rereading Gone with the Wind.

so touching, disturbing, tragic and every character making so many mistakes (except Mellie of course).

hard to beat Scarlett for all round selfishness, greed and meanness sha. Yet the writer almost forces us to root for her and forget her failings.

tpiah*:

rereading Gone with the Wind.

so touching, disturbing, tragic and every character making so many mistakes (except Mellie of course).

hard to beat Scarlett for all round selfishness, greed and meanness sha. Yet the writer almost forces us to root for her and forget her failings.

I agree. I love Gone With The Wind. I remember getting so into it, I read it under the table in SS2 during classes. I like a happy ending though, so I'm really happy the other woman (Alexandra Ripley) wrote the sequel (Scarlett) which though not as good as the original, at least leaves you satisfied like there's a conclusion.

Tatase:

I agree. I love Gone With The Wind. I remember getting so into it, I read it under the table in SS2 during classes. I like a happy ending though, so I'm really happy the other woman (Alexandra Ripley) wrote the sequel (Scarlett) which though not as good as the original, at least leaves you satisfied like there's a conclusion.

true.

The sequel doesnt come close to the original but one has to make do with it, I guess. Gone with the Wind took the author ten years to write, I heard, so its hard trying to match that.

After this particular rereading, I feel Scarlett either impulsively married Ashley, (she always marries someone when she's desperate), returned to Tara and hooked up with someone else, moved north after a while and "became" a Yankee,(probably meeting Rhett or someone like him there) or any number of alternate endings. She was only twenty eight, for crying out loud.


Rhett did say he'd be checking on her every once in while to keep up the appearance of marriage, so all hope isnt actually lost.

She could also go back to New Orleans where she had her honeymoon, since they'd been so happy there and the place held nostalgic/sad memories for Rhett. That's the one region where he was always sober, I think.

Hmmm. . . I guess that could have happened. It's just as far-fetched as the sequel that did get written. I hated Ashley from the start, he's the kind of weakling coward that will wait for the cover of darkness to form a KKK-type institution. He and Scarlett would never work out, she would totally be the man in that relationship.

I think what made me really sad at the end of GWTW is that I feel like Rhett had totally given up on Scarlett like he would never go back to her and their story together was over, and as sad as that is, you the reader kind of understand because it just felt like too much had happened and to many awful things said and done (esp. by Scarelett) and you couldn't really see a way for them to overcome that.

Tatase:

Hmmm. . . I guess that could have happened. It's just as far-fetched as the sequel that did get written. I hated Ashley from the start, he's the kind of weakling coward that will wait for the cover of darkness to form a KKK-type institution. He and Scarlett would never work out, she would totally be the man in that relationship.

I think what made me really sad at the end of GWTW is that I feel like Rhett had totally given up on Scarlett like he would never go back to her and their story together was over, and as sad as that is, you the reader kind of understand because it just felt like too much had happened and to many awful things said and done (esp. by Scarelett) and you couldn't really see a way for them to overcome that.

Ashley is just a weird kind of person- he annoyed me with the way he refused to admit his love for Melanie and kept playing with Scarlett's feelings even though he couldnt respect her. Though Scarlett is so daft when it comes to love sha. In other things too: "She thought hard but couldnt remember any family in the neighborhood with the name Borgia"

Funny how they were all at cross purposes and everything started unwinding as soon as Melanie fell sick- all their previous aims and goals just seemed finally seemed so empty to them.

I do feel Rhett shouldnt have taken it so hard when she said she didnt want him touching her anymore. Surely he knew her better than that- I was quite disappointed.



sorry I'm going on and on- the book just made me so reflective. Scarlett is one of the most flawed heroines in history but also very brave regardless.



I just checked reviews on two other sequels to the book and none still matches GWTW. oh well. I havent read them but maybe one of these days.

The Winds of Tara (unauthorized sequel) and Rhett Butler's People.

The Duchess by Amanda Foreman

ANGELS AND DEMONS, prequel to Davinci Code,
oh people, i love that IN HER EYES by that naijalove babe,
very fascinating story,
i think one of the characters might be the seeker, well, the character was close ,

Lyn Andrews - When Daylight Comes

i am reading BAYOU FEVER by kathleen y'barbo

[b][/b][color=#990000][/color]WATCHERS by Dean R. Koontz.

just finished DIVINE JUSTICE 6 david balddacci

and
angels and demons - dan brown

some scary book

now on the associates - john grisham

Sam Milla:

just finished DIVINE JUSTICE 6 david balddacci

and
angels and demons - dan brown

some scary book

now on the associates - john grisham

You really have read great novels. I enjoyed both the two you've just finished.

Secret of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien.

Ake - The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka.

I am currently reading: "ATTRACTING AND KEEPING YOUR IDEAL MAN" By Ajuruchi Henry.

It is a very insightful piece for women who have failed to keep their men interested.

Na one Nija bros write am sha.

SUBMARINE by TOM CLANCY

"Black Relationships, Mating and Marriage" by Ernestine Walker

crime and punishment - fyodor dostoevsky

woww what an interesting book but so looong. I won't be finishing it soon so I will have to go buy my own copy as well as brothers karamazov (haven't finished this either) because they're wayyyyyyy tooo long to read and digest in those 3-week lending period libraries give.

but very good book. everyone should read his books

stil not through with john hagee's revelation of the truth

Just finished 100 Greatest Leadership principles of all times. It's great

Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult

Kinda into social moral dilemna now.

eldee:

Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult

Kinda into social moral dilemna now.

Is Change of Heart any good?
I really like My Sister's Keeper, it's one of her best books IMO.

Suzanne84:

Is Change of Heart any good?
I really like My Sister's Keeper, it's one of her best books IMO.

It's not unputdownable like her other books
But it seems like this one will definitely give one of those endings you never forget.

If you really want to do Picoult, get 19 Minutes . . . now that's a good one.

anyone ever came across the book 'take not your Holy Spirit from me'?

48 Laws of Power

Velocity. . . . . .Dean koontz

Just finished these two

Glamour. . . . . . . . . . Louise Bagshawe

Remember me. . . . . . . . Sophie Kinsella


It's been ages I read a romantic novel, so it was a pleasant break from my usual horror,thrillers,war,espionage,politics and law.

muhsin:

You really have read great novels. I enjoyed both the two you've just finished.

muhsin:

You really have read great novels. I enjoyed both the two you've just finished.

yea those aere great books.

Now on TSAR by TED BELL

Russians planning to storm United States
lol
nice book

Simple truth by david baldacci

Juz done wiv - Angels of Mercy - Lyn Andrews

Now. . . My Sister's Child - same author!

last read books

Pet semetary - danielle steel
Misery - stephen king which i absolutely loved
The dark tower - the gun slinger by the same author (i didnt particularly find the book challenging but as an intro, it was okay.)