tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post332147598407039460..comments2024-03-10T02:24:16.162-07:00Comments on The Scarlet Letter: Books in the Club: Julian Barnes, The Sense of an EndingLBChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-23306329192993788332012-12-10T16:43:26.300-07:002012-12-10T16:43:26.300-07:00Just do it. It is really so short. It's an aft...Just do it. It is really so short. It's an afternoon's reading. LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-66671186399663734202012-12-10T16:42:57.785-07:002012-12-10T16:42:57.785-07:00I love Great Gatsby, but I haven't read any ot...I love Great Gatsby, but I haven't read any other Fitzgerald other than a short story here and there. I love books about pretentious youths though, so maybe This Side of Paradise will be the next one I tackle.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-84162515060334251312012-12-10T07:24:31.648-07:002012-12-10T07:24:31.648-07:00Maybe, MAYBE, one of these days I will actually ge...Maybe, MAYBE, one of these days I will actually get around to reading this one I've even had non-readerish friends ask me what I think about the ending and I'm always embarrassed that they've read it when I have not.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8390553442147045806.post-32676429612259038952012-12-09T19:11:04.715-07:002012-12-09T19:11:04.715-07:00The passage from the book you posted here reminds ...The passage from the book you posted here reminds me a lot of <i>This Side of Paradise</i> by F. Scott Fitzgerald--another pretentious college kid experiencing ruination, only in the 1920s. I also generally love works that deal with the pretentiousness of youth because, what with the technology-knowledge gap between the youth of today and their parents, it's growing more and more enormous by the hour.Uomo di Speranzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611503055044491078noreply@blogger.com