You may have noticed that I added Wuthering Heights in my "Good Books I've read recently". I lied. . . Not about reading the book - I read it for my book club (we're all still scratching our heads over that selection). I lied about the fact that I thought it was good. I didn't. Sorry. This is a very un-librarian thing to admit. It's true, I did not like the book. Finishing it was a bit like finishing the marathon, brutal, but I was SO proud of myself when I read that last sentence and put the book down - I had made it!! Further confessions (this will give you some clue as to the caliber of our club): Our "president" did not even finish the book and the average rating (on a scale of 1-10) was a 3. Our discussion was good, most of us were glad we had read it (there are lots of literary references to this book and now we know what people are referring to. . .), but not many of us understood what makes this book a classic. Any ideas???
Our next month's selection: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Not Goodbye, but See Ya Later
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I can't say I've ever read Wuthering Heights! It's on my shelf. You wouldn't recommend dusting it off, huh? I just finished "Born Standing Up" by Steve Martin. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed his writing style.
I will have to try it. I wouldn't recommend dusting it off - I can sum it up if you want. . . :) Most all of the characters are mean and then progress to downright evil and then they die. . . The sad thing is the relief you feel when they finally do die!
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