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NAPW Online USby...Nationalassociation average rating...nonetags...association napw national of professional women shelved by...Nationalassociation viewable entries...none |
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Half the Skyby...Nicholas Kristof average rating...nonetags...philanthropy women shelved by...taffyw viewable entries...none |
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The Queen of the Big Time: A Novelby...Adriana Trigiani average rating...4.0 / 5tags...growing italian love men religion romance up women shelved by...abz1414 supaflybooboo viewable entries...none |
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Gone with the Windby...Margaret Mitchell average rating...4.2 / 5tags...americana americanclassic american_fiction civil classic drama fiction growing lit love racist romance scarlett south survival up war women shelved by...abz1414 ahauntedattic alma_spier bookgirl82 carmelita drneevil histfictchick i_heart_books Krystal LittleLotte815 n2books petitecherie05 Retrogirl rychusfeminist Wilde_Child viewable entries...6 |
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entry by...Retrogirl updated...Dec 15, '06 spoilers...n/a
Phenomenal book. 100 times better than the movie; and that's saying a lot considering I'm a huge fan of the movie too.
"It was a civilized nation gone with the wind..."
"It was a civilized nation gone with the wind..."
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entry by...alma_spier updated...Jan 03, '08 spoilers...n/a
It took me two weeks to read this book, and by the end, I was exhausted. It was so worth it, though.
'Not much to like'
entry by...n2books updated...Jan 21, '07 spoilers...n/a
Hideously long, couldn't stand reading words written as they are supposed to sound. Hated Scarlett. Hated Rhett except for when he put Scarlett in her place.
I had not seen the movie before hand and am glad I didn't. Can not understand why there are so many fans out there.
Scarlett is a mean-spirited, spiteful, whiney, spoiled-brat.
As far as I am concerned she didn't learn any lessons through the hard times.
Feel free to open up a commentary if you feel I completely lost the point.
I had not seen the movie before hand and am glad I didn't. Can not understand why there are so many fans out there.
Scarlett is a mean-spirited, spiteful, whiney, spoiled-brat.
As far as I am concerned she didn't learn any lessons through the hard times.
Feel free to open up a commentary if you feel I completely lost the point.
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posted by MarianV submitted...Apr 07, '07
When GWTW came out in the 1930's, people had a different view of the world than they do today. Scarlett was completely different from the comforming, earnestly striving heroines of almost all previous fiction. In the midst of the depression, the idea of a defiant, protesting south was admired by a nation of down-on-their-luck white people. If GWTW were written today, it would never be popular, due in part to the reasons you state above & also to the awareness of the rights of non-white people in our country. GWTW is a book of its time & its time has passed.
MarianV
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entry by...LittleLotte815 updated...Oct 05, '08 spoilers...n/a
Rhett Butler is dreamy. That is all.
'Gone With The Wind Review'
entry by...drneevil updated...May 23, '07 spoilers...minor
BLURB
Scarlett was a widow with a small child when she was seventeen years old. She was twenty when the Civil War ended. Singlehandedly she rebuilt the family plantation, Tara, while she cared for her ailing father and sisters. In a few short years she went from wealth to poverty --- from being a spoiled Southern belle to plowing fields and picking cotton.
Ashley Wilkes --- the man she loved --- married another woman and broke Scarlett's heart. To add insult to injury, he asked Scarlett to take care of his wife when he joined the Confederate Army and went off to war.
And laced through the book, like a bright gold thread running through a tapestry, is her relationship with Rhett Butler --- the only man whose heart she could not capture --- and the only man she really loved.
She was a woman who suffered heartbreak, who dealt with change, who did things women weren't supposed to do
Whew - takes a bit of settling into - there are so many vivid descriptions, characters, and all set against the back drop of the civil war. This book is more accessable, in my opinion, than the film, with Scarlett a far more vicious and sympahtetic character.
Worth giving a go!
Scarlett was a widow with a small child when she was seventeen years old. She was twenty when the Civil War ended. Singlehandedly she rebuilt the family plantation, Tara, while she cared for her ailing father and sisters. In a few short years she went from wealth to poverty --- from being a spoiled Southern belle to plowing fields and picking cotton.
