tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post7441598047095476700..comments2023-09-22T02:24:42.144-07:00Comments on a light inside: Top Ten Tuesday: Books I've Read that were Outside My Comfort ZoneJenna St.Hilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16528611770211261141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-72943896561373175892011-11-10T12:46:28.015-08:002011-11-10T12:46:28.015-08:00I'll look forward to it. But you don't nee...I'll look forward to it. But you don't need to be ashamed. It happens to the best of us. ;)Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-83071988826403443302011-11-10T11:18:45.046-08:002011-11-10T11:18:45.046-08:00Oops, totally read your post wrong. I'm a bit ...Oops, totally read your post wrong. I'm a bit flaky today apparently..ignore all that, I'll talk about For Whom the Bell Tolls another time, when I've gotten over my shame. :)Mashahttp://www.cyganeria-mash.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-33319070582449999822011-11-10T10:47:33.855-08:002011-11-10T10:47:33.855-08:00Sue, thanks! I think you're absolutely right a...<b>Sue</b>, thanks! I think you're absolutely right about Collins' point in the Hunger Games books--I just think she hit her readers too hard with it. But I have friends on both sides of that argument. :)<br /><br /><b>Trish,</b> I think The Brothers Karamazov is worth reading if for no other reason than that so many people call it one of the greatest novels ever written. I'm not sure why, but that's probably why I ought to re-read it.<br /><br /><b>Masha,</b> I've never read The Sun Also Rises, but it sounds interesting. As for For Whom The Bell Tolls, I read that about ten years ago and perhaps just didn't have the maturity to comprehend some of its other themes.<br /><br />And husbands are great for broadening horizons. :)Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-21356946788065064282011-11-10T09:09:19.493-08:002011-11-10T09:09:19.493-08:00I just reread the Brothers K after years of neglec...I just reread the Brothers K after years of neglect. You should definitely have another go at it, I LOVED it the first time around and found so much more to love this time..I think Mitya is my favorite, I always want & half expect him to be found innocent, and I'm always disappointed. <br /><br />The Sun also Rises is actually more an exploration of what love would be like for a man made impotent by a wound, not "naturally" impotent, how that would affect his relationships and his masculinity. He's also defending "the lost generation" (the WWI guys), labeled as such by Gertrude Stein, who Hemingway knew in Paris. The label bothered him a lot. In book he shows his generation as being damaged by the war, but sort of in the process of renewal and rediscovery. It's a pretty awsome book overall. <br /><br />I can't really think of books outside my comfort-zone..I read Middlesex a few years ago, about a hermaphrodite who becomes a man (or a women, I can't remember) but it wasn't really impressive, I got bored. It would have been better if it hadn't tried so hard to have a message. <br /><br />In college I finally read the Narnia books, which were kind of "out of my comfort zone, because they were kid's books, and I'd never really been into kid's books, that was exciting. I have my husband to thank for wider-horizons. :)Mashahttp://www.cyganeria-masha.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-87006817971746256072011-11-09T16:33:40.065-08:002011-11-09T16:33:40.065-08:00I liked Crime and Punishment, too. And I have The ...I liked Crime and Punishment, too. And I have The Idiot on my TBR shelf. I wonder if I should give Brothers K a try also?Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-54044814264020978052011-11-08T16:52:49.874-08:002011-11-08T16:52:49.874-08:00Hi, Jenna -
A very intriguing list! I've ne...Hi, Jenna - <br /><br />A very intriguing list! I've never read any Hemingway or Dostoevsky (can you believe it??), but I loved Wuthering Heights.<br /><br />You're right about The Hunger Games trilogy, but I think that's part of the author's main intent in the third book - to show how devastating war is to everyone involved. I found it very thought-provoking.<br /><br />I haven't tried Lord of the Rings, though it's my husband's favorite, and I've seen the movies dozens of times with my sons!<br /><br />Great list!<br /><br />Sue<br /><br /><a href="http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Book By Book</a>Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.com