tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post115280167730132910..comments2024-01-30T00:27:08.622-08:00Comments on Damned Scribbling Women: Nick Hornsby's Got Nothing On MeKate Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1153544582965622752006-07-21T22:03:00.000-07:002006-07-21T22:03:00.000-07:00Oh, Miss Scarlett! Lucy and George! I first read A...Oh, Miss Scarlett! Lucy and George! I first read A Room With A View as an impressionable 14-year-old. I don't think I need tell you the affect that had on me.<BR/><BR/>Though Mr. Emerson the elder has the true impact on a young mind, doesn't he? At the end of the eternal Why? there is a Yes.Anneliese Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389340053893292833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1153535213983524502006-07-21T19:26:00.000-07:002006-07-21T19:26:00.000-07:00I have NEVER met anyone who knew the Blue Castle!I...I have NEVER met anyone who knew the Blue Castle!<BR/>I love that book. I think I was meant to be a flapper. Sigh.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I also love Hamlet & Ophelia, (1)though things don't end well for either of them.<BR/>HAMLET<BR/><BR/>Anne Elliot & Captain Wentworth (2)<BR/>are my absolute favourites of Jane Austen.<BR/>If I have to watch a romantic movie that is the one for me!<BR/>PERSUASION<BR/><BR/>Isak Dinesen & Denys Finch Hatton (3). They are a real couple but she wrote about their love in her books.<BR/>OUT OF AFRICA<BR/><BR/>Rhett Butler & Scarlett O'Hara (4)<BR/>GONE WITH THE WIND<BR/>King & Samantha (5)<BR/>OPEN HOUSE<BR/><BR/>Tessa & Justin Quayle (6)<BR/>THE CONSTANT GARDENER<BR/><BR/>Lexy Ransom & Paul Iverson (7)<BR/>DOGS OF BABEL<BR/><BR/>Lucy Honeychurch & George Emmerson (8)<BR/>A ROOM WITH A VIEW<BR/><BR/>Stevens & Miss Kenton (9)<BR/>THE REMAINS OF THE DAY<BR/><BR/>Ron Weasley & Germoione Granger (10)<BR/>HARRY POTTER SERIES <BR/><BR/>I have noticed a bit of a trend...most of the people do not wind up together in the end- or are seperated for the entire story...Hmmmmm<BR/>What does that say about me?Miss Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03900248654880388707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1153159253009030602006-07-17T11:00:00.000-07:002006-07-17T11:00:00.000-07:00You guys are awesome--you know The Blue Castle! It...You guys are awesome--you know The Blue Castle! It's my comfort book. I read it whenever I'm sick or blue and it always cheers me up.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804281162557876557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1153091994589416862006-07-16T16:19:00.000-07:002006-07-16T16:19:00.000-07:00Damn me for forgetting Valancy and Barney! Good ca...Damn me for forgetting Valancy and Barney! Good call, Jennie! It became my favorite LMM novel sometime in my early twenties. I read it every year...Lady Jane the Grey Slossom and the dance Up Back and the dirt pile and Banjo and Good Luck. So beautiful.Anneliese Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389340053893292833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1152918112418524272006-07-14T16:01:00.000-07:002006-07-14T16:01:00.000-07:00Yay, Jennie! I'm so happy to see you on our blog.....Yay, Jennie! I'm so happy to see you on our blog... you've made great comments over at Sanctuary's Finest.<BR/><BR/>And I love Valancy and Barney. The whole first chapter of "Blue Castle" remains one of my all-time favorites. What a delightful heroine!Kate Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1152909140316268612006-07-14T13:32:00.000-07:002006-07-14T13:32:00.000-07:00Oh, nice list! Wimsey/Harriet and Anne Elliot/Capt...Oh, nice list! Wimsey/Harriet and Anne Elliot/Captain Wentworth are two of my faves as well.<BR/><BR/>I have another L.M. Montgomery couple to vote for--Valancy and Barney (you have to ignore the bad names) in <I>The Blue Castle</I>. Strangers to friends to gloriously happy lovers. I love that book.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804281162557876557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1152822338495579262006-07-13T13:25:00.000-07:002006-07-13T13:25:00.000-07:00Anne and Gilbert! Huzzah! Oh, how I loved them... ...Anne and Gilbert! Huzzah! Oh, how I loved them... and how I also loved Gus and Felicity, on "Road to Avonlea."<BR/><BR/>You should know, Theresa, that the Flitgirl and I have discussed turning a portion of our California vacation into a RtA marathon.Kate Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-1152821638232646652006-07-13T13:13:00.000-07:002006-07-13T13:13:00.000-07:00So happy to see A Girl of the Limberlost on here -...So happy to see A Girl of the Limberlost on here - I'm a big fan (and also of Freckles). Quality, and often overlooked.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248214550905214005noreply@blogger.com