tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post5509574736729162727..comments2023-10-19T08:52:22.706-05:00Comments on Betty & Bimbo: A Blog: The Books of My LifeBetty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-39125354583112652782008-06-28T18:27:00.000-05:002008-06-28T18:27:00.000-05:00nancy d.- there's an auden poem about wwii that's ...nancy d.- there's an auden poem about wwii that's quite lovely....we did not even discuss poetry<BR/>neruda 's 100 sonnets of love- where's speed?<BR/><BR/>is it stoppard "the real thing"? loved that....<BR/>but portrait of a lady continues to eb a touchstone haven't reread middlemarch or anna k in a while thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-24601677632050113052008-06-28T17:39:00.000-05:002008-06-28T17:39:00.000-05:00A Room of One's Own--I expected this to be an ener...A Room of One's Own--I expected this to be an energizing feminist essay, but instead it opened my eyes to using language in a new way. On Sept. 11 I remembered Woolf's description of how World War I changed the nature of personal interactions.<BR/><BR/>And in the theatrical realm: Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. First time I realized that a play could be about ideas and not just characters.Nancy D., Girl Detectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463086935236039905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-87925237637108538792008-06-28T06:26:00.000-05:002008-06-28T06:26:00.000-05:00reading wg sebald's the emigrants....while it didn...reading wg sebald's the emigrants....while it didn't chage my life it did open my eyes/mind to a whole different way of writing- borges, too<BR/><BR/>changed my life??? when i was about 15: middlemarch, portrat of a lady, madame bovary ,anna karenina-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com