Comments on: For JD, with love & squalor http://lillowen.com/2010/01/29/for-jd-with-love-squalor/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:30:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lauren http://lillowen.com/2010/01/29/for-jd-with-love-squalor/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Lauren Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:33:32 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=317#comment-255 It's only that one story that's sad. The rest of it is just kind of perfectly melancholy, although there are no heaving bosoms, so perhaps it still wouldn't meet the criteria you use to choose your vacation reading. For the record, I have no objection to reading Austen, I just have so many OTHER things to read right now. I think Dahl must have proposed Catcher at a time when I was in between books, or perhaps just reading more. It’s only that one story that’s sad. The rest of it is just kind of perfectly melancholy, although there are no heaving bosoms, so perhaps it still wouldn’t meet the criteria you use to choose your vacation reading.

For the record, I have no objection to reading Austen, I just have so many OTHER things to read right now. I think Dahl must have proposed Catcher at a time when I was in between books, or perhaps just reading more.

]]> By: Kate http://lillowen.com/2010/01/29/for-jd-with-love-squalor/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Kate Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:57:04 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=317#comment-254 OK. A couple of things: 1) I had to read Catcher in the Rye in Grade 11 and hated every minute of it. While some of that can be blamed on the fact that it was assigned reading, I still think I would have hated it, and am unlikely to re-read it again now to see if that's the case. 2) Why on EARTH would you bring vacation reading that leaves you 'breathless with shock and sadness'? Vacation reading should feature heaving bosoms or magazines with far more pictures than words. 3) Who is Dahl, and why can he (she?) make you read Salinger when I can't make you read Austen? OK. A couple of things:

1) I had to read Catcher in the Rye in Grade 11 and hated every minute of it. While some of that can be blamed on the fact that it was assigned reading, I still think I would have hated it, and am unlikely to re-read it again now to see if that’s the case.

2) Why on EARTH would you bring vacation reading that leaves you ‘breathless with shock and sadness’? Vacation reading should feature heaving bosoms or magazines with far more pictures than words.

3) Who is Dahl, and why can he (she?) make you read Salinger when I can’t make you read Austen?

]]> By: Lauren http://lillowen.com/2010/01/29/for-jd-with-love-squalor/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Lauren Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:18:00 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=317#comment-253 Perhaps it is a guy thing. The rest of his writing tends to feature more female characters, which might contribute to why I like it more. If you do decide you'd like to give him another try, I'd suggest you start with "Nine Stories" (or "Franny & Zooey" if you prefer novels to short stories). Perhaps it is a guy thing. The rest of his writing tends to feature more female characters, which might contribute to why I like it more. If you do decide you’d like to give him another try, I’d suggest you start with “Nine Stories” (or “Franny & Zooey” if you prefer novels to short stories).

]]> By: Sarah http://lillowen.com/2010/01/29/for-jd-with-love-squalor/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Sarah Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:24:45 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=317#comment-252 I didn't like or get Catcher in the Rye either. I figured it was a guy thing. I never went back and tried any other Salinger. Perhaps now I will. I didn’t like or get Catcher in the Rye either. I figured it was a guy thing. I never went back and tried any other Salinger. Perhaps now I will.

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