Comments on: What I’ve Been Reading – November 2006 http://www.blackmarks.net/2006/11/30/what-ive-been-reading-november-2006/ "The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." -- Ursula K. Le Guin -- Writer, Reader, Amateur Interneter, Father and Life Chronicler. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Corey Vilhauer http://www.blackmarks.net/2006/11/30/what-ive-been-reading-november-2006/#comment-11821 Corey Vilhauer Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:53:50 +0000 http://cdub.driscocity.com/index.php/2006/11/30/what-ive-been-reading-november-2006/#comment-11821 I liked Catcher in the Rye -- but I read it so long ago that I barely remember the significance. Sure, it's a coming of age story. So was Black Swan Green, and I got more out of that one, if I remember correctly. Oh well. One man's Gatsby is another man's Grapes of Wrath. Or, something. I liked Catcher in the Rye — but I read it so long ago that I barely remember the significance. Sure, it’s a coming of age story. So was Black Swan Green, and I got more out of that one, if I remember correctly.

Oh well. One man’s Gatsby is another man’s Grapes of Wrath. Or, something.

]]> By: Will http://www.blackmarks.net/2006/11/30/what-ive-been-reading-november-2006/#comment-11819 Will Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:20:52 +0000 http://cdub.driscocity.com/index.php/2006/11/30/what-ive-been-reading-november-2006/#comment-11819 I've never quite understood why The Great Gatsby is considered to be so great. It's a good story, for sure, but I didn't get much out of it. And I even read it twice, to be fair, once in high school, and once years later. Neither time was I very impressed. Another book in this category of ungreat greats is The Catcher in the Rye. I'm not sure if I'd even call that a *good* book. I don't get the fascination with it. I’ve never quite understood why The Great Gatsby is considered to be so great. It’s a good story, for sure, but I didn’t get much out of it. And I even read it twice, to be fair, once in high school, and once years later. Neither time was I very impressed.

Another book in this category of ungreat greats is The Catcher in the Rye. I’m not sure if I’d even call that a *good* book. I don’t get the fascination with it.

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