Ashley Wilkes --- the man she loved --- married another woman and broke Scarlett's heart. To add insult to injury, he asked Scarlett to take care of his wife when he joined the Confederate Army and went off to war.
And laced through the book, like a bright gold thread running through a tapestry, is her relationship with Rhett Butler --- the only man whose heart she could not capture --- and the only man she really loved.
She was a woman who suffered heartbreak, who dealt with change, who did things women weren't supposed to do
Whew - takes a bit of settling into - there are so many vivid descriptions, characters, and all set against the back drop of the civil war. This book is more accessable, in my opinion, than the film, with Scarlett a far more vicious and sympahtetic character.
Worth giving a go!
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posted by Wilde_Child submitted...Apr 10, '09
um I disagree with the idea that Rhett was the 'only man whose heart she could not capture'... After all, he was the one pursuing her for about 90% of the novel while she was obsessed with someone else entirely.
'Too good for film'
entry by...Wilde_Child updated...Apr 10, '09 spoilers...n/a
This is too well-known a story for me to go into much detail about plot synopsis and all...but l I will say that it's a great pity Margaret Mitchell only ever wrote one novel. Not that I'm keen for a "Gone with the Wind" sequel, mind you; I know there is one out there, and I've even read some of it, and it's not worth the effort. It just ends up turning the unique relationship between Scarlett and Rhett into something out of a cheap and stereotype-dominated romantic drama.
But back to the novel at hand: if you thought that watching the film was enough to get the gist of everything that was going on in the book, it isn't. It really, really isn't. You're missing out if you haven't read this novel yet.
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A description of the plantation near the beginning, which I'll try get around to finding at a later stage.
But back to the novel at hand: if you thought that watching the film was enough to get the gist of everything that was going on in the book, it isn't. It really, really isn't. You're missing out if you haven't read this novel yet.
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A description of the plantation near the beginning, which I'll try get around to finding at a later stage.
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Follow the Riverby...James Alexander Thom average rating...5.0 / 5tags...brave forest home indian journey kidnapped lost women shelved by...abz1414 autumnmoon2006 viewable entries...none |
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The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc: A Novelby...Loraine Despres average rating...3.0 / 5tags...south women shelved by...abz1414 amandasue viewable entries...none |
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The Scarlet Letterby...Nathaniel Hawthorne average rating...3.1 / 5tags...a classic classics fiction love moral puritan readinschool religion women shelved by...abz1414 AdamB83 alma_spier Amerah BlackViolin elishapisha icecolddrink KNBurns lizie123 mallyland sanctionedmadness thejulester wvrunna221 viewable entries...4 |
'A Classic'
entry by...Amerah updated...Nov 16, '06 spoilers...n/a
So far its very interesting. Very good to read about to learn much about colonization life of New England American history. "The Scarlett Letter" was first published in 1850.
This story was very good....very informational in the historical and about the cultural aspects/ideals of early New England Puritan people. The story has an overall profound diction, expressing emotions such as melancholy in depth, and feelings such as revelation in extreme light. Much symbol and allegory...You can use many ways to interepret this story. A great peice of literature.
This story was very good....very informational in the historical and about the cultural aspects/ideals of early New England Puritan people. The story has an overall profound diction, expressing emotions such as melancholy in depth, and feelings such as revelation in extreme light. Much symbol and allegory...You can use many ways to interepret this story. A great peice of literature.
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entry by...alma_spier updated...Jan 02, '08 spoilers...n/a
This is one classic I really enjoyed. I knew it by heart because I studied it so hard in school. This is a book I need to reread ASAP.
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entry by...sanctionedmadness updated...Dec 19, '08 spoilers...none
It's not as bad as they make you believe it is, but it's surely not something I'll pick up again for fun. Hawthorne uses so much description sometimes it's suffocating and the moralizing is relentless. Still, there is something likable about this classic, maybe that it is so stern and respectable or maybe that it sets the stage for American literature. I guess I'd say it's a worthwhile read to build a literary repertoire, but not exactly a fun read.
