I know, I know, it isn’t Wednesday. This week has been a challenge to say the least. I wasn’t even sure I’d have the energy or time to get out my readalong updates. In fact something that normally takes me … Continue reading
Already the author has my emotions wrung like a mop. She is proving herself an expert in manipulating my feelings in such a way that I was immediately and undeniably sympathetic toward the main character and those like her. This … Continue reading
Welcome to week five of Wuthering Heights Wednesday. Last week we found out how much Cathy is disliked by a number of readers. But nothing can outshine Heathcliff’s villainy. This is the one aspect of movie that never came through as … Continue reading
Love To Hate Characters It sounds like this week the general consensus is that Cathy is a . . . [insert expletive here]. Yeah, pretty much. Cathy is wicked and self-absorbed beyond measure. One would think such a self-centered person incapable … Continue reading
The narrator continues weaving a tale I hate to leave. For me, it’s the dynamics of the character’s relationships that keep me interested in their story as it twists and turns down a dark and foreboding path. The voice of Ellen Dean, the narrator, … Continue reading
Three chapters a week is painful. It isn’t the reading, but the waiting. As in I want to read it all – now. Summary and Thoughts: Brontë continues to develop her characters beautifully. She excels at creating people you want to know … Continue reading
Miss Emily Brontë knew how to bring vividity to fiction through eloquent characterization. Each draws me in immediately with descriptions that I can imagine and make real in my mind quite easily. Heathcliff: He turned, as he spoke, a peculiar look … Continue reading
Ew no, not that kind. The Readalong bug! My first didn’t go so well. I quit. However, the one I’m participating in now (Wuthering Heights Wednesday) is fantabulous. Now I hear Pam is doing one called Margaret May. And it just … Continue reading
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Edited with an Introduction by Pauline Nestor Preface by Lucasta Miller Fiction, 337 pages Penguin Classics, Penguin Books . I can’t open this any better than the first lines of the preface: When I first read … Continue reading
I am not getting this book or its theme, and I cannot find it within myself to understand or like any of the characters. Perhaps I’m not in the right mindset for Bolaño. He definitely requires an “active reader”. And … Continue reading
This is proving to be what I thought it was before this readalong – a fairly daunting read. As well as it’s translated, I still find myself doing research so I can understand the author, his story, its setting and characters better. … Continue reading
Just as illumination comes as a surprise, enamoring us with its glow, disillusionment comes as quickly, and sometimes harder. Especially when young. In this second installment of the readalong of Bolaño’s work, the narrator finds himself more lost than ever as he … Continue reading