Comments on: Somebody help me out with Virginia Woolf! http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/ none the wiser Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:13:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-298 mandarine Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:59:58 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-298 Be sure I will let you know. Be sure I will let you know.

]]> By: kate http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-297 kate Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:57:46 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-297 I'm curious to know how you enjoy Mrs Dalloway ... I’m curious to know how you enjoy Mrs Dalloway …

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-296 mandarine Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:32:47 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-296 Thank you bloglily (I was somehow waiting for your advice before I'd settle my mind). Then this is how it is going to be: unless someone comes to the rescue of Night and Day in the next few days, I believe I'll move on to Huckleberry Finn, then Mrs Dalloway. Thank you bloglily (I was somehow waiting for your advice before I’d settle my mind). Then this is how it is going to be: unless someone comes to the rescue of Night and Day in the next few days, I believe I’ll move on to Huckleberry Finn, then Mrs Dalloway.

]]> By: bloglily http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-308 bloglily Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:52:19 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-308 Oh good. I think you should try Mrs. Dalloway. And I second davidbdale -- Huck Finn is a wonderful book. Oh good. I think you should try Mrs. Dalloway. And I second davidbdale — Huck Finn is a wonderful book.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-307 mandarine Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:28:02 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-307 Thanks Kate. I now have ample proof that I may as well stow away Night and Day, and pick up Mrs Dalloway or To the Lighthouse instead. Thanks Kate. I now have ample proof that I may as well stow away Night and Day, and pick up Mrs Dalloway or To the Lighthouse instead.

]]> By: kate http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-295 kate Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:45:26 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-295 Night and Day was tough slogging for me, but Mrs. Dalloway & To the Lighthouse were both brilliant. I have read both of them several times ... I thoroughly loved the writing in To the Waves too. I have just finished reading a collection of VW's short stories and some of them are great reads. I have to say that I especially love the Diaries and the Letters of V. Woolf and most of her essays. Her biography of Roger Fry, a noted art critic is a wonderful read. Night and Day was tough slogging for me, but Mrs. Dalloway & To the Lighthouse were both brilliant. I have read both of them several times … I thoroughly loved the writing in To the Waves too. I have just finished reading a collection of VW’s short stories and some of them are great reads.

I have to say that I especially love the Diaries and the Letters of V. Woolf and most of her essays. Her biography of Roger Fry, a noted art critic is a wonderful read.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-306 mandarine Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:24:56 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-306 That's an idea. I had always associated Twain with children's books (although I could not manage to read Tom Sawyer as a kid). I guess I'll give it a try. That’s an idea. I had always associated Twain with children’s books (although I could not manage to read Tom Sawyer as a kid). I guess I’ll give it a try.

]]> By: davidbdale http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-305 davidbdale Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:36:25 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-305 Just bad luck. To The Lighthouse kept me going all the way through, in my suggestible youth, but no other Woolf since has interested me much beyond a few pages of gawking. Armistead Maupin can't write, Richard Adams' book was intended for undergraduates or high school students, and you have better things to do with your time than punish yourself reading anything that doesn't demand your attention. Here's an off-the-wall suggestion. Dip into Mark Twain and see if he grabs you. Sounds like you need a good yarn, and he's a writer who will enrich and reward you at the same time. Just bad luck. To The Lighthouse kept me going all the way through, in my suggestible youth, but no other Woolf since has interested me much beyond a few pages of gawking. Armistead Maupin can’t write, Richard Adams’ book was intended for undergraduates or high school students, and you have better things to do with your time than punish yourself reading anything that doesn’t demand your attention. Here’s an off-the-wall suggestion. Dip into Mark Twain and see if he grabs you. Sounds like you need a good yarn, and he’s a writer who will enrich and reward you at the same time.

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-304 mandarine Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:20:23 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-304 I usually have no problem with picking up three books from the shelves and putting two back the next day. I felt helpless this time because of what looked like a sudden curse (to which Virginia Woolf fell a victim) but that I will probably write off as a streak of bad luck. I usually have no problem with picking up three books from the shelves and putting two back the next day. I felt helpless this time because of what looked like a sudden curse (to which Virginia Woolf fell a victim) but that I will probably write off as a streak of bad luck.

]]> By: litlove http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-303 litlove Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:05:10 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/somebody-help-me-out-with-virginia-woolf/#comment-303 I haven't read Night and Day, but I do like The Years, To The Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway. There's nothing wrong with starting books and then putting them down because they aren't hitting the spot for you. It's called being sensible. Life is short, the number of good books out there astronomical. You can always return to the abandoned ones later if you want to. I haven’t read Night and Day, but I do like The Years, To The Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway. There’s nothing wrong with starting books and then putting them down because they aren’t hitting the spot for you. It’s called being sensible. Life is short, the number of good books out there astronomical. You can always return to the abandoned ones later if you want to.

]]>