tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post3239648234118802743..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Random Wednesday Conversation StarterKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-61833148135147133622015-09-03T00:53:44.949-04:002015-09-03T00:53:44.949-04:00I have experienced the opposite. I hated Joseph Co...I have experienced the opposite. I hated Joseph Conrad when I was a teenager and hated him still about 3 years ago (30 years later). It's not that Conrad couldn't write. I found his characters self-indulgent in their wallowing. Particularly Lord Jim.Annehueserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933138074579131499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-79976936773879127312015-09-02T12:09:15.117-04:002015-09-02T12:09:15.117-04:00No. And I feel I probably should try. But I won&...No. And I feel I probably should try. But I won't.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-12021307821487591922015-09-02T11:36:46.163-04:002015-09-02T11:36:46.163-04:00I can't remember ever hating any of the books ...I can't remember ever hating any of the books I had to read in school. Seriously. Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-47483134672734090082015-09-02T08:57:34.402-04:002015-09-02T08:57:34.402-04:00I won't go quite so far as to say "love&q...I won't go quite so far as to say "love" but I did like Conrad Richter's "A Light in the Forest" a lot better when I re-read it as an adult than when I read it for school at 12. fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.com