tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post648267425294344912..comments2023-07-22T06:00:18.229-04:00Comments on Out of the Ordinary: What I Read This Summer: FictionSite Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092409812214063420noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-61062638894126538492015-09-04T13:53:33.476-04:002015-09-04T13:53:33.476-04:00Some of my favorites were:
Emma, Mr. Knightly, an...Some of my favorites were:<br /><br />Emma, Mr. Knightly, and Chili Slaw Dogs by Mary Hathaway: Jane Austen’s Emma set in the modern American South. Quite fun.<br /><br />The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson, a retelling of Cinderella.<br /><br />The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Took me a while to get into it.<br /><br />Strait of Hormuz by Davis Bunn. Very exciting!<br /><br />The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 5: The Unmapped Sea by Maryrose Wood<br /><br />I also read Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and Little Dorrit by Dickens, and while I wouldn't list them as top favorites, I enjoyed them to a degree.<br /><br />Some of these were audiobooks - being able to listen to them has greatly increased my consumption of classics.<br /><br />I have seen the first episode of Wolf Hall but not the rest yet. Very interesting!Barbara H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17848365749538505762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-77540077559309679432015-09-04T11:55:30.982-04:002015-09-04T11:55:30.982-04:00I recorded the series and have watched part of it....I recorded the series and have watched part of it. It's really well done. Cromwell is well cast I think. Lisa Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990706355525884593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-8280270682273377202015-09-04T11:54:25.689-04:002015-09-04T11:54:25.689-04:00I did read it. I was terribly disappointed and not...I did read it. I was terribly disappointed and not because of the differences in characterization or anything like that. It's just a poorly written manuscript and I am sad it will be part of Harper Lee's legacy. Lisa Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990706355525884593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-44489699248478817082015-09-04T11:49:58.403-04:002015-09-04T11:49:58.403-04:00Have you read "Go Set a Watchman?" I am ...Have you read "Go Set a Watchman?" I am afraid I will be disappointed because I loved "Mockingbird" so much. Also its publication is not without controversy.Persishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17686511618515789601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873453867984233607.post-75041462204957435922015-09-04T11:42:11.306-04:002015-09-04T11:42:11.306-04:00I watched the PBS version of Wolf Hall this summer...I watched the PBS version of Wolf Hall this summer. I would like to read the book.Kim Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636800185288441620noreply@blogger.com