tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post3310793084012165437..comments2023-10-25T04:37:13.179-04:00Comments on Dogear Diary: Their Eyes Were Watching GodJeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-2659470098582805342009-10-14T10:59:53.806-04:002009-10-14T10:59:53.806-04:00Sandy- I didn't know she lived in New Orleans!...Sandy- I didn't know she lived in New Orleans! What do they do on Zora days?<br /><br />Janet- It is one I felt I had heard of all my life, and never really knew what it was about until I picked it up. Well worth the read.<br /><br />Bermudaonion- I think you should soon!<br /><br />Nymeth- She just wasn't a very conventional woman, was she? And no shame of it, either!<br /><br />Wanda- IJeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-82874215163108660592009-10-12T09:17:12.127-04:002009-10-12T09:17:12.127-04:00I really liked this book when I read it a couple y...I really liked this book when I read it a couple years ago (pre-blogging). The vernacular didn't bother me (maybe because I was raised in the southeast), but I know it bothered other people in the book group I was part of.<br /><br />As for To the Lighthouse, I wouldn't worry. I like Woolf, and I don't remember a word from that book. It was one of the most difficult books I've Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-48362921041019654302009-10-08T22:36:59.929-04:002009-10-08T22:36:59.929-04:00I can see how reading this one again and again cou...I can see how reading this one again and again could only enhance the experience. I was really bogged down by vernacular as well but I love the writing--and sensual it is. You make me want to pick it up again and I just read it a few months ago!Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-87419402085051972672009-10-07T10:05:46.498-04:002009-10-07T10:05:46.498-04:00Banned though it may have been, I can tell you wit...Banned though it may have been, I can tell you with all certainty that it now appears on the reading list for <i>English 12: African Heritage</i> at the local High School.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647181404275808758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-44771231216958768642009-10-06T17:35:17.018-04:002009-10-06T17:35:17.018-04:00I'm so glad you loved it this time around! I t...I'm so glad you loved it this time around! I think you're probably right - Janie's determination and defiance must have had to do with why people felt the need to ban this.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-48242423080412594882009-10-06T15:48:56.719-04:002009-10-06T15:48:56.719-04:00This has been on my "must read" list for...This has been on my "must read" list for years, but I haven't gotten to it yet.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-13875208492853758582009-10-06T07:57:55.170-04:002009-10-06T07:57:55.170-04:00I've never read this one, though the title is ...I've never read this one, though the title is familiar. You've got me intrigued, and I'm desperately in need of an absorbing book right now. Maybe it's time for a trip to the library.Janethttp://acrossthepage.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-80495435573902394732009-10-06T05:31:40.707-04:002009-10-06T05:31:40.707-04:00Zora Neale Hurston actually lived in a 'burb o...Zora Neale Hurston actually lived in a 'burb of Orlando so she is a bit of a local celebrity here. They even have "Zora Days" up there. So isn't it a shame I've never read one of her books? They made this into a TV movie a number of years back, and did some filming in the area, so it was a HUGE deal when it aired. I'm going to have to read this. I've heard it isSandy Nawrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.com