tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post1330664244604804189..comments2024-01-28T03:35:51.182-05:00Comments on Reassigned Time: Time to Get Back to ItDr. Crazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-8568426852692687672008-03-10T22:31:00.000-04:002008-03-10T22:31:00.000-04:00I love know other people are rereaders, too. My n...I love know other people are rereaders, too. My neighbour just looks at me like I'm insane whenever I say that I need to buy certain books, because I know I'll reread them. Harry is one of them. I used to read the Narnia chronicles yearly, in order. There are several series that I do that with, depending on my mood. Sometimes, I do it because I have to be reading something, but need to be able to put it down because I'm busy with other stuff, too.Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796690909739634912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-21059227203830191922008-03-09T23:56:00.000-04:002008-03-09T23:56:00.000-04:00I love the children's and YA lit! And I'm always ...I love the children's and YA lit! And I'm always happy to share my [literary] loves.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-4148121949548049472008-03-09T18:57:00.000-04:002008-03-09T18:57:00.000-04:00I am a re-reader, too, and Potter is my recent fav...I am a re-reader, too, and Potter is my recent fav as well. It goes along with the re-watching of movies, especially ones that are not too emotionally challenging or taxing. I watch that damn "American President" everytime they put it on, along with the Potter movies and many many others. I will also watch "Crimes of the Heart" endlessly. And I have a "Charmed" obsession. I rationalize that these repeats help balance out the intellectual in me!Lesboprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09249806181782620274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-38205404406397108492008-03-09T17:55:00.000-04:002008-03-09T17:55:00.000-04:00So relieved to hear about the rereading! I often f...So relieved to hear about the rereading! I often find it difficult to justify my rereading, when there are so many great, unread books in the world. But sometimes you just know exactly what you want, and exactly where to find it, and I love that. I even still reread Anne of Green Gables, and just the other day I discovered that the books I've been reading to pieces since childhood, are in fact ABBREVIATED CHILDREN'S VERSIONS. So now I've ordered the original versions from Amazon, and I'm a great deal more excited about getting them than I like to admit.Kjerstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07408700207931194595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-54384375942230829662008-03-09T16:55:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:55:00.000-04:00In place of "period" put "specialization." I just...In place of "period" put "specialization." I just reread this comment, and realized how totally gross that sounded :)Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-41664258398934926962008-03-09T16:17:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:17:00.000-04:00Thanks for the many recommendations! I haven't en...Thanks for the many recommendations! I haven't encountered any of yours, K8, so I'll have to check them out! As for the Pullman, yep, I've read them... probably 3 or 4 times each. But I can't quite read them over and over and over again, regardless of mood, the way I can with the Potter. I think it's because (imho) they are better than the Potter. Or something. Too literary perhaps? Not in an annoying way at all, but not good for when I'm avoiding the literary, as it were :)<BR/><BR/>As for the conference... you know, I've never been to this one, so I don't actually know whether it's fancy (though of course, it may be.... it does sort of have that vibe about it....) At any rate, it's not MLA, but the acronym has two of those letters in common. (Don't know why I'm being so coy... I suppose it's that I try not to talk about my period - as if that's in some way more identifying than any of the other crap I write on here :) )Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-77097144619438640582008-03-09T16:12:00.000-04:002008-03-09T16:12:00.000-04:00Hve you tried the dark materials thingy yet? My fr...Hve you tried the dark materials thingy yet? My friend is dipping in to them and really likes them, finds all sorts of Milton refs. But not so much that she, a non-Miltonist, is annoyed. <BR/><BR/>And is that conference the fancy one I am also planning to go to? I hope to see you there!Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-41006408516796091632008-03-09T14:45:00.000-04:002008-03-09T14:45:00.000-04:00If you have fond memories of Little House, you pro...If you have fond memories of <I>Little House</I>, you probably don't want to reread it as an adult. However, if you like HP, I highly suggest Diana Wynne Jones' books. <I>Howl's Moving Castle</I> is a lot of fun. Or, Susan Cooper's <I>Dark is Rising</I> sequence is rather nice, as well. And of course there's always Dahl for good snark! And <I>The Enchanted Forest Chronicles</I> by Patricia Wrede as a more feminist choice than Potter. <BR/><BR/>I got a little out of control there - sorry about that. I really get into the children's lit. And, I am a compulsive re-reader too.k8https://www.blogger.com/profile/07547334819703279971noreply@blogger.com