08:00Just re-read my comment HOURS later (surely I'...Just re-read my comment HOURS later (surely I'm not the only one who does that!)--it should say I'm NOT surprisedAmy @ Hope Is the Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949836482747469686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-57901443149426692302015-02-24T18:20:11.929-08:002015-02-24T18:20:11.929-08:00I vaguely remember reading Canterbury Tales in Hig...I vaguely remember reading Canterbury Tales in High school? I think I agree with you; once was more than enough.<br /><br />Some great selections coming up to redeem February.<br /><br />We are currently reading Green Ember. You might have heard the wailing when I said no to "one more chapter".Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183329507570599440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-73370736554070843972015-02-24T16:39:30.616-08:002015-02-24T16:39:30.616-08:00Oooh, I want to read the Watching the English one....Oooh, I want to read the Watching the English one. Oh, dear, my stack is growing. =)*carrie*https://www.blogger.com/profile/10545859613596796648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-36848310437066490662015-02-24T14:34:50.511-08:002015-02-24T14:34:50.511-08:00Ugh, I always forget about the Nightstand post! (...Ugh, I always forget about the Nightstand post! (C'mon, there are still a FEW days of February left for me to finish a couple books up!)<br /><br />I started The Canterbury Tales with my teens last year and we set it aside also.<br /><br />Heart of Darkness--I read it with Destry earlier this year. Interestingly, I did NOT get into it, wasn't even sure I understood it, but he had some really good insight that left me. . .while not enjoying it, per se, I'll say. . .appreciating it.Shonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310547848215492736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-24762168406416169212015-02-24T10:55:28.731-08:002015-02-24T10:55:28.731-08:00Watching the English looks fun, and I have been wa...Watching the English looks fun, and I have been wanting to get to Jan Karon's newest as well.<br /><br />I actually posted for the first time in a loooong while!<br /><br /><a href="http://jennifersnapshot.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-im-reading-now-and-later.html" rel="nofollow">My Nightstand Post</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789250398792504412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-39904714352047819692015-02-24T08:41:16.361-08:002015-02-24T08:41:16.361-08:00I understand your feelings about The Canterbury Ta...I understand your feelings about The Canterbury Tales. I wasn't impressed with them either, which is a disappointment when you hear such grand things. But hey, reading it like a pirate probably was quite an adventure! Heart of Darkness--ugh--same feelings. The Pursuit of God--now that one will be better for sure. :)Lisa notes...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07103364395238899215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-74243583798975281782015-02-24T06:47:21.474-08:002015-02-24T06:47:21.474-08:00It has been so long since I read anything of Cante...It has been so long since I read anything of Canterbury Tales (an excerpt in high school, maybe?) that I forgot there was any vulgarity in it - or probably they didn't include those excerpts in an early 70s hs class. I'm surprised it's there. To me the only value in the tales is understanding cultural references to them, and that's not enough to get me into them. Had to smile about reading them like a pirate. :-)<br /><br />Similarly with Heart of Darkness, I had just enough of it in a class to know I didn't want to read the rest. I am kind of looking forward to the wrap-up post of whoever chose it to see if there is some redeeming value to it I have forgotten, but I doubt I'll ever be inclined to read it again.<br /><br />Interested to see what you think about The Green Ember. I've seen it but haven't read it.<br />Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-72449032106222281062015-02-24T03:35:23.749-08:002015-02-24T03:35:23.749-08:00Might I say that I'm surprised about neither o...Might I say that I'm surprised about neither of your Feb. reads? I "enjoyed" both as required reading in high school. (By the way, if you made it through the Miller's tale, you read the most vulgar of all the tales, if I remember correctly.)<br /><br />White Fang with your children? Wow! I can't wait to read your thoughts on that one. I think I'm sort of scarred from taking so many English classes in college. ;-)Amy @ Hope Is the Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949836482747469686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-77751945978310515122015-02-23T21:55:53.606-08:002015-02-23T21:55:53.606-08:00Sounds like you were in my old stomping grounds fo...Sounds like you were in my old stomping grounds for your vacation. I grew up near Jack London's house.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.com