tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post931179686569847232..comments2024-03-27T15:04:59.794-07:00Comments on Lark Writes...on books and life: Another classic...Lark http://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-59960278483460671072022-09-03T13:17:41.715-07:002022-09-03T13:17:41.715-07:00I'm glad to get this category finished. Short ...I'm glad to get this category finished. Short stories aren't my favorite things to read. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-80058778026965994462022-09-02T12:52:36.841-07:002022-09-02T12:52:36.841-07:00That sounds quite sad. I think the dialect part wo...That sounds quite sad. I think the dialect part would be the hardest for me to get on with. But like you said, another one you can check off your list. Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-64395327947106493842022-09-01T13:49:30.785-07:002022-09-01T13:49:30.785-07:00It's very short, so it reads fast, but it is a...It's very short, so it reads fast, but it is a bit grim and the ending is so sad. I won't be reading it again. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-81818447170491906132022-09-01T13:48:51.625-07:002022-09-01T13:48:51.625-07:00Crane's take on life in New York City at that ...Crane's take on life in New York City at that time is very realistic! But there had to have been hope and happiness back then, too. Not just poverty and hardship. I wish he would have shown some of that. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-51940782250093509492022-08-31T21:39:28.276-07:002022-08-31T21:39:28.276-07:00Interesting! I read Red Badge of Courage in high s...Interesting! I read Red Badge of Courage in high school and remember liking it, but I've always heard that Maggie was terribly grim, and haven't been inclined to try it. Sounds like that may have been wise...reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-11171013362957115082022-08-31T16:24:35.190-07:002022-08-31T16:24:35.190-07:00Sadly enough, Maggie sounds pretty realistic for i...Sadly enough, Maggie sounds pretty realistic for its day and location. Sometimes I do enjoy "learning" about how bleak life was for lots of people in those days, but I'm not sure I could have taken another seven or eight stories in the similar vein. Enough is just enough, and the author needs to know when to quit.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-80442252653808356192022-08-30T16:32:44.780-07:002022-08-30T16:32:44.780-07:00I have tried to read a classic exactly one time an...I have tried to read a classic exactly one time and I didn't care for it any more than the books they force me to read in school. This doesn't sound like it would be for me.Carole's Random Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737905249530702688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-47936271525749940552022-08-30T13:30:41.013-07:002022-08-30T13:30:41.013-07:00It is really sad! I felt so bad for Maggie. It is really sad! I felt so bad for Maggie. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-65925242995334158422022-08-30T13:30:25.331-07:002022-08-30T13:30:25.331-07:00You're not missing anything but not reading it...You're not missing anything but not reading it. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-72558798669144539382022-08-29T22:52:32.958-07:002022-08-29T22:52:32.958-07:00Maggie sounds interesting but I'll probably gi...Maggie sounds interesting but I'll probably give it a miss given the sad setting and the prose. Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848131929166247817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-15786308953447553162022-08-29T19:08:31.900-07:002022-08-29T19:08:31.900-07:00Oh gosh, I remember reading Maggie: Girl of the St...Oh gosh, I remember reading Maggie: Girl of the Streets when I was in college. It wasn't my favorite classic, but I do remember crying a lot. Suzanne @ The Bookish Librahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116292880784513187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-50854292881655061222022-08-29T16:54:48.619-07:002022-08-29T16:54:48.619-07:00I know what you mean. I read a lot of classics in ...I know what you mean. I read a lot of classics in my twenties, but now I have to sign up for a reading challenge to make myself keep reading them. ;DLark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-42395381830633428612022-08-29T16:53:00.613-07:002022-08-29T16:53:00.613-07:00I just felt so sorry for Maggie. I just felt so sorry for Maggie. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-14220894321905123752022-08-29T16:52:28.570-07:002022-08-29T16:52:28.570-07:00I don't yet, but I'm thinking about gettin...I don't yet, but I'm thinking about getting it. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-60613994954551032632022-08-29T15:29:30.329-07:002022-08-29T15:29:30.329-07:00It does sound like a hard read. Do you have Kindle...It does sound like a hard read. Do you have Kindle Unlimited?Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944760649572042209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-19474764481249661832022-08-29T14:23:54.364-07:002022-08-29T14:23:54.364-07:00This does sound terribly sad.This does sound terribly sad.Bark At The Ghoulshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201971932093705929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-46524669792866190152022-08-29T13:25:54.086-07:002022-08-29T13:25:54.086-07:00I wish I had more time to devote to reading classi...I wish I had more time to devote to reading classics. The older I get, the more I realize just how many I've never read!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307441586606636465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-87188973027029347432022-08-29T12:17:44.997-07:002022-08-29T12:17:44.997-07:00It was just so sad and depressing! that made it ha...It was just so sad and depressing! that made it hard, too. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-84769991107331240772022-08-29T12:17:28.494-07:002022-08-29T12:17:28.494-07:00I wanted to quit halfway through, and I probably w...I wanted to quit halfway through, and I probably would have if it wasn't for the classics challenge I'm trying to finish this year. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-809569077399778022022-08-29T12:16:43.237-07:002022-08-29T12:16:43.237-07:00I hope my next classic novel is better, too. I on...I hope my next classic novel is better, too. I only have three more to get through this year. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-88444834359048325922022-08-29T12:16:09.767-07:002022-08-29T12:16:09.767-07:00I don't love dialect in books...some authors d...I don't love dialect in books...some authors do it really well and it's fine, but others not so much. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-59823252022038788612022-08-29T12:15:43.052-07:002022-08-29T12:15:43.052-07:00I was hoping for better with this one, but the ups...I was hoping for better with this one, but the upside of it is that I did complete another category for the classics challenge ,and that made me happy. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-14045557773127571222022-08-29T08:53:52.659-07:002022-08-29T08:53:52.659-07:00It's a bummer that this one wasn't a winne...It's a bummer that this one wasn't a winner, but that's awesome that you checked off another book for your challenge. :)Ashley Sapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14398599355275934867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-71742982186712254062022-08-28T21:02:10.347-07:002022-08-28T21:02:10.347-07:00I've heard of this story but never read it. S...I've heard of this story but never read it. Stories in heavy dialect drive me a bit crazy as it can be so hard to read. Too bad this wasn't as much of a winner as it could have been.Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3578922587252275029.post-38432098283800952832022-08-28T21:00:06.729-07:002022-08-28T21:00:06.729-07:00Sounds like a depressing slog at that. At least yo...Sounds like a depressing slog at that. At least you got one checked off your challenge. Hope you love your next read, Lark!Rachel @Waves of Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008473307411943476noreply@blogger.com