tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9955979.post7211867936314551621..comments2008-06-24T08:49:10.619-04:00Tony LaRoccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10645535189191174927noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9955979.post-4613702951591985082008-06-24T08:49:00.000-04:002008-06-24T08:49:00.000-04:00I felt the same way with My Antonia. I kept feeling as if I were reading it wrong, or just missing something. Everyone said it was such a classic, such a great piece of literature so it had to be my fault for not getting it, right?<BR/>Then I came to the same conclusion you did. There are books out there that people say are classics because they've been taught that they are classics.Raynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654500987254845640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9955979.post-83362551457743020142008-06-23T04:00:00.000-04:002008-06-23T04:00:00.000-04:00I'm with you on Who AND Ms. Cather. Edith Wharton was better...it didn't SEEM like anything was really happening, but if you imagined what it would be like to live any of those. AIEEEEE!<BR/>Hope you are feeling well.Knitting Painter Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07702927918890797596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9955979.post-53634626899106519142008-06-22T19:35:00.000-04:002008-06-22T19:35:00.000-04:00SHHHHHH! Dr Who is only just beginning again in Australia ;) Hello Mandy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9955979.post-48272024959007714572008-06-22T15:45:00.000-04:002008-06-22T15:45:00.000-04:00I had to read <I>My Antonia</I> as a freshman in high school, and remember little of it except that, as you say, it wasn't overly interesting. And thanks for putting that new twist on the old song; it's earworming in my head even as I write.Aravishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07766002202567429153noreply@blogger.com