tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post7922437261949770140..comments2023-11-05T06:04:10.647-05:00Comments on emilyreads: Gauntlet, thrown: UPDATED PART DEUX!EMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15633057062989686339noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-84319485982773672532007-03-22T18:38:00.000-04:002007-03-22T18:38:00.000-04:00I have read GOLDEN COMPASS, thankfully. But I have...I have read GOLDEN COMPASS, thankfully. But I haven't read ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS...hmmm.EMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633057062989686339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-10098467268059347392007-03-21T23:38:00.000-04:002007-03-21T23:38:00.000-04:00I hate to mention it because your list is so terri...I hate to mention it because your list is so terrifying already, but if you haven't read The Golden Compass, it definitely deserves a place on your list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-80027572306378961462007-03-19T08:41:00.000-04:002007-03-19T08:41:00.000-04:00I love the list. I am thinking aout re-reading Th...I love the list. I am thinking aout re-reading The Diary of Anne Frank, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and The White Mountains.Jonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299647754479967070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-1292888594977983172007-03-14T19:41:00.000-04:002007-03-14T19:41:00.000-04:00This is a great list!If you haven't read A Tree Gr...This is a great list!<BR/><BR/>If you haven't read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I'd recommend throwing that one in too.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Slaughterhouse Five.ElsKushnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584616838165132885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-75135389691215185822007-03-13T18:40:00.000-04:002007-03-13T18:40:00.000-04:00What great reasoning! Why didn't I think of that? ...What great reasoning! Why didn't I think of that? Now I've got two school-age kids and NO EXCUSE. You go, girl!MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-86027093634788940422007-03-13T12:23:00.000-04:002007-03-13T12:23:00.000-04:00I would recommend: Sophie's World by Jostein gaard...I would recommend: Sophie's World by Jostein gaarder which is <B>excellent</B><BR/><BR/>anything by Tim Bowler (http://www.timbowler.co.uk)<BR/><BR/>Check out my basic blog if you want:<BR/><BR/>http://lifelongreader.blogspot.comGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491380432075180854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-19233044703000219772007-03-13T11:35:00.000-04:002007-03-13T11:35:00.000-04:00Ah, but this way if I don't understand the big boo...Ah, but this way if I don't understand the big books, I can blame it on New Baby Brain instead of my inherent intellectual inferiority. Now we see the violence inherent in the system...EMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633057062989686339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-15408771356780021932007-03-13T10:17:00.000-04:002007-03-13T10:17:00.000-04:00Oh honey, are you sure you want to tackle all the ...Oh honey, are you sure you want to tackle all the big books with New Baby Brain? Honestly, for a year after each of my kids were born, I found People magazine to be a bit of a mental stretch. <BR/><BR/>Maybe focus on the classics of children's literature this year, and next year hit the grown up classics. Of course, next year The Wiggles songs will slowing be eating a hole in your brain...MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26098225.post-22465640988058780492007-03-13T03:48:00.000-04:002007-03-13T03:48:00.000-04:00Try Stanley Lombardo's translations of The Iliad o...Try Stanley Lombardo's translations of The Iliad or The Odyssey, which are excellent and very readable. They are also available as audiobooks.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com