tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post9036059771715545078..comments2024-03-28T23:30:37.411-04:00Comments on Shipslog: Today's Books and the Classicsjack69http://www.blogger.com/profile/12884137603402812926noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-34690744909377898112019-02-10T23:53:46.111-05:002019-02-10T23:53:46.111-05:00a good book is hard to find for sure. a good book is hard to find for sure. TARYTERREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620999913159718018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-38618118486144366712019-02-09T16:52:02.632-05:002019-02-09T16:52:02.632-05:00I'd like to know WHO gets to decide what books...I'd like to know WHO gets to decide what books are classic, you know? Already I've forgotten most of those we were mandated to read while in school. Aside from Little Women and Gone With The Wind, the only one that sounds vaguely intriguing is To Kill a Mockingbird. <br />Only a few years ago I gave up forcing myself to finish something that dragged, or became a mental chore. Life's too short to invest reading uninteresting fodder.Mevely317https://www.blogger.com/profile/14786988262452989091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-8050301986986529002019-02-09T11:30:21.808-05:002019-02-09T11:30:21.808-05:00Have to agree with 'MA' you are a classic!...Have to agree with 'MA' you are a classic!!! One of my all time favorites is "Gone With the Wind" and just about every single book mentioned above, especially "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"....I do love to lose myself in a good book...current or classic!Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01729245550131715085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-34517747320522934162019-02-09T08:11:30.228-05:002019-02-09T08:11:30.228-05:00Jack, you are a classic and I have read some of yo...Jack, you are a classic and I have read some of your books! I've also read many others that were called classics too. I love reading and my favorite is fiction. I love fairy tales too, they always have a good ending. I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-62573096976968425462019-02-08T23:04:16.943-05:002019-02-08T23:04:16.943-05:00Not much of a classic reader. I struggled through ...Not much of a classic reader. I struggled through what I had to read when I was in school and helped the kids struggle through what they had to read when they were in school, but it was not my thing. However, I did enjoy immensely "Grapes of Wrath" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." Not sure they classify as truly classics.<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-33319835692483846242019-02-08T16:35:25.680-05:002019-02-08T16:35:25.680-05:00PS ~ Jack, thank you so much for popping by my blo...PS ~ Jack, thank you so much for popping by my blog and your comment!<br /><br />Chatty Crone ~ "Little Women" is DEFINITELY a classic!!! I can't count the number of times I've read it!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-48550130143987019072019-02-08T15:37:49.908-05:002019-02-08T15:37:49.908-05:00I read classics when I went to school - when my ki...I read classics when I went to school - when my kids went to school I read theirs and then i did with Andy's - think I am done. I did like A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 1984, and Little Women - not sure if they are classics.Chatty Cronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232040517217024681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-83694112836114291242019-02-08T12:50:18.504-05:002019-02-08T12:50:18.504-05:00Omnivorous reader here ~ Arthur Conan Doyle is a f...Omnivorous reader here ~ Arthur Conan Doyle is a favorite. Dickens I never did like ~ why use 2 words when 32 will do?!?!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874656382203957840.post-66914088069206224172019-02-08T11:58:55.807-05:002019-02-08T11:58:55.807-05:00No classics here. I had my chance in school to rea...No classics here. I had my chance in school to read most of them and refused. I do not read many books and can count on one hand the amount of books I finished reading and yours are part of that. I wish I liked reading but I have to be left alone in a quiet place to read. I have trouble understanding what I read so it takes a lot form me to focus and concentrate. I have read a couple Nicklaus Sparks books as well as Karen Kingsbury books. I have a new book loaded to read this Summer. Im trying...<br /><br />Working<br />LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109633602729593188noreply@blogger.com