Comments on: Between the Stacks

By: fireflynights

fireflynights — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:59:36 +0000

Places in the Dark was an intriguing book. It could have been longer and I would have still been captivated by it. I sensed long before it was revealed why Cal was really tracking Dora, but I never saw her true identity coming. I also felt let down once it was revealed and Cal went back to his normal life. Shouldn’t it have been time for Dora to finally escape her past? Had the fate of the brother’s been reversed, I don’t think it would have ended the same way. Billy would not have been satisfied to just accept it.

By: fireflynights

fireflynights — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:56:41 +0000

Sorry for the typo in the last writing of “fiction” in the previous post.

By: fireflynights

fireflynights — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:55:03 +0000

I don’t know what took me so long, but I finally noticed that little “My New Blog” notation in your blogroll. I’ve just sent Places in the Dark to my cart at Amazon. Thanks to you and a few others, I have returned to reading fiction after many years of almost exclusively buying/reading non-fiction on subjects of interest. I have quite a reference library on many topics, but I’ve been missing out on all the adventures that take place in fictioin. I’ll be paying more attention to this blog in addition to the other one that I already enjoy.

By: ravenous reader

ravenous reader — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:36:56 +0000

Jeane – I’m glad to know there’s another re-reader out there! I’ve been disappointed by some of my youthful favorites too – I guess our reading tastes change as we age (along with everything else!)

Andi- I was simply captivated by the Time Traveler’s Wife…it definitely stands up to re-reading. As a matter of fact, I think I’ll add it to my own list

By: Andi

Andi — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:21:33 +0000

The last book I re-read was Great Expectations, and it was a fantastic experience. It’d been almost 15 years since I first read it, and I’d forgotten much more than I’d like to admit. Next up I’m planning to re-read The Time Traveler’s Wife. It hasn’t been more than 5 years since I first read it, but some recent Estella’s Revenge posts got me thinking about it.

By: jeane

jeane — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:14:06 +0000

I often re-read my favorite books. In fact, all the ones I put in my personal library are books I feel I’d want to re-read at some point. I always discover new things reading a book again, as well as enjoy the familiarity. Although I’ve found that some don’t stand up to it, especially some juvenile books I loved when I was young. The last book I re-read was the Power of Oneby Bryce Courtenay.

By: ravenous reader

ravenous reader — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:57:36 +0000

Ann- How nice to be missed And of course, you’re quite correct when you say some books simply don’t “stand up” to a re-read, even if you’ve enjoyed them the first time round. I feel the same way about some pieces of music. There are some I never tire of playing, and others that simply beg to be put back in the file cabinet!

And I realize I didn’t quite answer my own question regarding re-viewing movies~rarely do I watch movies more than once. I have a few true favorites that I own and have watched several times – The Hours is one, as is The Way We Were, and The Age of Innocence. Also, Something’s Gotta Give, a comedy that always makes me laugh.

By: Ann Darnton

Ann Darnton — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:06:34 +0000

Welcome home. I was beginning to get worried about you. You should warn us when you’re not going to be around so panic doesn’t start to set in.

I’ve been doing a tremendous amount of re-reading lately mainly because discussion groups I belong to have selected books I’ve already read. What I find particularly interesting about this is which books stand up to a re-read and which don’t. I’ve just finished L.P. Hartley’s ‘The Go-Between’ for the third time and have definitely got more out of it and appreciated the quality of the writing more on each occasion. Others loose their svaour completely.

By: ravenous reader

ravenous reader — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:00:19 +0000

Kim – I love the Anne of Green Gables books and have re-read them several times over the (many!) years since the first time. We had a tv series for a while that originated in Canada – it was delightful!

Petunia-1984 is a difficult book. I read it only once and was thoroughly frightened, which I’m sure Orwell intended!

Litlove – I’m finding my perspective on The Good Mother quite different than the first time round. I’m excited for you to read Men and Angels – I hope you like it, and find it useful in your motherhood reading project.

By: litlove

litlove — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:25:53 +0000

So glad you are enjoying The Good Mother. I am waiting for my copy of the Mary Gordon to arrive! I hardly ever reread novels, but I adore re-watching films. In fact I’d rather watch a film the second time than the first as I like to be reassured about what’s going to happen!