Comments for Notes in the Margin Weblog http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog Literary News and Notes Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Waterston gives insider’s view of L.M. Montgomery by maggie http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/09/15/waterston-gives-insider%e2%80%99s-view-of-lm-montgomery/#comment-112 maggie Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:11:47 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=126#comment-112 i cannot express what the Anne of Green Gables books meant to me growing up, and what they still do mean. i still have my worn, forty times read set of the entire series. and Emily Of New Moon. i cannot express what the Anne of Green Gables books meant to me growing up, and what they still do mean. i still have my worn, forty times read set of the entire series. and Emily Of New Moon.

]]> Comment on Please pass the Hydrox! by admin http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/08/27/please-pass-the-hydrox/#comment-85 admin Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:09:48 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=104#comment-85 Congratulations on your first article publication, Maggie! Once you see your first byline in print, it's a great motivation to keep plugging away, even though freelancing can sometimes be discouraging. Hang in there! ~Mary Congratulations on your first article publication, Maggie! Once you see your first byline in print, it’s a great motivation to keep plugging away, even though freelancing can sometimes be discouraging. Hang in there!

~Mary

]]> Comment on Moving Beyond ‘Catcher’ On School Reading Lists : NPR by admin http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/09/07/moving-beyond-catcher-on-school-reading-lists-npr/#comment-84 admin Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:07:37 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=110#comment-84 Hey, Kate, thanks for responding! Do you think your teenage angst was majorly differently from mine? Hey, Kate, thanks for responding! Do you think your teenage angst was majorly differently from mine?

]]> Comment on Newfound Tapes Offer Clues to Agatha Christie’s Life by maggie http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/09/15/newfound-tapes-offer-clues-to-agatha-christie%e2%80%99s-life/#comment-83 maggie Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:17:50 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=120#comment-83 wow, i would love to hear some of that. wow, i would love to hear some of that.

]]> Comment on Moving Beyond ‘Catcher’ On School Reading Lists : NPR by Kate http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/09/07/moving-beyond-catcher-on-school-reading-lists-npr/#comment-80 Kate Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:36:23 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=110#comment-80 Hi, Mom! I'll have to listen to the audio when I get home tonight, but my inclination is to leave Catcher on the reading list. As you pointed out, I am 30 myself, so my perspective is a bit skewed. From what I remember of reading Catcher back in high school, I didn't have trouble understanding Holden, and while I didn't really like him, I did like getting a glimpse of a different time. I like that there is room for discussion about required reading lists and that they're being updated to expose students to different perspectives, cultures, and writing styles, but there's also something to be said for leaving a book like Catcher in. It's a tie back to the past and a common experience that parents can share and discuss with their children. Or that strangers can share. I've had interesting discussions on the bus and with my coworkers about books we have in common, largely through our high school reading lists. Hi, Mom! I’ll have to listen to the audio when I get home tonight, but my inclination is to leave Catcher on the reading list. As you pointed out, I am 30 myself, so my perspective is a bit skewed. From what I remember of reading Catcher back in high school, I didn’t have trouble understanding Holden, and while I didn’t really like him, I did like getting a glimpse of a different time.

I like that there is room for discussion about required reading lists and that they’re being updated to expose students to different perspectives, cultures, and writing styles, but there’s also something to be said for leaving a book like Catcher in. It’s a tie back to the past and a common experience that parents can share and discuss with their children. Or that strangers can share. I’ve had interesting discussions on the bus and with my coworkers about books we have in common, largely through our high school reading lists.

]]> Comment on Please pass the Hydrox! by maggie http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/08/27/please-pass-the-hydrox/#comment-64 maggie Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:20:01 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=104#comment-64 hi holly! i ate Hydrox in Mississippi, where i'm from. :) i wanted to tell you that i will have my first article published. i wrote you about freelance journalism and you so nicely responded to my email. :) hi holly! i ate Hydrox in Mississippi, where i’m from. :)

i wanted to tell you that i will have my first article published. i wrote you about freelance journalism and you so nicely responded to my email. :)

]]> Comment on As I Turn 60. . . by maggie http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/08/26/as-i-turn-60/#comment-63 maggie Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:56:05 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=101#comment-63 what a great list! i especially hear you on the defense mechanisms and delegation. in a family of five this is very important :) what a great list! i especially hear you on the defense mechanisms and delegation. in a family of five this is very important :)

]]> Comment on “How Fiction Works” | csmonitor.com by maggie http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/07/29/%e2%80%9chow-fiction-works%e2%80%9d-csmonitorcom/#comment-38 maggie Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:28:40 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/?p=87#comment-38 oo! i want this book. thanks for the headsup. oo! i want this book. thanks for the headsup.

]]> Comment on Book Recommendations: The Books That Changed Your Lives by maggie http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/06/30/book-recommendations-the-books-that-changed-your-lives/#comment-28 maggie Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:10:39 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/06/30/book-recommendations-the-books-that-changed-your-lives/#comment-28 books that changed my life: are you there god? it's me, margaret by judy blume the bell jar by sylvia plath ariel by sp bridge to terabethia by katherine patterson becoming the parent you want to be by janet someone the world according to garp by john irving a farewell to arms by ernest hemingway a child's book of poems women who run with the wolves the girl who loved wild horses the biography of eleanor roosevelt it's hard to stop! books that changed my life:

are you there god? it’s me, margaret by judy blume

the bell jar by sylvia plath

ariel by sp

bridge to terabethia by katherine patterson

becoming the parent you want to be by janet someone

the world according to garp by john irving

a farewell to arms by ernest hemingway

a child’s book of poems

women who run with the wolves

the girl who loved wild horses

the biography of eleanor roosevelt

it’s hard to stop!

]]> Comment on Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes: How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem Without Knowing its Title or Author by maggie http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/06/13/lost-titles-forgotten-rhymes-how-to-find-a-novel-short-story-or-poem-without-knowing-its-title-or-author/#comment-26 maggie Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:44:29 +0000 http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2008/06/13/lost-titles-forgotten-rhymes-how-to-find-a-novel-short-story-or-poem-without-knowing-its-title-or-author/#comment-26 what a great piece of information, thanks for the link what a great piece of information, thanks for the link

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