tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post4618763955010441636..comments2024-02-12T05:07:33.941-06:00Comments on A Nice Place In The Sun: What Book Was...?aniceplaceinthesun.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12356497322124481526noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-87793791706947332292010-11-13T12:34:16.571-06:002010-11-13T12:34:16.571-06:00How will I ever choose just one? I loved Jack Lond...How will I ever choose just one? I loved Jack London books. Hans Christian Anderson fables were some of my favorites. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger about coming of age. <br /><br />I adored them all. <br /><br />I guess if I had to choose just one that I love dearly it would be Wuthering Heights with Cathy and Heathcliff. The love, the hate, the angst, the sorry,and the jealously. This book expressed so many emotions. <br /><br />Gee, Annie this was hard, but thanks for making me think of some awesome books.Finding Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671978828279304904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-48175518161241764762010-11-13T02:28:28.406-06:002010-11-13T02:28:28.406-06:00Dawn, Laughing...One is hard, isn't it? I help...Dawn, Laughing...One is hard, isn't it? I helped with a local children's production of "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe," and it is still capturing children's (and adults) hearts.<br /><br />You did the same thing I did, the first wasn't my favorite either, but then again, I cannot answer my own question. :) <br /><br />I've missed you~ <br /><br />Thanks for such a great comment. (as usual) <br /><br />And just so you'll know- I cannot take the link for "Twisted Sister" down...I just cannot do it, and I love all of your sites, which you'll have more evidence of now that I have my computer back~ <br /><br />Luvs ya, <br /><br />Annieaniceplaceinthesun.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356497322124481526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-53028008077321271192010-11-12T19:05:08.700-06:002010-11-12T19:05:08.700-06:00CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia:-) I love readi...CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia:-) I love reading the comments of your readers:-) so informative..now i want to read anna karenina. would have to borrow a copy from the lib:-) Take care!Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320663187590059855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-3663556397208653532010-11-10T22:22:07.557-06:002010-11-10T22:22:07.557-06:00As a child, I loved all the Dr. Seuss books and tw...As a child, I loved all the Dr. Seuss books and two other silly books, one called Mr. Pines Mixed Up Signs, the other A Fly Went By.<br /><br />It's a tough question. It's been a while since I read my first book. : )<br /><br />Like you, I remember being deeply touched by To Kill A Mockingbird. I also loved Jane Eyre and Turn of the Screw. I love books that I think about long after I've turned the last page. The Cask of Amontillado also comes to mind, as does A Tale of Two Cities.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01403714167201265834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-19235697764551257302010-11-10T08:52:06.926-06:002010-11-10T08:52:06.926-06:00I was an avid reader as a child and always being t...I was an avid reader as a child and always being told to put that book down and do something else. So there were probably many earlier books. But the first one that comes to mind is Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. It was the catalyst for my lifelong love affair with horses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811710431280544637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-36417207013254344402010-11-09T21:34:35.815-06:002010-11-09T21:34:35.815-06:00Oh this is a hard question Annie. The first book I...Oh this is a hard question Annie. The first book I remember reading was a biography about Ghengis Khan of all people. I was around eight year old. But, it set the pattern for my reading interests my entire life.<br /><br />I absolutely love biographical novels, autobiographies and even fiction based on fact!<br /><br />I have only read one book twice in my life and I think I may be the only person in the world who has read it. <br /><br />The name of the book is 'Chardash' written by Diane Pearson if memory serves me right. It's a novel about feudalism, the bourgeois and The Bolshevik Revolution.<br /><br />The characters are fascinating. The main character is from a wealthy family and gives everything up to fight for the revolution. <br /><br />He truly believed the propaganda about making all people equal, the sharing of the wealth and that communism was the best way.<br /><br />It really is a wonderful read with a lot of insights into the realism of communism. <br /><br />I won't ruin the story for anyone by revealing how he learns he has made a terrible error in judgment, but, he does learn and comes to know that no matter what government is in power nothing really changes.<br /><br />Wow, may be I should have read it again before our last election. Come to think of it, the book is relevant in our current political debacle here at home.<br /><br />Great question! I hope you have a great day!!<br />Jackie:-)Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378896151545384221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-27974058322866437662010-11-09T20:51:29.668-06:002010-11-09T20:51:29.668-06:00I agree with Sandee... one is hard. The first book...I agree with Sandee... one is hard. The first book I ever read was Ramona... but not my favorite book.<br />The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe captured my imagination and I will never forget it... but as a child the all time favorite was A Wrinkle In Time. It opened up a whole new world for me.<br />Of course then there was Little Women and Jane Eyre that left their marks upon my heart. And as an adult I'd have say Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth was my #1 read.<br />See? One is not enough... I could go on all night. See? There's another one... NIGHT by Elie Wiesel and Death on the Ice by Cassie Brown... Okay I'll shut up now :)))<br /><br />Great Question Annie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-22229977285796147852010-11-09T17:49:41.358-06:002010-11-09T17:49:41.358-06:00And I've always loved your answers!
I've...And I've always loved your answers! <br /><br />I've heard of Leo Tolstoy, and now I want to get a copy of Anna Karenina. And I love this, "Only one, can't really do that so I'll go with a favorite." <br /><br />You're right, the writer would have to be pretty dawn good. You're too smart. Although, I have to say, many writers have come mighty close. <br /><br />Thanks for such a great comment. <br /><br />Big hug, and love, <br /><br />Annieaniceplaceinthesun.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356497322124481526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-4420383138147569352010-11-09T17:18:56.459-06:002010-11-09T17:18:56.459-06:00This one is tough to chose. Only one, can't r...This one is tough to chose. Only one, can't really do that so I'll go with a favorite. <i>Anna Karenina</i> by Leo Tolstoy. It just had everything from so many of the characters perspectives. There was hypocrisy, jealousy, faith, fidelity, family, marriage, society, progress, carnal desire and passion, and the agrarian connection to land in contrast to the lifestyles of the city.<br /><br />The other thing is the character Levin was Tolstoy. All his beliefs were Tolstoy's. I didn't find that out until much later.<br /><br />I just found this book so human. The struggles are the same no matter what country you reside or what century you happen to be living. <br /><br />From where I am sitting I can look at my bookshelf and see that very large book named <i>Anna Karenina</i>. I've kept it all these many, many years.<br /><br />This was a fun question Annie. I've always enjoyed Tuesday's Question.<br /><br />Have a terrific day. Big hug. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-89093518717021012042010-11-09T16:53:35.771-06:002010-11-09T16:53:35.771-06:00Well, that's what I would call your axe in a f...Well, that's what I would call your axe in a frozen sea. (Smile)<br /><br />I love your comment. There is always an author that reaches in and touches the very heart of us, isn't there? <br /><br />Thank you Grace~aniceplaceinthesun.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356497322124481526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912920652511807597.post-42720889472319235672010-11-09T16:46:05.324-06:002010-11-09T16:46:05.324-06:00I don't know about any axe for a frozen sea - ...I don't know about any axe for a frozen sea - I can't remember the first book I ever read since I started reading when I was 4 but if I look back the book that has stayed with me more than any other has to be "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. Even at the tender age of 10, in the year 1956 I felt that Jo had copped out. But I loved Jo for being her own person despite all odds. <br /><br />As an adult I read Louisa May Alcott's "blood and thunder" stories and in those stories the rebel woman wins out against the strictures of society. <br /><br />Louisa called "Little Women" and the sequels "pap for children" but 100 hundred years later at least one child saw through the pap to the power.<br /><br />Jo March will always be my hero and my first and only, role model.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com