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Susannah A Lawyer: From Tragedy to Triumphby...Ruth Rymer average rating...nonetags...fiction historical lawyer women shelved by...LangdonStreetPress viewable entries...1 |
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Memoirs of a Geishaby...Arthur Golden average rating...4.5 / 5tags...arthur asia geisha golden historical memoirs women shelved by...allthings02 carmelita kolhan mpfcrs0819 Sarah wunmi viewable entries...6 |
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entry by...wunmi updated...May 26, '09 spoilers...major
I think this is one of the best books I have read in a while. I could not put the book down. It chronicles the life of Sayuri as she starts out in her tipsy house in a small fishing village. It follows her though the various challanges in her life until she becomes a very sucessful geisha. She faces various challanges, the greatest is Hatsumomo, her greatest rival who almost makes her fail to become a geisha.
In the book, Sayuri's virginity is sold off to the highest bidder in a tradition called mizuage, this is very interesting and disturbing to read, the historical accuracy of this is called into question in reviews of the book.
This book is a page turner, It is definately recommended for anyone who loves a good life story.
In the book, Sayuri's virginity is sold off to the highest bidder in a tradition called mizuage, this is very interesting and disturbing to read, the historical accuracy of this is called into question in reviews of the book.
This book is a page turner, It is definately recommended for anyone who loves a good life story.
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entry by...Sarah updated...Mar 15, '09 spoilers...minor
This book is splendid, from the beginning to the end.
It tells the story of a poor Japanese girl, who's father sells her to a geisha house. She begins her training to be a geisha, a training which will take many years and is very tough. However she has to live in the shadow of Kyoto's greatest geisha at that time, she also grows up to be a beautiful woman, who'll steel many men's hearts and will become the figure of the Japanese geisha-culture.
The way of writing keeps you going, you never get tired of reading another chapter. During some passages, I found it very difficult not to be dragged down with the character, which I think is a very good sign. Also I could picture perfectly a whole culture I'd never heard of untill then.
In summary, this book is a real must-read, as is the movie.
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Dit is een prachtig boek dat beklijft van begin tot einde.
Het vertelt het verhaal van een arm Japans meisje, dat door haar vader verkocht wordt aan de bezitter van een geisha-huis. Ze begint haar opleiding tot geisha, die jaren zal duren en hard is van begin tot eind. Ondanks de vele ontberingen die ze moet lijden, in de schaduw van de grootste geisha van Kyoto, groeit ook zij uit tot een prachtige vrouw, die uiteindelijk vele mannenharten zal veroveren en een boegbeeld van de Japanse geisha-cultuur zal worden.
De manier waarop het boek geschreven is, zet aan tot steeds verder lezen. Ik ben het geen moment beu geraakt en soms zat ik zo in met het personage dat het moeilijk was om niet meegesleept te worden. Ik kon mij een perfect beeld vormen van iets waar ik tot voor kort nog maar nauwelijks van gehoord had.
Het boek is een ware aanrader, evenals de film, die ook prachtig in elkaar steekt.
It tells the story of a poor Japanese girl, who's father sells her to a geisha house. She begins her training to be a geisha, a training which will take many years and is very tough. However she has to live in the shadow of Kyoto's greatest geisha at that time, she also grows up to be a beautiful woman, who'll steel many men's hearts and will become the figure of the Japanese geisha-culture.
The way of writing keeps you going, you never get tired of reading another chapter. During some passages, I found it very difficult not to be dragged down with the character, which I think is a very good sign. Also I could picture perfectly a whole culture I'd never heard of untill then.
In summary, this book is a real must-read, as is the movie.
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Dit is een prachtig boek dat beklijft van begin tot einde.
Het vertelt het verhaal van een arm Japans meisje, dat door haar vader verkocht wordt aan de bezitter van een geisha-huis. Ze begint haar opleiding tot geisha, die jaren zal duren en hard is van begin tot eind. Ondanks de vele ontberingen die ze moet lijden, in de schaduw van de grootste geisha van Kyoto, groeit ook zij uit tot een prachtige vrouw, die uiteindelijk vele mannenharten zal veroveren en een boegbeeld van de Japanse geisha-cultuur zal worden.
De manier waarop het boek geschreven is, zet aan tot steeds verder lezen. Ik ben het geen moment beu geraakt en soms zat ik zo in met het personage dat het moeilijk was om niet meegesleept te worden. Ik kon mij een perfect beeld vormen van iets waar ik tot voor kort nog maar nauwelijks van gehoord had.
Het boek is een ware aanrader, evenals de film, die ook prachtig in elkaar steekt.
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entry by...mpfcrs0819 updated...Apr 07, '09 spoilers...n/a
I'm only on chapter 3, I haven't had a whole lot of free time to read a lot. So far it's really good. Drastically different from the movie. I know books are always different than their movies, but geez louise papa cheese. More to come when I've read more. :)
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entry by...mpfcrs0819 updated...May 06, '09 spoilers...major
I really liked this book. It took me a while to read it though, I actually had to renew it. It wasn't because I couldn't get into it, sadly, I just didn't have the time to read it. It was sad that she could only have the Chairman as her danna and that he was already married. It's good that they ended up together, but sad that it had to be like that.
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entry by...allthings02 updated...Aug 11, '09 spoilers...n/a
One of my favorite books. The story is about a young peasant girl who grows up to become one of the most famous geisha in Japan. It opened me up to a world which I knew nothing about and quickly gained great admiration for. The amazing art of being a geisha is described beautifully in this book. Not only was the book interesting and educational, but the story captures you instantly and pulls you into it.
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The Friday Night Knitting Clubby...Kate Jacobs average rating...3.8 / 5tags...41507 chiclit feminism friendship knitting newyorkcity sisterhood women shelved by...alyciamariex0 mclauer picklemommy Snickularity wonder_why yukomiko viewable entries...3 |
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entry by...mclauer updated...Jul 10, '08 spoilers...none
Georgia Walker's entire life is wrapped up in running her knitting store, Walker and Daughter, and caring for her 12-year-old daughter, Dakota. With the help of Anita, a lively widow in her seventies, Georgia starts the Friday Night Knitting Club, which draws loyal customers and a few oddballs. Darwin Chiu, a feminist grad student, believes knitting is downright old-fashioned, but she's drawn to the club as her young marriage threatens to unravel. Lucie, 42, a television producer, is about to become a mother for the first time--without a man in her life. Brash book editor KC finds her career has stalled unexpectedly, while brilliant Peri works at Walker and Daughter by day and designs handbags at night. Georgia gets her own taste of upheaval when Dakota's father reappears, hoping for a second chance.
Nice premise, but the characters where never really developed to the point of being interesting or likable. I never could understand why these women were so drawn to Georgia and Dakota's name got on my nerves. Very draggy and predictable.
Nice premise, but the characters where never really developed to the point of being interesting or likable. I never could understand why these women were so drawn to Georgia and Dakota's name got on my nerves. Very draggy and predictable.
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entry by...alyciamariex0 updated...Jul 29, '08 spoilers...n/a
A great easy read for anyone who loves a story of friendship and the notion of chasing your dreams. In this book you'll meet a wide array of characters that come together and share their passions, memories, and fears, and who eventually form a sisterhood together. This book was witty, imaginative, and truly heart-wrenching.
'Simple but touching'
entry by...wonder_why updated...Jul 26, '09 spoilers...n/a
This was such a warm and fuzzy book. It was a really easy read (Although, I had to pick it up large print at the library, too, so the combination of the easy vocabulary, the to the point writing style, and the print had me feeling like I was reading something from middle school or before). But what started off as mildly entertaining became seriously interesting in time. The book had the spirit and life of its setting in New York City. The characters - single mom Georgia, her mixed race daughter Dakota, Fifth Avenue wife Cat, the elderly but still stylish Anita, middle aged Lucie, academic and introvertive Darwin - all began to grow on me, and I couldnt help but wish them all the very best as I kept reading. Though some have called this book predictable, I totally did not see the tragic ending coming. It was very "Lifetime" but I ended up crying just the same.
Overall, very simple (a little cliche) - but good nonetheless. Not a great work of literature, but a comfy and girly read that I find myself craving once in a while.
Overall, very simple (a little cliche) - but good nonetheless. Not a great work of literature, but a comfy and girly read that I find myself craving once in a while.
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posted by Wilde_Child submitted...Apr 10, '09
lol you remind me of a friend of mine who pretty much reacted to Scarlett and Rhett the same way you did...I really like the characters though, they were anti-heroes and I can respect that in a world where the main characters are often too goody-goody to really empathize and even identify with.